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.

Chicago has always been a wellspring of music. Lately, its big export is a genre of rap called

Drill. We speak to an author who spends time with drill artists and ask whether the music

simply reflects or actively promotes the city's gang violence.

And getting your whites whiter has come a long way since the Romans, who used urine.

We take a historical look at soap, crossing paths with Victorian values, sparking the field

of surface science and now offering a clean win against COVID.

First up though.

The commission has designed the format, six roughly 15 minute segments, with two minute

answers from each candidate to the first question, then open discussion for the rest of each

segment.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden took to the stage last night in Ohio

for the first American presidential debate moderated by Fox News host Chris Wallace.

Despite the early attempt at rule setting, the end result was chaotic.

I get rid of the individual men. I'm out here to call out his lies. Everybody knows

he's a liar. I just want to make sure that I'm right.

I want to make sure that Vice President, I know.

Can I be honest, it's a very important right now.

Vitriolic.

Don't ever use that word.

Oh, give me because you know what?

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