Playing with fire: Democrats may get Bern

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🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Bernie Sanders's rise in the Democratic primaries has echoes of Donald Trump’s road to the Republican nomination. He has already changed the tone of the race; can he win it? We take a look at the shadowy history of spies running front companies. And a look back on the life of “Mad Mike” Hoare, an accountant-turned-mercenary. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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0:00.0	News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless. Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety,
0:08.0	leaving us paralyzed when we need to act.
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0:16.0	Did you know last year renewable power saved 230 million tons of CO2 emissions?
0:22.0	That's the equivalent of taking more than 49 million petrol-powered cars off the road for a year.
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0:36.0	Just search power up for change in your podcasting app.
0:46.0	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Jason Palmer.
0:51.0	Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:59.0	Disguises, double agents, dead drops, diplomatic cover. Much of spycraft is familiar from fiction.
1:06.0	But Spooks also run whole companies, fronts that yield seriously good intelligence.
1:12.0	We find the spies in our corporate midst.
1:16.0	And Mike Hoar was an accountant.
1:19.0	Mad Mike Hoar was a soldier of fortune, who wasn't all that concerned with the fortune.
1:25.0	We look back on his mission to rid Congo of communists alongside a motley mix of mercenaries.
1:38.0	But first...
1:42.0	The next few days will be crucial to America's presidential race.
1:46.0	Tomorrow, the fourth contest in the Democratic Party primaries will take place in South Carolina.
1:52.0	And three days after that, there will be an important milestone.
1:55.0	Super Tuesday, in which 14 states vote for their preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination.
2:01.0	That might give one of them a lasting lead.
2:04.0	At this stage, though, there's one candidate who's clearly on top.
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