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Radar 12min

Radar 12min is a narrative audio journalism show produced by 12min. Each episode takes one relevant topic and turns it into a dense, direct story — no filler, no fluff. You get verified facts, real context, and a closing section that helps you think through what to actually do with the information. This episode is about artificial intelligence... but not the kind you've already heard about a hundred times. It's about what AI is doing right now, in the real world.

Five real stories about what AI is already capable of doing

The 12min Radar tracks the events shaping the world in real time. In this edition, the focus is the war in Ukraine: what happened on the Trump-Putin call, where the battlefield stands, what financial markets and prediction platforms are pricing in — and why the American political calendar could be a decisive factor in how the conflict ends in two thousand and twenty-six.

The End of the War?

For decades, the smartphone industry followed a simple playbook: sell, discard, repeat. The European Union just decided to rewrite it — with binding rules that will reshape how phones are built, supported, and repaired. This radar breaks down what's changing, when it happens, who's found a way around the new requirements, and what it means for consumers far beyond Europe's borders.

A phone that actually lasts

On the night of April twenty-fifth, two thousand twenty-six, an armed man stormed the most famous press dinner in America... while Donald Trump was seated on stage. This Radar reconstructs the attack at the Washington Hilton: who the shooter was, how he got in, why this operation was different from everything that came before... and what an investor should do with this information.

Teacher of the month, assassin the following week

How did we get here? See which ideas shaped the course of history, and how philosophy played a significant role in human evolution.

History & Philosophy

On Sunday, April 26th, 2026, Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe finished the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds, becoming the first human being to run twenty-six point two miles in under two hours in an official competition. The runner-up, Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha, did it in his very first marathon. This Radar 12min tells the story of that record: how long it took to get here, the predictions that missed the mark, who Sabastian Sawe actually is, and what that number says about limits.

UNDER TWO HOURS! THE UNBELIEVABLE WORLD RECORD IN RUNNING!

This episode of Radar twelve min brings together five of the most intriguing episodes in World Cup history: the referee who disappeared before testifying against Garrincha, the Jules Rimet Trophy stolen twice, the suspicious water bottle in the Brazil and Argentina match in nineteen ninety, Maradona's drug test in nineteen ninety-four, and Ronaldo's seizure on the eve of the nineteen ninety-eight final. All the facts are real and documented. All the questions remain without a definitive answer.

Lies and Dirty Tricks at the World Cup

Radar twelve min tracks what is shifting in the worlds of technology, science, and business and translates it into useful reading. No alarmism, no hype, just enough context for you to form your own opinion about what is coming.

TRIBE V2 — THE MACHINE THAT LEARNED TO READ THE BRAIN

Wars are fought with weapons, but funded by markets. This Radar follows the money flows generated by today's armed conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and beyond, tracking who profits from arms contracts, commodity price swings, and post-war reconstruction deals. Based on data from SIPRI, the World Bank, and international policy research.

WHO PROFITS FROM WAR?

The US-Iran ceasefire was set to expire on Tuesday — but got extended at the last minute, with no end date. Meanwhile, ships were seized in the Strait of Hormuz, oil crossed a hundred dollars a barrel again, and suspicious bets placed minutes before presidential announcements are fueling serious insider-trading concerns. This Radar twelve min episode reconstructs what happened since Sunday and explains why a forty-eight-kilometer-wide strait is shaping the price of everything you buy.

Ceasefire Extended, Ships Seized, and Suspicious Bets: What Just Happened in the Middle East

An analysis of how the single-job model has eroded over seven decades. Drawing on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Goldman Sachs, the OECD, and recent research from LendingTree and the Big Shift twenty twenty six report, this Radar traces the timeline from the nineteen fifties, when two years of salary could buy a house, to April twenty twenty six, when fifty five percent of Gen Z holds more than one job at a time. Based on a Reuters report and cross-referencing over fifteen sources, it explains why one paycheck is no longer enough.

Why One Job No Longer Cuts It for Millennials and Gen Z


In two thousand and twenty-six, war became a content strategy. From Call of Duty-style videos posted by the White House to Lego animations produced for the Iranian government, this piece maps how memes, AI-generated images, and viral propaganda are shaping global perception of the Iran conflict... and why the real battle may now be happening in your feed.

War and Memes... How Propaganda Went Viral

This Radar twelve minutes examines whether the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran in March two thousand twenty-six marks the beginning of a Third World War. It covers the four criteria that define a world war, the actual positions of Russia and China, the concrete risks of escalation, and what to monitor in order to separate legitimate concern from unfounded panic.

Is This the Start of World War Three?

An Austrian programmer built in one hour the software that is transforming China. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent that does not just talk... it acts: it replies to emails, operates programs, buys tickets, and works around the clock. Millions of Chinese are "raising lobsters," local governments are offering multimillion-yuan subsidies, and a new model of one-person companies is emerging. But the security risks are real. This Radar covers both sides of the revolution.

What Is OpenClaw and Why It Matters

This Radar twelve min explains what actually happens when oil prices surge, using the shocks of nineteen seventy-three, seventy-nine, and two thousand and eight as reference points, and connecting them to the Strait of Hormuz closure in March two thousand and twenty-six. It traces the cascade from crude oil to fuel, food, fertilizer, gas, airfares, and monetary policy, with four concrete scenarios and actionable guidance for consumers, businesses, and investors.

What Actually Happens When Oil Gets Expensive?

Anthropic decided not to release its most powerful cybersecurity AI model to the public. They called it Mythos, and it's capable of finding and exploiting thousands of critical vulnerabilities across the world's major systems — some hidden for decades. This Radar 12min explains what Mythos does, why the window between a flaw's disclosure and its exploitation has practically vanished, and what all of this means for companies that don't have the security budget of a Wall Street bank.

Mythos: the machine that hacked the world before breakfast

This week's Radar 12min dives into the Forbes 2026 Billionaires List... and what surfaces is more than a ranking of fortunes. It is a portrait of a global economy in transformation: artificial intelligence inflating net worths at unprecedented speed, a single individual worth more than the GDP of Belgium, and new entries ranging from Beyoncé to Roger Federer. In 10 minutes of reading, you understand what is behind the numbers — and what they say about the world you live in.

The Billionaire Club, 2026 Edition: A World Where One Man Is Worth More Than Belgium

It’s time to start making good investments and learn how to manage your money better. 

Investing & Finance

The war between the United States, Israel, and Iran is redrawing the global investment map. This Radar twelve min shows how the Middle East conflict pushed oil prices to levels not seen since two thousand and twenty-two, triggered the largest capital flight from Asia since two thousand and eight, jammed the traditional safe havens, and put central banks worldwide into a holding pattern.

Wartime investing: new board, new rules

A single morning jog on the deck of a nuclear aircraft carrier exposed Europe's most uncomfortable truth in two thousand and twenty-six: the continent is being pulled into a war it did not choose, over a strait it cannot afford to lose.

The Strait That Holds Europe Hostage

The world's largest economy just opened a trade investigation against a Brazilian payment system that is free, processes over six billion transactions a month, and is used by over ninety percent of the country's adults. In this Radar twelve min, we break down how Pix became the center of a geopolitical dispute between Brazil and the United States, why Visa and Mastercard feel threatened, what Colombia has to do with it, and what it all means for the future of money.

Every American Should Have This, But They Don't

Meta invested fourteen billion dollars, built a superintelligence lab from scratch, and launched Muse Spark, its new AI model. This Radar breaks down what it does, where it beats and where it loses to OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, why Meta abandoned open source, and what changes for anyone using WhatsApp and Instagram.

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