Small-Vox symptoms: Spain’s elections
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After no party won a majority, forming a government may take weeks—or another election. But predictions that Vox, a far-right party, might enter government failed to materialise. Russia’s navy is repainting its vessels in a bid to frustrate munitions powered by artificial intelligence (10:03). And why the push to invent outlandish ice-cream flavours such as ketchup is deeply misguided (17:59).
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| 1:06.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:10.3 | And I'm Oire Oganby. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:20.6 | Russia's warships are getting a makeover and not just to look pretty. The Navy is repainting its vessels for tactical reasons, because the art of |
| 1:28.9 | deception at sea has to become slightly more artful in the era of AI-controlled weaponry. |
| 1:36.1 | And have you ever had cheese and pickle-flavored ice cream? Trust me, you probably don't want to try it. |
| 1:43.0 | We take you on a trip to a shop doing weird and wonderful things with the frosty treat. |
| 1:55.6 | But first... |
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