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Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
As some of Donald Trump’s most controversial choices for top jobs are questioned this week, our correspondent analyses how supine Republicans may be in his second term. Has the luxury business passed its peak (09:57)? And why scientists are finding new ways to deal with an invasive pest in Australia: the cane toad (16:55).
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| 0:00.0 | We're all so busy. |
| 0:02.1 | Buzzing about, like bumblebees, |
| 0:04.6 | it can be easy to forget the simple things in life. |
| 0:07.6 | Like just how good nature can taste. |
| 0:11.0 | Eat Natural combines nature's most delicious ingredients |
| 0:14.1 | to create irresistible snack bars that keep you fuller for longer. |
| 0:18.5 | Fuller of flavour, and perfect for an on-the-go bite or a mid-morning snack. |
| 0:23.1 | When nature tastes this good, why overcomplicate it? |
| 0:27.1 | Savour moments in nature with Eat Natural. |
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| 1:00.8 | The Economist. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Rosie Bloor. Every weekday, |
| 1:14.1 | we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. I don't know where you stand on |
| 1:23.5 | luxury handbags or designer socks, but apparently they're selling less well than they used to. Our correspondent took a hardship posting to find out what's going on with all those |
| 1:32.5 | high heels and fancy frocks. And in Australia, cane toads are considered such pests that communities |
| 1:40.8 | hold social events to engage in mass culls. If that isn't your idea of fun, don't worry. |
| 1:46.6 | Scientists are now proposing some less violent solutions |
| 1:49.5 | to the spread of this invasive species. |
| 1:59.4 | First up, though. |
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