Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Biden turns to autocrats for oil
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US stocks dip lower on concerns over this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, a star witness in the 1M...
Russian banks hobbled by sanctions
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US officials say Moscow has asked Beijing for military equipment to support its invasion of Ukraine,...
FT Weekend: Understanding Ukraine’s identity. Plus, the Oscars
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we speak with Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk, who is currently in western Ukraine....
Poland welcomes Ukrainian refugees
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US consumer price growth approached 8 per cent last month ahead of a surge in energy prices followin...
Ukraine war boosts Macron’s re-election chances
10 Mar 2022
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EU leaders prepare to meet in Versailles today for a summit aimed at a unified response to the war i...
The stalled green transition
09 Mar 2022
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The US and UK banned Russian oil and gas imports on Tuesday to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine, t...
Russia’s war on Ukraine boosts China’s financial ambitions
08 Mar 2022
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Oil and natural gas prices see-sawed as global stocks fell on Monday after a US push to ban Russian ...
Russia’s war on Ukraine adds more turmoil to global shipping
07 Mar 2022
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fueling the ‘fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since seco...
FT Weekend: The stories we tell, with Elif Shafak
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we bring you one of the most popular episodes from our archive: a conversation with Elif S...
Commodities prices soar over Russia supply fears
04 Mar 2022
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Western brands flee Russia, global commodities soar as Putin intensifies his attack on Ukraine, and ...
War in Ukraine sparks Germany’s defence policy transformation
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the brutality of Moscow’s invasion intensifies, the idea of targeting oil and gas exports for s...
China shifts stance on Ukraine
02 Mar 2022
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The controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline company that was to bring Russian gas to Europe is reported...
The squeeze on Russia continues
01 Mar 2022
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The International Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to release oil fro...
BP to sell its stake in Russia’s state oil company Rosneft
28 Feb 2022
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BP plans to divest its stake in Russia’s state-oil company Rosneft, Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund pla...
FT Weekend: The international mystery of the ‘Hum’
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia has invaded Ukraine. We begin this episode with a visit from FT Weekend editor Alec Russell, ...
War in Ukraine shocks markets
25 Feb 2022
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Western countries are punishing Russia after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion from Ukraine, and UK...
Putin orders start of ‘military operation’ in Ukraine
24 Feb 2022
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The FT’s Max Seddon, reports from Moscow about Vladimir Putin’s order to launch a full-scale inv...
Russia’s move on Ukraine triggers western sanctions
23 Feb 2022
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Western powers impose sanctions on Russia as Biden says Ukraine ‘invasion’ has begun, and Russia...
Putin Moves Into Ukraine
22 Feb 2022
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Russia sends troops into Ukraine after recognizing two separatist regions there. Then, Russia could ...
Is corporate America becoming more inclusive?
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympics wrapped up in Beijing yesterday, capping two weeks of competition and controversy. Bank...
FT Weekend: Lea Ypi talks capitalism and freedom
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits dow...
Siberia’s DIY cryptocurrency miners
18 Feb 2022
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Sequoia Capital plans to move deeper into cryptocurrency markets and has earmarked at least $500mn f...
Blackstone’s dip into the rent-to-buy market
17 Feb 2022
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The Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes show it would be willing to tighten monetary policy q...
Soaring oil prices put US shale in a bind
16 Feb 2022
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US and European shares rallied on Tuesday after Russia said it had begun pulling back some tro...
Emerging markets: high risk, no reward?
15 Feb 2022
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The FT’s Gideon Rachman discusses the messaging wars between the US and Moscow over Ukraine, Centr...
The FT investigates Axel Springer’s #MeToo moment
14 Feb 2022
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German chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Kyiv and Moscow to try and deter Putin from attacking Ukraine...
FT Weekend: Will Silicon Valley ruin Miami?
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Miami is hot right now. In the pandemic, more people moved to Florida than to any other state by a l...
Inflation prompts investors to ditch Treasuries
11 Feb 2022
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A court struggle in China is casting a shadow over the company’s hopes for an Arm IPO after its fa...
Peloton’s turmoil could be appealing
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dozens of biotech companies are running low on cash and face an uphill struggle to raise fresh funds...
London and Paris at impasse over migrants
09 Feb 2022
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Credit Suisse investors warn they will try to block any extension of vice-chair Severin Schwan, and ...
Horatio Clare on the UK migrant crisis and Dover
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Credit Suisse became the first Swiss bank in the country’s history to answer criminal charges on M...
Great Britain’s migrant crisis
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A week of dizzying diplomatic meetings seeking to de-escalate tensions with Russia kicks off today i...
FT Weekend: Does Peloton trick us into working out?
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we look at the Peloton phenomenon. Is it a failing fitness cult or a lasting way to st...
Facebook's fall hits markets
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street stocks slumped on Thursday after disappointing earnings reports in the technology sector...
Spotify responds to the Joe Rogan fiasco
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spotify delivered a weak outlook for first-quarter subscriber growth, investors are putting more pre...
Has plant-based meat peaked?
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alphabet announced a 20-for-one stock split on Tuesday, and businesses across Myanmar shut up shop y...
January stocks hit the skids
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The US stock market has suffered its worst start to the year since the global financial crisis, US a...
Ukrainian city braces itself for war
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has warned that investors face years of low returns due ...
FT Weekend: Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we look at two things that connect us to human history. First, How To Spend It editor Jo ...
Russian gas projects face sanctions
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apple posted record revenue of $123.9bn in the holiday quarter, and investors had a tough time gaugi...
The Fed plans to be ‘humble and nimble’ and hawkish
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla reported a record net profit of $2.3bn last quarter but warned of supply chain constraints and...
The Draghi dilemma
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Google has overhauled a central piece of technology it is building to replace advertising cookies, a...
The Big Dip
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks on Wall Street ended higher on Monday after investors took advantage of a severe drop early i...
Discontent at Unilever
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Germany’s largest publishers and advertisers are demanding that the EU intervene over the Google's...
FT Weekend: Pati Jinich and Gillian Tett on food, culture and power
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we look at our culture through new lenses. First, we go to Mexico. Lilah speaks to Jam...
The bright side of Bund yields
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve has for the first time launched a period of debate of a central bank digital cur...
Moscow’s ‘Fortress Russia’ strategy
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A US Senate committee will begin debating a pair of bills designed to reshape technology regul...
Microsoft and Activision’s shared virtual universe
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The car industry has turned on France’s plan to force manufacturers to attach the equivalent of a ...
China applies brakes to Africa lending
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
UK inflation is expected to rise to a 30-year high when December’s data are released this week, Me...
Bain under fire for enabling South Africa corruption
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pension cash for British Gas workers was used to buy Israeli cyberweapon developer NSO Group, Europe...
FT Weekend: Tracey Emin: ‘I want to be a happy ghost’
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’ve got two GOATs – that’s Greatests Of All Time. Legendary artist Tracey Emin is...
The London-Kazakhstan connection
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Google says it will spend $1bn to purchase its office building in London, Katie Martin explains...
Environmental activists target top PR firms
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson suffered the toughest day of his premiership on Wednesday when he faced calls to quit ...
The Fed’s Big Shrink
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/afd4c412-780b-407a-8b5a-10175c...
US shifts from the ‘war on drugs’
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d84a12a8-97da-4331-836b-391c25...
Investors gear up for ‘gold rush’ in metaverse hardware
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/51351f23-63b8-458c-9ee2-a7cbda...
FT Weekend -- Happily ever after? Disney in the 21st century
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2022 is dedicated to one of the world’s most powerful cultura...
‘Spec-tech is getting wrecked’
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/4418eedc-e949-4d44-a517-55e73f...
Corporate America after the Capitol insurrection
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/31290819-a321-496e-a995-428119...
The small German city hosting BioNTech
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/cf9a801f-d99d-4703-a1dd-2219ee...
The pandemic is messing with US labour market data
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f1236902-0997-4028-8cd1-d50317...
Forecasting the world in 2022
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f0ee8a8b-fab1-4fcc-a49e-864a7b...
Who made up the metaverse?
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/693b3337-ce80-4150-866a-01e1c3...
America’s segregated banking
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/ee47c8a9-9e84-4e31-bcf0-2314be...
Chile veers left
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5e8d9be2-8efa-4339-b80a-53ffe0...
The melody of a yield curve
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b08546bc-7eee-4c25-9e5c-db4587...
FT Weekend—Predictions for 2022: Britney, flip phones and the metaverse
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final FT Weekend episode of 2021, and we are marking the end of one unpredictable year and ...
The Bank of England’s surprise rate rise
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5355f6b9-ad94-401e-bedd-557a9e...
The Fed expects three interest rate rises for next year
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5418e790-754e-4421-a7d2-99fd61...
The queen of the bull market faces her toughest test
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9db04e62-720a-47b6-89a8-3fc0f3...
The battle inside JPMorgan over A-Rod’s millions
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/6c90116a-d978-4b3c-9fba-0b57b2...
Fast fashion’s new superpower: Shein
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/99bcfb02-6de4-4658-9d7f-c210db...
FT Weekend: A trip to our secret book vault. Plus: the best books of 2021
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, we’re going behind the scenes of the FT’s legendary Books of the Year roundup. Lit...
The markets shrug off Omicron
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/699883ef-69b7-425f-a149-915268...
Evergrande’s endgame
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f448826b-f40b-49be-824d-579549...
Biden-Putin spar over Ukraine
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/4f159e0e-06fa-4610-8768-4807a4...
Researchers struggle to access Facebook data
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/0c162b9e-4c9a-40bf-ab48-a6d5f9...
The Tesla-financial complex
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/6842cbfd-af06-459d-80cb-e62f68...
Weekend: Seeing Princess Diana, with ‘Spencer’ director Pablo Larraín
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do we need another Princess Diana film? Maybe we do, actually. This weekend, we’re talking about n...
Brazil’s bullish finance minister
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e596c61d-a93c-48e6-8a16-c3b67d...
Iran’s looming water crisis
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/79f693ec-50d9-42d0-94af-b8b5d9...
Stock market fragility
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5810c0fd-5325-4b58-93d6-4790d0...
Jack Dorsey exits Twitter
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b6aa92ea-4a07-4423-acbe-deacad...
Nations race to contain the Omicron variant
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f39ef841-2756-40c4-9da5-487316...
FT Weekend: Eat, drink and be merry
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think of when you hear the words ‘British food’? This week, to celebrate the FT Week...
Biden’s strategic political reserve
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5074f2b1-fd14-490a-9234-3027d5...
China’s game-changing hypersonic technology
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e83a0e51-9195-4c95-8f0b-263f97...
The growing problem of space junk
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/db10452c-ddf2-445a-a28f-342535...
FT Weekend: The art of conversation, with Ruby Wax
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
FT Weekend is a weekly Saturday show that brings the best of our Life & Arts journalism into aud...
Euro drama in currency markets
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/896cc408-68c4-4fd1-960b-85bb18...
EV market capitalisations go bonkers
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/eb7eaf32-597e-403a-bb3c-712901...
On trial in the Vatican
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e08f700a-75e9-427d-b360-2a7c99...
Shell shifts HQ to the UK
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/fe1805b2-ef2f-48b4-9ca3-37e8c5...
Brexit drama 2.0
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/42928696-226a-4d50-9a49-4ee16f...
FT Weekend: How to live forever
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
FT Weekend is a weekly Saturday show that brings the best of our weekend journalism into audio form,...
Facebook’s whistleblower goes to Europe
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshiba has ruled out pursuing a deal to take the whole company private and is set to reveal a plan ...
Inflation bites Biden
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7d4a1b33-d4a4-4bff-a305-23c082...
Big investors get tougher with companies over climate change
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5656f24c-a8db-4626-bd6f-c2ab0a...
Elon Musk’s Twitter followers say sell
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/64380f52-df32-4ad7-b2b6-fec42e...
Why footballers stumble in their finances
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e9bcbc06-e603-4baf-b5d1-fd8603...