The Economist: The week ahead
By The Economist
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Podcast Description
Our correspondents look each week at what may make the headlines
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The week ahead: February 3rd 2012 | -- | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The week ahead: November 18th 2011 | -- | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The week ahead: November 11th 2011 | -- | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The week ahead: October 28th 2011 | -- | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The week ahead: October 21st 2011 | -- | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 5 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
The Liberal Line :-(
Well, if you are looking for stories from around the world and brought to you with a left-leaning, euro-centric view, this is the place for you. For those who want stories without the little parts left out so you can skew your point, this is not for you. I have found a number of stories that somehow failed to mention those few little facts that make the story complete.
Short and comprehensive
I listen to this every week and it is a good precursor to the topics in the upcoming news. The discussions do not go in depth but provide a good highlight of world topics and issues. In a busy week it keeps me in touch with what's going in in the world at a brief level.
"The Economist" edition May 15, 2009 - Great for auditory learners!!
I've been a "The Economist" reader for many years and certainly enjoy their angle on world events. Actually, my being a "fan" comes from wanting to read current events/news from a journal that has a non-U.S. perspective and this magazine/pod cast/Internet source does just that. I'm certainly not saying (OK, typing) that American newspapers/magazines are completely biased, though some amount of bias does naturally creep in simply because they are, for the most part, typed by U.S. citizens. Being a native-born American, I do feel our journalists do a superb job of being unbiased - compared to the remainder of the globe, yet there's never a COMPLETELY, 100% unbiased accounting of the news to date by anyone! Knowing this, I think the best way to get a realistic view of what's going on in the world is to get our (U.S.) view/s and one (or more, preferably) relatively unbiased non-American view/s [make your own choice/s here] and then compare them all to weed out inconsistencies...ergo, you now have at best 97.5% truth [OK, I'm an optimist], albeit with a very little "t." Finally, since I'm somewhat auditory in my learning style, I lean on this mode (Podcasts via Apple - oh, I'm a certified 100% Apple admirer - we, my family, have many Apple products [e.g. MacBook Pro 15" 2.2Ghz - 2007 version w/ Leopard OS, iPod Touch, etc.] & have been completely happy with all of them) to gain the most from "The Economist" - a superb and "well-worth-the-money" publication! Give it a try and you'll agree...and no, I'm not in the pay of this publication. Smile.
