
Economist Podcasts · August 3 · 24 min
Taken littorally: Spain’s sudden crisis in Ceuta
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The deadly rush of migrants into the Spanish exclave has deep roots in a wider North African conflict—and implications for a far wider European fight about immigration. Our India columnist presents an incomplete list of falling objects as a way to examine public-safety failures. And a data dive that reveals how AI writing is forever shifting.
Guests and host:
- Michael Reid, Spain correspondent and writer at large
- Leo Mirani, Ashoka columnist
- Caitlin Talbot, digital culture correspondent
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Ceuta, migration, Spain, EU, Schengen
- India, public safety
- AI writing, waning human primacy
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