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The Intelligence: General dynamics

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.3 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As had long been telegraphed, Ukraine’s top general Valery Zaluzhny is now out; Oleksandr Syrsky is in. That marks a new phase in the war, and an opportunity for President Volodymyr Zelensky to reframe its terms. American car-insurance costs are skyrocketing—but, perversely, they are probably still too low (9:43). And the bonkers conspiracy theories involving the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift (15:03).


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0:00.0

Hello, I'm currently out of office.

0:04.4

An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break.

0:14.4

So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science.

0:22.4

Yours, Toby.

0:24.2

Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday.

0:29.0

Atul protected.

0:31.9

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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.

1:22.3

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:33.0

The cost of car insurance is rising pretty much everywhere, but it's skyrocketing in America.

1:34.4

Maybe it should.

1:41.6

However expensive it may have become there, it's still not expensive enough to counter what it really costs to have an accident.

1:49.5

And there is just a bonkers set of conspiracy theories going around that ties together Taylor Swift, her boyfriend, the Super Bowl, and Joe Biden. We ask why this celebrity mix is

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