<a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/03/06/ukraine-is-building-up-its-forces-for-an-offensive?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> is using a torrent of Western arms and training to prepare for a spring offensive. We learn why being on a corporate board of directors—or recruiting for one—is <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2023/02/23/demands-on-corporate-boards-are-more-intense-than-ever?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">more difficult than ever</a>. And we ask why one particular <a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/28/how-vivaldis-four-seasons-came-to-be-ubiquitous?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">composition of Vivaldi’s</a> has become ubiquitous.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a><hr /> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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The Economist Episodes Around March 7, 2023

End-Gulfed: Preparing for a post-oil future

Haley to the chief? A long-shot candidacy begins

Independence fray: Scotland’s leader steps down

Give fast, spry young: the new philanthropists

What it is in aid of: Syria’s earthquake response

The air of their ways: South Asia’s crippling pollution

Fire and grim tone: Putin’s and Biden’s speeches

The prices fight: conflicting views on inflation

A year of war: a Ukraine special

Has Obi won, can Obi? Nigeria’s elections

Let’s remake a deal: Brexit and Northern Ireland (again)

The belt buckles up: China’s grand plan slims

Losing the threads: Bangladesh

Seed of doubt: venture capital tightens up

Hedge of allegiance: South Africa’s diplomatic shift

Bakhmut point: Ukraine readies a counter-offensive

Home affairs: America’s revealing property market

Not so Pacific: the frightening prospect of war over Taiwan

A vote for Ukraine: why Estonia’s election matters

End run: Silicon Valley Bank

Starched rival: Turkey’s opposition candidate

One Tory building: Rishi Sunak’s mission

Puts Bibi in the corner: Israel’s protests

Felling through the cracks: rainforests in crisis

Bear backed: Xi heads to Moscow

Stopping the spread: how to fix the banks

Not shy and not retiring: pension reform in France

A bit Fed up: central banks’ dilemma

Iraq, a hard place: 20 years after the invasion

Bibi bump: Israel’s unrest flares

Over the Finnish line: NATO set to grow

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