The Checks and Balance podcast, live

Speakers

• John Prideaux

  US editor, host of Checks and Balance

  John Prideaux is the US editor, having joined The Economist as a political correspondent in 2004. Prior to this he contributed to The Economist, Financial Times and New Statesman, and worked as a researcher in the House of Commons and the European Parliament. His career at the paper includes Washington correspondent, Brazil correspondent in São Paulo, home-page editor of Economist.com and head of podcasting. Mr Prideaux regularly appears as a commentator in the media, notably BBC, CNN, Fox News and NPR. He was educated at Cambridge University and the Sorbonne.
• Charlotte Howard

  Executive editor

  Charlotte Howard is the executive editor and New York bureau chief, as well as the co-host of the Checks and Balance podcast. Prior to this, she served as The Economist's Energy editor, writing about the global energy sector and climate policy. In other beats she has covered consumer goods and retail, the global health-care industry and politics and policy in America’s Midwest. She joined The Economist in 2004 and is a graduate of Yale University.
• Idrees Kahloon

  Washington bureau chief

  Idrees Kahloon leads The Economist’s coverage of the White House, Congress and national politics. Prior to that, he was the Washington correspondent and focused on policy matters. He began at The Economist as a data journalist in London. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in applied mathematics and economics.