The general and specific threats: Iran
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 6 January 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | News of the global climate crisis come way on our minds. |
| 0:03.6 | Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety, |
| 0:06.8 | leaving us paralyzed when we need to act. |
| 0:09.2 | This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change. |
| 0:14.2 | Did you know, according to the National Grid, |
| 0:16.7 | Great Britain produced a record amount of wind-powered electricity in 2022, |
| 0:21.6 | replacing fossil fuels with green power is a core way for the world to tackle the impacts of climate change. |
| 0:27.9 | If you're feeling impacted by eco-anxiety, |
| 0:30.8 | EONNEXT have created a range of resources, |
| 0:33.5 | such as guided meditations or green noise soundscapes. |
| 0:36.9 | Just search Power Up for Change in your podcasting app. |
| 0:46.5 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:49.8 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:51.9 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:58.9 | Albatrosses do it. |
| 1:00.9 | Flying foxes do it. |
| 1:02.9 | Even crabs do it. |
| 1:03.9 | But biologists have never come up with a convincing explanation for why homosexual behavior is so widespread in nature. |
| 1:10.9 | One researcher, instead of asking why, asks why not. |
| 1:14.9 | And there's not a lot of love for the practice of dubbing, |
| 1:19.9 | pasting a voice actor's lines into a foreign film rather than adding subtitles. |
| 1:23.9 | But our correspondent, Reckon's dubbing, is an art form unto itself, |
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