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Elon Musk has launched the largest stockmarket listing in history. The accompanying space mission remains grounded. Our correspondent weighs SpaceX’s extraordinary ambitions. The Republican party trades on its masculine image, but some young men are turning away. And, after a blind tasting 50 years ago unleashed a new wave of wine drinking, the market is drying out.


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Guests and host:

  • Tim Cross, senior science writer
  • Robert Guest, Economist deputy editor
  • Alexandra Suich Bass, culture editor
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
  • Jason Palmer, co-hosts of “The intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • SpaceX, Starlink, XAI, Elon Musk
  • Donald Trump, Republicans, masculinity
  • Wine, Judgement of Paris


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