Overnight cessation: a two-week pause in Iran

With little time to spare before a threatened civilisation-ending attack, America agreed a pause in fighting with Iran. We ask how the temporary deal was reached and how likely a permanent one is. China has an ever-expanding, state-led IVF programme : can that actually reverse a deepening demographic crisis? And the right way to think about AI’s entry into literature . Guests and host: Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent Carla Subirana, news editor Andrew Miller, special correspondent Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered: Iran war, Donald Trump, ceasefire China, demographics, IVF AI, literature Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+ . For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can listen to Overnight cessation: a two-week pause in Iran online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Overnight cessation: a two-week pause in Iran is an episode from The Intelligence from The Economist by The Economist.

This episode is 20:50 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Intelligence from The Economist when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.