John Shields

Director of Podcasts @TheEconomist

'Scam Inc' out now

'Next Year in Moscow', 'The Prince' - New Yorker, Vulture, Audible podcasts of the year

[John Shields @johneshields]

I’ve read @TheEconomist since I was a kid 🤓and I remember exactly where* I was when an early ipod owner told me what a podcast was. So I’m beyond chuffed to see a pod we made make the cover

[John Shields @johneshields]

A new series of Boss Class kicks off today with one of the biggest jobs in the world—the Google boss dealing with 2 billion users a day. And one of the best—a designer of space Lego. It's funny and useful. Have a listen https://t.co/T9qG0uzs57

[John Shields @johneshields]

Super job on a super team. Apply! https://t.co/o2CVA3TOkK

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc https://t.co/MMKm0TeOIW

[Sue-Lin Wong 黄淑琳 @suelinwong]

My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc

Read the article: https://t.co/XTMvWk5Dvr
Listen to the podcast: https://t.co/IbjekYQHhd

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

“Scam Inc”, our new podcast, explores a dystopian, criminal underworld of forced labour, corruption and intrigue.

Listen along as @suelinwong investigates https://t.co/Hbzt71pKI5 👇

[Alice Su 蘇奕安 @aliceysu]

This year I spent months in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: https://t.co/NQwFcMlTJF

[John Shields @johneshields]

Love @Economist podcasts? Wanna tell everyone else how good they are? Here's the job for you https://t.co/K6P4kNknom

[John Shields @johneshields]

Why are two old, unpopular men running for the world's most demanding job - again? Our new series is about the generation that blew up American politics. Episode 2 is out today https://t.co/m42TlSZxAJ

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The presidential debate was awful for Joe Biden, but the cover-­up has been worse. The dishonesty of his campaign provokes contempt. He must withdraw https://t.co/RijgS4gDI2

[John Shields @johneshields]

@shashj @Birdyword There goes the neighbourhood

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

What is intelligence?

In a special four-part series our “Babbage” podcast examines the science that built the AI revolution. Host @alokjha discovers how human intelligence relates to the artificial kind. Join us: https://t.co/9cAg6aO8YL 👇🧵

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

The only non-Scandinavian country that makes it into the top 5 places in the world to be a working woman is…🇫🇷

The latest glass-ceiling ranking from ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ ⬇️

[John Shields @johneshields]

When we chose the title of this series a year ago, Alexei Navalny's 'beautiful Russia of the future' felt like something more than a dream. His death is a nightmare. @ArkadyOstrovsky's new episode is a kind of catharsis https://t.co/ftbuDxLr3K

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Our “Next Year in Moscow” podcast followed free-thinking Russians who fled their country after the invasion of Ukraine. Alexei Navalny opted to return. Following his death, the series returns with a bonus episode https://t.co/xktPHjjSD1 🎧

[Arkady Ostrovsky @ArkadyOstrovsky]

New episode. A tribute to Alexei Navalny and to some very special people in Russia. https://t.co/jQUkMZ4fdA

[Kevin Young @ImKevinYoung]

Want to work at @TheEconomist? Our award-winning social-media team is recruiting an editor and a fellow (intern), both based in our London newsroom. The closing date is February 16th. Full details here 👇https://t.co/rR1lFe4wuo

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Talk to people who have made the leap into CEO roles and they will frequently comment on how intense the job is, how tough it is to switch off.

The sheer physical demands of big jobs mean that certain types of people have an advantage over others https://t.co/NaSpqEb5vg 👇

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

On this week’s “Drum Tower” @DSORennie and @aliceysu discuss Taiwan’s upcoming elections. The stakes are higher than ever before—not just for Taiwan but for the future of democracy. Listen to the podcast: https://t.co/Mk6ZvPLsMs 👇

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Rishi Sunak is not very good at politics. His Rwanda policy is bad—but his party is the real problem. The Conservatives are incapable of offering Britain either stability or normality https://t.co/jNl5QD8JYo

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

We’re thrilled that “Next Year in Moscow”, our podcast with @ArkadyOstrovsky, has been featured by @ApplePodcasts as one of the shows they loved this year https://t.co/h17QGrvzuV

[John Shields @johneshields]

Number two on the New Yorker list of the year's best podcasts. Huge credit to @arkadyostrovsky and a brilliant team