Billionaires boldly go: private space-treks
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This week Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space-exploration company, successfully launched a rocket into orbit on its first attempt. That marks a new frontier in the private space industry. Donald Trump has threatened mass deportations of illegal immigrants. What will happen when he takes office (12:56)? And celebrating Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist and expert on near-death experiences (21:55).
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| 0:00.0 | We're all so busy. |
| 0:02.1 | Buzzing about, like bumblebees, |
| 0:04.6 | it can be easy to forget the simple things in life. |
| 0:07.6 | Like just how good nature can taste. |
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| 0:14.1 | to create irresistible snack bars that keep you fuller for longer. |
| 0:18.5 | Fuller of flavour, and perfect for an on-the-go bite or a mid-morning snack. |
| 0:23.1 | When nature tastes this good, why overcomplicate it? |
| 0:27.1 | Savour moments in nature with Eat Natural. |
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| 1:00.8 | The Economist. |
| 1:08.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:12.5 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:22.6 | You know what's just so fashionable right now in the policy portfolios of populists, deporting illegal |
| 1:29.5 | immigrants. American voters have been promised historic levels of it starting next week. We ask if, |
| 1:36.2 | at ground level, that is what many of them actually want. And Peter Fenwick was a psychiatrist |
| 1:43.2 | who became fascinated by near-death experiences |
| 1:46.1 | and came to believe that his consciousness would outlive his physical body. |
| 1:50.6 | Our obituries editor celebrates his life and consciousness. |
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