Hello and welcome to The Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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

Museums are finding themselves under uncomfortable scrutiny.

Many of them house artifacts stolen in fits of colonialism or mere greed,

but the calls for returning those objects are getting louder.

At the same time, protests have broken out against one family known for its enormous museum donations.

And there's a slow, doughy crisis playing out in France.

In the past decade, bread consumption has fallen by a quarter.

Inequality and the rise of processed foods play a role,

but the truth is that a good baguette is just really hard to make.

What does the future hold for the beleaguered baton?

But first...

In the hit Ukrainian comedy show, Servant of the People, a history teacher's expletive-strewn

anti-corruption rant goes viral, and this man of the people winds up being elected president.

But the comedian who plays him, Vlodomir Zelensky, is trying to turn fiction into reality.

Voters head to the polls on Sunday for the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections.

And not only is Mr. Zelensky in the race, he's the frontrunner.

Five years ago, Ukrainians took to the streets and overthrew their former president,

Viktor Yanukovych.

Since then, they faced a simmering war in the east of their

country with Russia, which also annexed the Crimean Peninsula. Noah Snyder is our Moscow correspondent.

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