General’s knowledge: a chat with Ukraine’s spy chief
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Where the defensive lines really are, the state of Russia’s reserves, battlefield tactics: Kyrylo Budanov is a candid interviewee—but he claims to know nothing about all those drones. Gambling has been illegal in Brazil for decades, but pinched government coffers point to a lifting of the prohibition (10:42). And the passion and the profitability of “BookTok”, the literary end of TikTok (16:51).
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| 1:01.4 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:04.9 | I'm Oro Ogunbe. |
| 1:06.7 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:15.6 | In the 1940s, Brazil was filled with casinos, |
| 1:19.6 | that is, until a devout Catholic leader came to power and banned gambling. |
| 1:24.6 | But legalizing it again could be a moneymaker and President Lula |
| 1:28.7 | de Silva has his eyes on the prize. And you might be on TikTok, but have you encountered |
| 1:36.3 | book talk? This community of readers and reviewers on the app is setting new trends in the |
| 1:41.6 | publishing world and the oldies can't quite figure it out. |
| 1:49.1 | First up, though. |
| 2:00.3 | All lies were on Ukraine this summer, as its much-anticipated counter-offensive got underway. |
| 2:07.4 | Progress has looked alarmingly slow, and some have questioned Kiev's tactics against |
| 2:13.0 | a dug-in and well-prepared enemy. |
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