Spring a leaker: Assange goes free
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🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As Julian Assange is released from prison our correspondent reflects on how the work of Wikileaks changed whistleblowing in the internet era, for good and for ill. Meanwhile Peter Navarro, Donald Trump’s trade hawk, remains behind bars—but is plotting for a second Trump term (09:25). And the social-media trend changing tinned fish from frumpy to foodie fare (18:33).
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| 1:18.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:19.2 | I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:20.5 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:25.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:31.7 | What could we expect from a second Trump term? |
| 1:34.6 | To find out, we turn to a novel source, |
| 1:37.8 | a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution of Miami, |
| 1:41.0 | who just happens to be one of Trump's former economic advisors. |
| 1:46.8 | And for most people, tinned foods are little more than pragmatic. |
| 1:50.4 | Cheap, long-lasting, handy preparations. |
| 1:55.7 | Yet there's a social media trend that's rebranding tinned fish as a luxury item, and sales, online and off are going swimmingly. |
| 2:06.4 | Thank you. online and off are going swimmingly. First up, though. |
| 2:14.5 | After five years in a British jail, |
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