On the edge of his seat: Stephen Breyer

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The departure of one of America’s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/justice-stephen-breyer-retires-after-almost-28-years-on-americas-supreme-court/21807405?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">justices</a> is an opportunity for President Joe Biden to choose a replacement, but the clock is ticking. We ask who might be in the running. West Africa’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/01/25/a-coup-in-burkina-faso-will-help-the-sahels-jihadists?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">latest coup</a>, in Burkina Faso, bodes ill for an already stumbling campaign against jihadism in the region. And why countries <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/01/24/why-do-countries-move-their-capital-cities?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">change their capitals</a>. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>