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Economist Podcasts · August 3 · 24 min

Taken littorally: Spain’s sudden crisis in Ceuta

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 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.

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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


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.

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