It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Our new podcast series is a shocking look at transnational organised crime: nearly as big as the illegal-drug trade and far more sophisticated than you might think. Beware. After a week that started with bold tariff moves by the Trump administration, what can be gleaned from how things progressed (09:20)? And a staid, ancient game gets a glitzy modern makeover (16:20).
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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. |
| 0:11.0 | Eat Natural combines nature's most delicious ingredients |
| 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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| 1:00.7 | The Economist. |
| 1:08.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:11.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:13.0 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:14.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:22.1 | We started the week with some startling moves on tariffs by the Trump administration. |
| 1:29.4 | After some serious paroxysms of the markets, the scene is already very different. We ask what's to be learned from all that |
| 1:35.0 | White House whiplash. And strap yourself in for some glitzy sporting action today. There'll be |
| 1:43.6 | tension. There will be expert today. There'll be tension. |
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