Walz onto the stage: Kamala Harris’s VP pick
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🗓️ 7 August 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Tim Walz, a folksy Midwesterner who came late to politics, is on the Democratic ticket. We ask how he got there and whether he was the best tactical pick. A visit to Lebanon reveals a sense of foreboding, as a sharper war between Israel and Hizbullah seems inevitable (11:04). And the executives who just don’t know when to quit (19:53).
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| 0:00.0 | BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind, |
| 0:06.1 | and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas. |
| 0:16.0 | We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in |
| 0:26.0 | 2023. VP.com slash and not all. The Economist. |
| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:48.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:04.2 | It's become almost journalistic cliche to suggest that Lebanon maintains its partying mindset in the harshest conditions or amid the sharpest risks but our correspondent says that carefree attitude has |
| 1:09.4 | slipped as a regional war reaches Lebanon's doorstep. |
| 1:14.0 | And that old saying, quit while you're ahead, |
| 1:17.0 | it's not much help to executive types, |
| 1:20.0 | who are ahead on paychecks and parking spots and piles of interesting problems to solve. |
| 1:25.6 | Our columnist weighs in on how to judge just when to check out. |
| 1:29.6 | But first. When I say Harris, you'll say most, Harris, |
| 1:45.0 | Harris. |
| 1:46.0 | At a rally in Philadelphia last night, the mood was raucous. |
| 1:50.0 | The guest of honor, course was the Democratic presidential candidate |
| 1:56.3 | Kamala Harris but everybody was there to get to know one man in particular. |
| 2:02.4 | Since the day that I know there to get to know one man in particular. |
| 2:03.0 | Since the day that I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future. |
| 2:12.0 | I found such a leader. |
| 2:14.0 | Governor Tim Wall of the great state of Minnesota. In America, Vice Presidential Picks often have a way of thrusting lesser-known |
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