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Arraigning on his parade: the charges against Donald Trump

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.3 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps the only surprising thing about the former president’s arraignment was that it was not followed by big demonstrations—but he did take to the airwaves to seethe. A global rice crisis is brewing; the world’s most important crop is fuelling both climate change and diabetes. And what connects leased pandas in America and Chinese nationalists’ anger.


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0:00.0

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0:04.6

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1:01.2

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:04.8

I'm Orenbe.

1:06.5

And I'm Jason Palmer.

1:08.1

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:15.8

Birriani, joloft, special fried, you name it.

1:20.1

Rice dishes make up a key part of many cultures' cuisines.

1:23.7

But environmental changes and soaring demand are threatening the production of rice and the

1:29.8

lives of the farmers who grow it.

1:31.8

And the death of a panda in Tennessee has drawn a lot of attention, particularly from

1:39.7

Chinese nationalists who claim it was a result of anti-China sentiment in America.

1:44.9

We look into the long-running role of pandas as furry soft power.

1:52.8

But first...

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