The Intelligence: America’s culture wars brought to bears
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In the American West, grizzly bears are spreading—and fights over protecting them under the Endangered Species Act test the frontiers between science and politics. Vaping is tremendous business in Britain, but the largely unregulated industry is now, curiously, asking for more oversight (10:57). And our language columnist explains our word of the year for 2023 (17:47).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours calling. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
| 0:29.0 | Atul protected. |
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| 1:05.5 | The Economist. |
| 1:15.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:17.4 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:22.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:30.1 | Britons have really taken to the whole vaping thing. |
| 1:35.1 | The country accounts for 40% of the whole European disposable vapes market, |
| 1:37.0 | and that is big business. |
| 1:41.7 | So why is this loosely regulated industry asking for more oversight? |
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