{"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":2102,"summary":"The economies of America, Britain and Ukraine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T14:20:24.874367+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330"},"episode":{"title":"Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures","slug":"taking-the-shine-off-albedo-and-global-temperatures","published_at":"2026-08-05T10:26:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330/taking-the-shine-off-albedo-and-global-temperatures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/taking-the-shine-off-albedo-and-global-temperatures","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/a/theeconomistallaudio/e/6a730fdaca067b295bab9760/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=axbgglxXjN6aVVz_fxxgFA9wrsaOObBeq_KJTTZBjKc","summary":"Fewer clouds, shrinking ice caps, changing pollutants: all result in less of the sun’s energy being reflected back into space. Which is more bad news for a changing climate. Our correspondent explains why so much more of the world’s cocaine is passing through west Africa . And the data that reveal Americans’ discomfort about wives earning more than their husbands. Guests and host: Oliver Morton, planetary-affairs editor Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, Africa correspondent Doug Dowson, data journalist Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  climate change, albedo, global temperatures Africa, cocaine, smuggling wage equality, gender pay gap Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology— subscribe to The Economist . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Fewer clouds, shrinking ice caps, changing pollutants: all result in less of the sun’s energy being reflected back into space. Which is more bad news for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1380,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/economist-podcasts-921330/episodes/taking-the-shine-off-albedo-and-global-temperatures/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/taking-the-shine-off-albedo-and-global-temperatures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}