Taken littorally: Spain’s sudden crisis in Ceuta

The Intelligence

The deadly rush of migrants into the Spanish exclave has deep roots in a wider North African conflict—and implications for a far wider European fight about immigration. Our India columnist presents an incomplete list of falling objects as a way to examine public-safety failures. And a data dive that reveals how AI writing is forever shifting.


Guests and host:

  • Michael Reid, Spain correspondent and writer at large
  • Leo Mirani, Ashoka columnist
  • Caitlin Talbot, digital culture correspondent
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Ceuta, migration, Spain, EU, Schengen
  • India, public safety
  • AI writing, waning human primacy


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