August 21, 2026
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Jill Lepore on why the artificial state is ‘doomed’ – podcast

With less than three months to go until the midterms, voters are thinking about grocery prices, the Iran war – and datacentres.

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the historian Jill Lepore about how this latest AI backlash could influence those all-important elections in November. Are we seeing the beginning of the end of the ‘artificial state’?

Listen to the Today In Focus episode on the plans for a new datacentre in London’s Brick Lane

Read Jill Lepore’s Long Read here

Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel

Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com

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