{"podcast":{"title":"The Intelligence from The Economist","slug":"the-intelligence-from-the-economist-743611","podcast_index_feed_id":743611,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/the-intelligence-welcome-to-economist-podcasts","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1784634926736-00c7d25b-3e89-4367-a4e1-f7a47693dbeb.jpeg","author":"The Economist","episode_count":1981,"summary":"Modi runs a slick, high-tech campaign and wins a historic majority in the 2014 election. His leadership evolves as he implements a contentious new economic policy and responds to an attack by a Pakistan-based terror group - with force. This episode draws on audio from the following publishers: SnoopDogTV, Narendra Modi YouTube,Reuters, Times Now, RajyaSabha TV, NDTV, Bharatiya Janata Party YouTube, News Click, DW News, ANI, India Today and CTGN. 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":"2026-07-27T20:19:57.238416+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intelligence-from-the-economist-743611"},"episode":{"title":"An explosion still echoing: Chernobyl at 40","slug":"an-explosion-still-echoing-chernobyl-at-40","published_at":"2026-04-24T10:42:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intelligence-from-the-economist-743611/an-explosion-still-echoing-chernobyl-at-40","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intelligence-from-the-economist-743611","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/an-explosion-still-echoing-chernobyl-at-40","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theintelligencepodcast/e/69eb3829abe143da5bdf5d92/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=zATdSCvmU3f2Tu8vjdSRlCVNsjCrnnLanvn5AAFlC7o","summary":"We go deep inside the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant and the surrounding exclusion zone, recounting the history of the accident on April 26 1986, and speaking with plant workers who were on shift that day. A pre-eminent Chernobyl historian discusses the lessons learned and yet to be learned from the disaster. And we consider the science still being done at Chernobyl. In 2024 “The Weekend Intelligence” went to Ukraine to consider the aftermath of the Russian invasion and occupation of Chernobyl, and then of the Zaporizhia nuclear-power plant. What we found was an industry that had no expectation that could even happen, and nothing of a plan when it did. Listen here . Guests and host: Serhii Plokhy, historian, Harvard University Olena Pareniuk, radiobiologist, Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants Jim Smith, environmental scientist, University of Portsmouth Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  Chernobyl nuclear-power plant, history nuclear safety, nuclear-energy policy radiation exposure, radiobiology, radioecology  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 go deep inside the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant and the surrounding exclusion zone, recounting the history of the accident on April 26 1986, and speak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1897,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-intelligence-from-the-economist-743611/episodes/an-explosion-still-echoing-chernobyl-at-40/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intelligence-from-the-economist-743611/an-explosion-still-echoing-chernobyl-at-40.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}