Holy smoke! An American pope
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The choice of Robert Prevost reflects a desire for unity and compromise. But insofar as Pope Leo XIV represents a middle path, how will he lead on the church’s trickiest questions? The Trump administration has axed Biden-era export controls on AI chips. Good. Now they must enact simpler, more-effective ones (11:29). And remembering Martin Graham, founder of the Longborough Festival Opera (19:34).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:15.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:26.6 | The race for dominance in artificial intelligence is not only about who's making the best AI chips, |
| 0:30.6 | but also who can get their hands on them. |
| 0:32.6 | America is finding out that controlling that |
| 0:35.6 | is harder than it is for lots of other sensitive tech. |
| 0:39.3 | And for many people, an opera house is where the art is expressed. |
| 0:45.3 | For Martin Graham, the venue itself could be a work of art. |
| 0:49.3 | Our obituaries editor reflects on his path from music-minded bricklayer to founder of the Longborough Festival Opera. |
| 0:57.0 | But first... |
| 1:06.0 | Never is a modest chimney such a focus of attention as when the world awaits a new pope. |
| 1:16.6 | Yesterday, the world got one. |
| 1:18.6 | White smoke puffed out above the Sistine Chapel and crowds of thousands at the Vatican cheered. |
| 1:24.6 | The super-secretive conclave |
| 1:29.0 | had come to a conclusion |
| 1:30.1 | in the fourth ballot |
| 1:31.4 | on their second day of sequestration, |
| 1:33.9 | and an hour later, |
| 1:35.4 | the new Pope's name was revealed. |
| 1:37.5 | Abemus Papam, |
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