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The Economist
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When a story about UFOs came across the desk of The Economist’s Michelle Hennessy, she was sceptical. A powerful cultural legacy of flying saucers and aliens is hard to ignore. But a recent flurry of interest from U.S defence agencies and NASA, stress the serious and scientific task of shedding light on what’s happening in the skies above.
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Previous episodes
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5080 - The Weekend Intelligence: Capturing UFOs Sat, 04 May 2024 - 0h
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5079 - The Intelligence: Our meeting with Macron Fri, 03 May 2024 - 0h
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5078 - The Intelligence: The kids are alright, turns out Thu, 02 May 2024 - 0h
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5077 - Babbage: Teens and their screens Wed, 01 May 2024 - 0h
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5076 - The Intelligence: Going back to raid school Wed, 01 May 2024 - 0h
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5075 - The Intelligence: Dengue’s grip on Latin America Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5074 - The Intelligence: A civil society in waiting Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5072 - Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5071 - The Intelligence: Britain’s latest bad idea Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5070 - The Intelligence: The world’s biggest humanitarian crisis Thu, 25 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5069 - The Intelligence: America’s college crackdowns Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5068 - The Intelligence: AI rest my case Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5067 - The Intelligence: Ready, Aid, Fire Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5066 - The Intelligence: Iran and Israel’s new era? Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5065 - Money Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5064 - The Intelligence: Your country needs you! Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5063 - The Intelligence: He said, she fled Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5062 - The Intelligence: The most personal choice Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5061 - The Intelligence: A region holds its breath Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5060 - The Intelligence: America’s deeply divided electorate Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5059 - The Intelligence: The race to save Kharkiv Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5058 - The Intelligence: Can Japan and America Trump-proof their alliance? Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5057 - Drum Tower: Xi’s doomed economic plan Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5056 - The Intelligence: Bear up Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5055 - The Intelligence: Rwanda’s genocide 30 years on Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5054 - The Weekend Intelligence: The man who would lead Palestine Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5053 - Checks and Balance: Capitol gains Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5052 - The Intelligence: Argentina turner? Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5051 - The Intelligence: Bombs squad Thu, 04 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5050 - The Intelligence: Naan inflationary growth Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5049 - The Intelligence: Bibi bumps Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5048 - The Intelligence: Surveilling China’s diaspora Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 0h
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5047 - The Intelligence: Life inside a Russian prison Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5046 - The Intelligence: The fallen crypto king learns his fate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5045 - The Intelligence: An aid drop over Gaza Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5044 - Drum Tower: Tick tock for TikTok Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5043 - The Intelligence: when Sall tempted Faye Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5041 - The Intelligence: Moscow massacre Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5040 - The Weekend Intelligence: Should I own a gun? Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5039 - The Intelligence: Bad Apple? Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5038 - Money Talks: Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5037 - The Intelligence: Fed reckoning Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5036 - The Intelligence: Leave your umbrella at home Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5035 - The Intelligence: The power of positive tinkering Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5034 - The Intelligence: F is for falling standards Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5033 - Checks and Balance: Growth states Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5032 - The Intelligence: Russia’s sham election Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5031 - The Intelligence: Is time up for TikTok? Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5030 - The Intelligence: Russia pushes back on Kharkiv Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 0h
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5029 - The Intelligence: Europe is not so hot on its green parties Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 0h