As another reviewer notes, the bad reviews come from people who can't stand Trump *and* people who can't say a bad thing about Trump. That tells you everything you need to know. This is a direct, balanced report on major news.

I want to like the Economist more, because it has some good programming with interesting stories, but the political reporting is always slanted. Why? Anything conservative or right leaning seems to be bashed by the Economist’s reporters. It really is off putting and why I am giving the program two stars.

The Economist is getting my scathing 1* review because it’s actually just a sub par predictive news agency. The fact they spent a half year yapping about a close thing that was a Trump blowout showed me that they are just like all the other entertainment news agencies out there and are, in the best interpretation, just not very good or, in the worst interpretation, knowingly misleading.

Inflation, energy policy blunders, electric car market crashing, looming recession, 2 wars, all on the Biden-Harris Administration and yet Trump is the greater threat? Shame on your lack of perspective. Your bias has clouded your vision. Inflation, poor energy policy, and wars can all get worse, and leaving the same players in the game is not how we turn the page. How many people must die in these wars? how many families must save for another 4 years for a car or a home? I’m ashamed of you, you can’t help your readers if you can’t see clearly.

When the low ratings are from different sides of the spectrum you know you found something worse listening to. Idk if I always agree, but the coverage is balanced, useful and thought provoking

Prideaux! Actual empathy is not “scripted.” The room y’all are giving trump to be trump vs the standard other candidates have and continue to be held to is ridiculous. That’s not journalism. To quote Weller, “That’s Entertainment.”

The Economist seems determined to “both sides” the 2024 POTUS race. I have no patience for “journalists” who pretend Trump is a reasonable candidate. Romney would be a normal candidate. Trump is a convicted criminal. I can’t take this news org seriously anymore.

Subscribed, love a lot of the content, but the volume of ads is just insane, especially for a paying subscriber

Could be nice to have a different feed for paid and free Intelligence podcast.

So many ads despite being a paid subscriber

Still enjoy the podcasts. But I pay for a subscription, but I still get ads in the pods. Won’t subscribe again.

Very poor form for a British “journalist” to be making all sorts of demeaning comments about the US Electoral College system. It works as designed to spread electoral power more evenly across the broad expanse of the country.

I hear misogyny and racism. There is also ignorance and misinformation regarding medical conditions such as both type 1 and type 2 diabetes — potentially dangerous misinformation.

The recent segments on immigration were so informative. Thanks!

A great way to keep up with the top global stories in a concise and informative way. I especially appreciate that I can listen in 3 times a day and not get bombarded with constant notifications

All of the episodes of The Weekend Intelligence are pointless opportunities for the reporters to subsidize a vacation. Most of their shows lack a point-of-view or a purpose, their reporting is short on rigor, and they never question the assertions made by the people they interview.

As always, the Economist offers up outstanding insights on current events. As a paid subscriber, I would have hoped that they would throttle back the volume of ads just a little bit.

DO NOT put Americans on this podcast. I only listen for the ~attractive~ British accents. Substantively could be better, but accents are chefs 💋.

Have been missing John Prideaux on Checks the last few months, but the Boom podcast is well worth it! Can’t wait for the rest of the episodes to be released! Thank you all for the fantastic journalism!

I was disappointed to hear the podcast encourage/celebrate animal testing on the June 18, 2024. Not very progressive. I usually enjoy listening and subscribe, but am reconsidering.

A few weeks ago, there was an episode where they discussed why Americans perceived the economy as being so bad when "really" it was actually doing well. I think we know what we're experiencing with the economy. That episode was just an attempt to gaslight us to try to get people to have a more favorable view of Biden. I've been listening to this podcast since 2017, and it used to be great. What happened? Why has it become so biased?

For every one podcast they make that’s illuminating and worth listening to, they make ten that are so shamelessly angled to their own interests that it’s no longer worth listening. Drum Tower is especially egregious.

Teasing longtime conventional listeners with “Subscription Only” Content just backfired, this conventional subscriber just unfollowed your feed.

Very misleading ads by the America petroleum Institute. Seriously why are you sponsored by the American petroleum Institute?

Our Asian allies are much more committed to there self defense than most of our European allies.I believe we should match or exceed their commitment if necessary. Our NATO allies have been slacking in their efforts and need to step up their efforts. The Chinese threat is much more urgent currently , even though the Russian threat is active. Australia is included in my Asian assessment. We need to find a balance of meeting our commitments and not bankrupting our nation!

As a retired, 20-year Army veteran with Desert Storm and Iraqi freedom experience, I always enjoyed live-fire weapons training. Yet, while consistently qualifying expert with hand guns, rifles, and grenades, etc., I’ve never had the desire to own a personal weapon. I respect responsible gun ownership, while feeling concerned about the consequences irresponsibility has wrought on our society. Great podcast!!

the economist serves the same purposes today as it did when it justified slavery, colonialism, and war in the 1800s - to give an intelligent and benevolent *expert opinion* appearance to the propaganda of mass murderers. no change, perhaps even more arrogant and detached from the reality of most people today

Please monetize through ads or subscriptions but not both. Love the content but not the ads.

I am a long time listener to all the Economist’s podcasts and I have always appreciated their non-partisan approach to news that is impossible to get in the US. However your new series, the Weeknd intelligence, shows a clear, left-wing biased in the stories they report. How disappointing. If I want partisan tripe, I can watch MSNBC or Fox News. I hope the Economist doesn’t turn into such an organization. The world needs the old Economist back.

Used to be a great series of podcasts; very informational, in-depth conversations, and great guests to spark thoughtful discussion. Economist podcasts have now become politically biased propaganda mediums with a keen interest on spreading alarmism. The irony is in the name “Economist” because they don’t conduct a whole lot of conversation about economics but will speak endlessly on moral rhetoric, the imposed guilt of western society specifically the United States, and humanitarian crises with no proven objective metrics but subjective opinionated rhetoric about how the world could be not how the world is.

Always if the highest quality in standards of journalism but free of junk both ads and self aggrandizing statements by politicians. Just good reporting with value added insight.

Honestly, the best podcasters. Worth the subscription.

I finally decided to try the free offer with part of my birthday gift. I was so excited!! I Set up acct only to learn AFTERWARDS I NEED IOS 17 WHICH WILL REQUIRE I BUY A NEW IPHONE. My phone CANNOT BE UPDATED TO IOS17. THAT IS A LOT FOR A PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION!! Now I get to jump through more hoops to CANCEL IT!! Unfortunate for me that birthday gift wasn’t enough to buy a new phone. YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROFESSIONALS. EVERYTHING NOW IS A RECURRING SUBSCRIPTION WHICH IS GENERALLY MUCH HARDER TO CANCEL. STILL, I am so grateful for the period you offered your podcasts for FREE!! There were a few years back in the day when all podcasts were free but they mostly have all gone the way you have. I wish you hadn’t and here’s why: For years I was intimidated by the name of your publication and never thought I would understand most of what you discussed but the podcast was a must listen for every segment that dropped!! And I learned so much and I understood all of it. I waited hungrily for each episode to drop every week. Paywalls, though now deemed to be required by most podcast publishers, have the unfortunate effect of limiting important knowledge to those few who can afford to PAY ALOT for news. I don’t understand why you didn’t just use ads? So much is lost to so many who are already so limited in life. Lost even to those who haven’t time to read your magazine if they can even afford to subscribe. We all understand that No one works for free but your original podcast exposed so many to things they may never have heard any other way. Nothing against the Intelligence but it is not the juicy science and economic news and interviews I so will miss. Sadly, the News overall has become another elite product, available only to those few who can afford to pay ALOT or who have time & ability to visit a library. It isn’t like there is someone leaving their copy on the lunch counter for the next person to read anymore. Who even sits down for lunch? Living on a fixed income, I can’t afford to subscribe to everything I am hungry to read and now that I finally have a bit more time to do just that, everything is gone behind a paywall. I couldn’t change the stars for rating. If I could you would get a -50 for the misleading promotion of your subscription service. REALLY BAD JOB ON THAT GUYS.

Ended up subscribing because there’s continually great content.

Love the Economist podcasts and delighted to be paying a very small amount to ensure you can keep up - and expand - on the excellent reporting.

The podcasts are great. So good that I agreed to try their subscription service. I could not get it to work. Then when I tried to cancel I found you had to do it through their chat service, where they waste your time trying to change your mind. They should have worked out the subscription service better before launching it.

In regard to Bill Clinton election one glaring fact not mentioned, why George H Bush lost was there a 3rd party candidate Ross Perot. If memory serves got 18% of the popular vote. Votes that most likely would have gone to Bush along with electoral votes.

Please remove ads for subscriber edition

Absolutely best of the best. If you want to keep track of current events and history with verified facts, diligent reporting, and expert analysis, this is the place to be. I am incomplete without my daily updates from the Economist.

Ever since I subscribed, the only shows that show up in my feed are the Intelligence. I forget about the other shows until they are mentioned in the Intelligence, then I have to go to the show page and search for them. Also, why am I getting MORE ads now that I’ve subscribed than I did when it was free?

This is ridiculous. I subscribed but can’t link because there is nowhere to enter the details. You have my money, so where is my access?

I tried to suscribe with the introductory offer a number of times after clicking on the banner with the offer but couldn’t find nothing to suscribe, looked everywhere in the app and nothing. I ended up subscribing in the website at full price, it would be fair if I get a credit and you honor the half price offer that you offer for months!

Charlotte told me I only had to link once, this would be easy, and effective instructions would be supplied. I’m disappointed to be unable to verify any of these assertions.

Like are you freaking kidding me? The Economist and Apple have had months of hype on this subscription linking. It is absolutely bull-crap that this does not work. The link appears to be totally broken. This is profoundly disappointing. Boooo :( p.s. I still love the Economist… I still rely on you for your excellent reporting… I’m just sad😔

Your linking system for Apple Podcasts doesn’t work. Your chat experts are rude and intentionally unhelpful. I may completely abandon the economist.

The link for apple doesn’t work, so I can’t link my account.

This shouldn’t be a problem but you manes to make it one

Given all the hype and pre-launch commutation, this is very disappointing.

Just recently subscribed but cannot get Apple podcasts to link. Support is only through an AI, which only leads to more frustration. Sharing feedback here as I can’t find another avenue so maybe someone at the economist will see. Hopefully they get this worked out, otherwise they may be losing someone instead of gaining one.

Very frustrated that the premium subscription has ads on the shows that I’ve listened to so far, especially including the shows that are supposedly ad-free. Also frustrated that the intelligence shows still have ads — I get that they’re available to non subscribers, but why aren’t there exclusive no-ad copies of the same episodes?