{"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":"Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain","slug":"wake-up-haul-an-ozempic-moment-for-the-brain","published_at":"2026-08-19T09:38:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330/wake-up-haul-an-ozempic-moment-for-the-brain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/wake-up-haul-an-ozempic-moment-for-the-brain","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/a/theeconomistallaudio/e/6a85798d1ad8716bb6078744/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=7bt8wmKTn__MJpaFGUbe-pJV8dVTHZEYhet8jq5pP6s","summary":"Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLPs, they may have far more uses than just regulating shuteye. We ask why Japan’s post-war innovation boom petered out, and what must be done to breed more unicorns . And why procrastination seems to be on the rise, and how to beat it . Guests and host: Shailesh Chitnis, global business correspondent Ethan Wu, Asia business and finance editor Benjamin Sutherland, science writer Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:&nbsp; orexins, peptides, sleep disorders, pharmaceuticals Japan, innovation, startups procrastination 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":"Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLPs, they may have far more uses th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1327,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/economist-podcasts-921330/episodes/wake-up-haul-an-ozempic-moment-for-the-brain/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/wake-up-haul-an-ozempic-moment-for-the-brain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}