Hello and welcome to The Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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

The social media websites and apps you see represent a slightly cleaned up version of the internet.

Tens of thousands of moderators make sure of it, removing all kinds of troubling stuff.

But do they have too much power over what gets through, or not enough?

And how are they affected by sifting through the most offensive material online?

And have you ever heard of ultra-pole?

It's a sort of extreme version of pole dancing, aimed at men.

The pursuit has already done lots to shed its sexualized image.

And if it can become more gender-balanced, it might well become an Olympic sport.

But first, it's the biggest democratic exercise on earth, India's general election.

The scale of it is staggering.

Some 900 million people began voting last week at a million polling stations.

The process will continue until the 23rd of May.

The election is the first since Narendra Modi,

the leader of the Barthia Junta Party,

was sworn in as Prime Minister of India.

He swept to power in 2014

with an inclusive message

promising jobs and progress.

His focus on Hindu unity, the majority faith in India, put an end to seven decades of

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