{"podcast":{"title":"Economist Podcasts","slug":"economist-podcasts-921330","podcast_index_feed_id":921330,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/ec380acc-fe13-46a0-991f-a1e508d126f8","website_url":"https://play.acast.com/s/theeconomistmoneytalks/money-talks-three-economies","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e28cad7ca7a10012e46a32/economist-show-cover.png","author":"The Economist","episode_count":2021,"summary":"The economies of America, Britain and Ukraine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T22:18:49.260571+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330"},"episode":{"title":"Bringing the House down: our American midterms model","slug":"bringing-the-house-down-our-american-midterms-model","published_at":"2026-04-23T10:08:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330/bringing-the-house-down-our-american-midterms-model","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/bringing-the-house-down-our-american-midterms-model","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/a/theeconomistallaudio/e/69e9ef82c8a506316d070d1b/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=sAWYkSbVO3cBQTbNdjVCPGqBfU2nzVJE3sTGDlepdkU","summary":"We examine what our forecast model predicts so far —and consider what might change its confident prediction for one house of Congress and toss-up call for the other. Our correspondent sits down with Steve Reich, a pioneering classical composer who is nearing his 90th birthday. And the surprising reason why firstborns tend to have more-successful lives. Additional music courtesy of Steve Reich (Nonesuch Records), Erik Hall (Western Vinyl) Guests and host: Dan Rosenheck, data editor Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent Ainslie Johnstone, data journalist Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  American elections, Congress, polling, gerrymandering Steve Reich, contemporary classical music birth order, statistics Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+ . For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"We examine what our forecast model predicts so far —and consider what might change its confident prediction for one house of Congress and toss-up call for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1563,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/economist-podcasts-921330/episodes/bringing-the-house-down-our-american-midterms-model/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330/bringing-the-house-down-our-american-midterms-model.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}