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.

What's the most disgusting food you've ever eaten?

Well, odds are that somewhere somebody thinks that repugnant stuff is a delicacy.

We visit a museum dedicated to disgust, sample an eyeball or two, and find that the emotion

is about far more than just food.

And at the start of the year, Japan decreed that in translated documents, people's surnames will come first.

Prime Minister Abe Shinsho instead of Shinsho Abe.

It's a small change that speaks of a far bigger shift in attitudes.

But first...

Australia is a blaze, and there's no end in sight to the devastating bushfires that have been burning out of control since September.

Today, authorities told almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes, adding to what was already the largest peacetime evacuation in the

country's history. Blistering temperatures and fickle winds this week are making matters worse. The

country is readying its military to help. Australia's mostly volunteer fire service is utterly overwhelmed.

An area the size of Cuba has already gone up in smoke.

The human cost is rising.

Hundreds of millions of animals are already dead,

and for much of the country, the peak of the bushfire season may still be to come.

The disaster raises pointed questions about the peak of the bushfire season, may still be to come. The disaster raises pointed

questions about the role of climate change. Last year, Australia experienced its hottest and driest year

in recorded history. Yet, the party of the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, includes outright climate

...