{"podcast":{"title":"Scam Inc from The Economist","slug":"scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124","podcast_index_feed_id":7180124,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/672ceccb61e4ef810ff282c0/default","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/scam-inc/episodes/4-the-al-capone-of-china","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/672ceccb61e4ef810ff282c0/1733396436449-21af9248-9e37-49ee-8c96-3247bc6e3f43.jpeg","author":"The Economist","episode_count":7,"summary":"Who started Scam Inc? Chinese syndicates honed their scam tactics before expanding abroad. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ . If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist , you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T02:17:23.865339+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124"},"episode":{"title":"Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip","slug":"trailer-tocqueville-road-trip","published_at":"2026-06-17T12:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124/trailer-tocqueville-road-trip","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124","url":"https://shows.acast.com/scam-inc/episodes/trailer-tocqueville-road-trip","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/672ceccb61e4ef810ff282c0/e/6a3152d2c26a46aaa55adde3/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=IGQJycQmrMC3LqicPPFMKuGMrrnQx6nAcJP11wADJfY","summary":"When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America from France in 1831 he saw a new kind of society. Not just a country, but an idea that would change the world. His book “Democracy in America” was a big influence on later generations of writers and thinkers, including The Economist ’s US Editor John Prideaux. Now, 250 years after its birth, the vitality of that democracy is under question. In this series, John retraces the route Tocqueville took to find out how much of what inspired Tocqueville about America remains—and how worried we should be about what’s changed. Out now Find the show here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America from France in 1831 he saw a new kind of society. Not just a country, but an idea that would change the world.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124/episodes/trailer-tocqueville-road-trip/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124/trailer-tocqueville-road-trip.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}