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The Intelligence from The Economist

KamaChameleon: What does Harris stand for?

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After an electric week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Kamala Harris now faces the real test in her bid to be president. Can she convince American voters? In the third part of our series on dating apps, we visit Brazil, China and Pakistan (10:24). And our obituaries editor celebrates the life of Wally Amos, the American king of cookies (19:06).


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0:00.0

BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

0:06.1

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

0:16.0

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in

0:26.0

2023. VP.com slash and not all. The Economist.

0:37.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist.

0:45.8

I'm your host Rosie Bloor.

0:47.6

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

1:00.0

In the third and final installment of our series on dating apps, we look away from the West.

1:02.0

In places where the culture is changing fast, some firms that struggle

1:05.4

elsewhere are flourishing and homegrown alternatives even more so.

1:12.0

And Wally Amos loved one thing more than any other, chocolate chip cookies.

1:18.1

He liked baking them, eating them and selling them.

1:20.9

Our obituaries editor celebrates the creator of the beloved famous Amos chain.

1:27.0

But first.

1:40.0

Is your audio okay with all the background noise? Is your audio okay with all the background noise?

1:43.0

We'll see, I don't know.

1:45.0

It was just past midnight at a club in Chicago where I was for the Democratic National Convention.

1:55.0

I was at an after party called Hoties for Harris.

1:59.0

Yes, I know.

2:01.0

Charlie McCann writes for 1843 Our Sister magazine and has spent this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

2:09.0

And it was basically like as if all the internet memes about Kamala Harris had kind of come to life.

2:17.0

People were sipping on coconuts.

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