No good options: how Iran will respond

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After America’s strikes intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme, one question is whether they succeeded. Another is how Iran will respond; all of its options are bad ones. In the West people have been shedding religion for decades, but that secularist shift now seems to be slowing. And what is driving the decline of inverted commas (aka “quotation marks”).

Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

Runtime: 22 min

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Blockchain. Crypto. It's happening to investments, currency, food trucks. Yes, payments are possible
0:06.2	with crypto now. But it's not just happening to tortilla chips. Also, microchips. You can trade
0:11.8	tokenized real world and digital assets. So it's happening to assets, trading, industries,
0:17.4	economies, and pretty much everything else. And it's happening with Ripple.
0:22.2	For informational purposes only, not an offer or inducement.
0:24.9	For investment professionals and high net worth companies, FSMA 2000 financial promotion order.
0:30.1	Fulumpier is.
0:31.4	Being sport for choice in a Riverside Food Hall.
0:33.7	And playing with interactive art.
0:35.2	Tree pose with river views.
0:36.8	Fairly laughing at local comedians.
0:38.5	Kids dancing at a toddler disco.
0:40.4	Declaring checkmate with the nogroni.
0:42.2	Flat whites and river strolls.
0:43.7	Sampling Shepad and Bayat's seasonal menus.
0:46.1	Watching rowers go head to head.
0:47.7	Slowing down to enjoy what matters most.
0:50.7	London's most exciting new riverside destination is now open.
0:55.0	Join us 20th to the 22nd of June for our opening celebration.
0:59.0	Visit Fulhampeer.com.
1:01.0	The Economist
1:16.1	Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 21 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Economist, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Economist and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.