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Mac daddy: Apple’s new boss
18 minutes Posted Apr 21, 2026 at 9:48 am.
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Tim Cook is stepping down after overseeing 15 years of spectacular growth. We take a look at his successor. Japan’s rural women are disproportionately heading to cities, and their home towns are working hard to lure them back. And a historical examination of boredom, and why Britons have perhaps less of it than they should.


Guests and host:

  • Tom Lee-Devlin, business editor
  • Moeka Iida, Japan reporter
  • Catherine Nixey, culture correspondent
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Apple, technology, CEO, John Ternus
  • Japan, demographics
  • Britain, boredom


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