House call: Spain’s snap election

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is gambling that anger about housing might solidify his mandate in a snap poll. Most probably it will instead add to the rightward shift in European politics. America’s beef prices have never been higher, so why is it that the meatpackers have it so tough? And the battery technology to improve medical diagnostics you can swallow.

Listen to our episode of “Babbage” on edible electronics here.

Guests and host:

• Michael Reid, Spain correspondent and writer at large
• Bella King, news editor
• David Adam, science writer
• Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
• Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

• Spanish politics, housing crisis, Pedro Sánchez
• America’s meat industry, meatpackers
• medical diagnostics, edible electronics, battery technology

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