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.

Brazil's relationship with guns goes back a long way.

Titaning ownership laws led to fewer shootings,

but President Jair Lozonardo wants to loosen them again

so that all Brazilians can have a gun, especially those that support him.

And we pay a visit to the world's largest collection of magazines,

a jumbled floor-to-ceiling warehouse packed with periodicals,

each full of cultural tidbits that would otherwise be lost to history.

But first...

The Basketball Titan, Shaquille O'Neal, has won.

So does baseball legend A-Rod and the singer Sierra, too.

For the first part of this year, they've been one of the busiest bets on Wall Street.

The SPAC craze is continuing unabated.

SPACs are just overwhelming the traditional IPO market this year.

There's a SPAC every day. If it's a Wednesday, there's a SPAC.

That's true.

There's a SPAC.

Blank check, Bonanza, or SPAC a Paloosa.

SPAC, SPAC, SPAC, SPAC, SPAC.

I don't think you can get through a block without talking about it.

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