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It’s his party: American primaries

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Five American states held primary elections yesterday. The most important were in Pennsylvania, where a Trump-backed candidate won the Republican gubernatorial primary. The Republican senate race remains too close to call. Wide-area motion imaging is a surveillance technique developed by the military in Iraq but now creeping into the civilian world. And why war in Ukraine is raising the price of berries in Britain. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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0:58.8

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist.

1:02.2

In New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:04.5

And in London, I'm Jason Palmer.

1:06.6

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

1:13.1

Eyes in the skies increasingly have a new tool at their disposal.

1:16.9

It's called wide area motion imaging, and it's a better way to look for changes on the ground.

1:22.0

We ask how to sift through the slew of data it produces, and what threats to privacy it presents.

1:29.2

And food prices are going up all over, but there's a spike coming for a particular snack in

1:34.8

Britain, berries. We ask why the war in Ukraine will have such a pointed effect on the

1:40.4

strawberries and cream industrial complex.

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