Tom Wainwright, Technology and Media Editor at The Economist, dives into the fierce competition between Twitter and Meta's Threads. He highlights Threads' rapid growth and the struggles Twitter faces under Elon Musk. Meanwhile, Greg Karlstrom, the Middle East correspondent, discusses the economic turmoil in Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia, focusing on their daunting debt crises and negotiations with the IMF. They also touch on the quirky topic of invasive monk parakeets in New York, balancing humor with serious global issues.