Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Bond investors and central banks
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d6716d79-4cbd-4955-b07b-64740a...
Argentina vs the IMF
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/22e5487a-3e75-46db-abf0-c8e5e5...
Financing the fight against climate change
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/44757917-71f4-4699-8bde-49ebd1...
Apple’s privacy policy wreaks havoc on rivals
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d5d05648-ea0e-4c8a-ac0f-daad0d...
COP26: a climate gathering like no other
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/24a0e0ed-749d-4b6e-adbd-1f3c3a...
Introducing Working It: Can wellness apps fix us and beat staff burnout?
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the podcast about doing work differently. Join host Isabel Berwick every Wednesday for ...
Special episode: a trip to the NYSE trading floor
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e66c93b1-996c-48ea-9a13-597410...
The risks of private capital
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/c0ee2974-0e6d-43b4-ae05-6c4be9...
Poland versus the EU
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/8bb01ecf-622f-462f-b090-6cf5fa...
Dirty green jobs, and the $1tn carmaker
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/910fcfd8-05e8-43c3-8a30-dc8388...
The South Korean ‘wave’ has gone global
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/08263cf5-1d37-4296-a43f-4bf006...
Turkey’s Central Bank of Erdogan
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7be2e128-c34c-45fb-991a-1d6f16...
More Saudi women join the workforce
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9c52937f-8f75-4d9d-8a62-8479a8...
The crash landing of Austria’s chancellor
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/a263a468-2f91-490c-896c-a23286...
Japan refocuses on semiconductors
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/ad0b0068-1100-49b9-bc88-2055e1...
We answer a listener question about population growth
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/2d52df0d-ba41-45e3-9a0f-bb72a2...
S&P stink bomb, LinkedIn loves Ted Lasso
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/50168b7b-c72d-4443-965f-4a26d7...
Women still battle for start-up finance
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/d8781394-95a8-4411-9f19-69ddbb...
US solar project gives clean energy proponents a beacon of hope
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9a0a8048-a6e1-4557-8b0a-37fb5b...
How Elon Musk’s new rocket could transform the space race
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/ee0421e8-e101-4b0b-811e-0125c6...
IMF leadership scandal clouds annual meetings
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/4ce62a29-5401-4fa1-8af4-20e892...
Introducing Behind the Money, Inside ESG: The tiny fund that took on a US giant and won
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The story of how a tiny, unknown hedge fund took on a giant of corporate America over climate change...
Ireland signs on to landmark global corporate tax deal
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/fca004be-9f93-4681-bdd1-931ba5...
Panama, Paradise, Pandora. What’s changed in the world of tax avoidance?
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/411bb70a-8fe9-41ef-bd58-e4798b...
Africa’s green superpower
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/eb1b2bc3-1edf-444b-ac44-8e3a79...
Oil prices hit 7-year high
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/bc24e812-a089-43e1-bc7a-289916...
DIY gene editing
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/fc9fe04c-96ad-4127-ac98-2fbf57...
Facebook under fire for burying research into mental health impact
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5f0402b7-812a-4314-aba1-cee242...
Huawei tries to reinvent itself
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As sanctions derail its traditional business, China’s Huawei is scrambling to reinvent itself by s...
Inflation, inflation, inflation
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/6cd13eb2-0ab7-40a5-816f-43e963...
Two Federal Reserve officials step down amid ethics questions
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/1505ec37-b798-4016-8f80-d959bd...
Wall Street embraces the ‘Forever CEO’
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/c2d3fe11-799d-4f66-be2c-806dda...
FT Weekend: How has lockdown changed us? Plus: a night on the Orient Express
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing our new FT Weekend podcast. New episodes every Saturday. This is the last episode of the...
Germany’s unusually unpredictable election
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/74160c71-c5b0-435c-9c09-1c5e95...
Federal Reserve eyes 2022 rate rise
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/a3b42914-2e0e-4246-bc45-1ea9b1...
Gulf states caught between US and China
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/bde35a2f-ae3f-4fc5-920f-a6bca4...
Evergrande’s troubles loom over global markets
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/dd3aef66-5189-4b85-873a-e82c80...
China’s digital dictatorship
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/efcae358-e439-4135-9600-55b23d...
FT Weekend: The stories we tell, with Elif Shafak
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing our new FT Weekend podcast. New episodes every Saturday. We will soon stop publishing FT...
Laos welcomes cryptocurrency miners
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/8e3784f8-5605-40aa-a8b5-3d0e5b...
Alexa, pass the scalpel?
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/91b4abd2-1ef7-4069-ac25-a4759a...
China deals a blow to Blackstone’s ambitions
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/24c2b733-9dca-4dcf-81d2-ca9058...
Diesel vs Doughnuts
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/63d65f6a-045d-4da8-b170-c30642...
Hedge funds flock to Silicon Valley
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/40cef59a-441b-4b97-bea8-7a3ec8...
Introducing the FT Weekend podcast: 9/11 and the passing of time
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years after the Twin Towers were brought down, FT Weekend podcast host Lilah Raptopoulos expl...
The SEC vs Coinbase
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/0b052bc2-c481-49c7-a645-c83e90...
The world’s biggest direct carbon capture plant
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7344543b-aefa-4715-8494-7c92e1...
Is Xi Jinping moving China into a new era of Maoism?
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7a545b87-55eb-4dbd-b9a0-c80def...
Why developing countries are so keen on cryptocurrencies
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/768cdb61-a131-42de-b8d6-42c3c7...
Bridgepoint’s hidden executive pay
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/6b286858-b05a-4211-8e04-315b4e...
Introducing FT Weekend: The good life, with chefs Daniel Humm and Alice Waters
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this first-ever episode of the FT Weekend podcast, host Lilah Raptopoulos talks to Eleven Madison...
US corporate debt binge, FT Weekend podcast preview
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/0b603fa8-7afc-46f3-bae6-46b89a...
Banking on cannabis
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/385a236d-c829-47e8-b3a3-c0c3ef...
Biden defends US pullout of Afghanistan
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/53441ca2-a824-4f2c-8a76-c10ebd...
The fight between US service staff and QR codes
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/86c5ce53-69cb-4bf2-b79e-7e67f1...
Trailer: Introducing the FT Weekend podcast
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We'd like to introduce you to our new show: FT Weekend. Turn off your email alerts and settle in. Ev...
How community banks were small business saviours during the pandemic
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/e03bcc3e-c418-47e6-9037-0f0030...
Life under the Taliban: ‘Herat is now like a ghost city’
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/3e727154-099c-4af8-b3a0-5aa274...
OnlyFans reverses its controversial porn ban
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/a2aabbbe-070f-48f1-92f2-5ed1ec...
Lawsuit seeks accountability for Beirut port blast
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/03108ae2-9645-4849-a165-52eee0...
G7 tries to salvage Afghanistan crisis
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/f23d324d-b17e-4f6a-bacd-dad8fe...
Boris Johnson to host Afghanistan crisis talks
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/94500fca-aef3-4ab6-82d5-08005e...
Auto industry chip shortage worsens
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/243efeb3-032a-4282-b83a-24f566...
Afghanistan’s ‘dire’ financial outlook
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b1c4e938-b959-4767-aba9-2aedc1...
The Taliban’s first official press conference since taking Kabul
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9950c2c0-f75c-4098-aa1f-01e3ff...
How will the Taliban 2.0 rule?
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/76ae831e-7a74-4429-8bbb-2b947a...
Afghanistan’s President flees his country
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b1e7f141-e281-4bee-81e3-b11eaf...
Financial technology start-ups in Africa
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/80e6939d-d085-499d-ac9d-3ac638...
The debt-laden UK high street
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/baa5d27d-d16c-4f47-9902-abb72f...
Philip Morris battles to buy a medical inhaler company
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/b20cdab3-2e47-4bbe-bbff-39c424...
US Senate on the cusp of approving Biden’s $1tn infrastructure package
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/7822a4a7-d31a-40ce-8217-ebbafc...
Can science link extreme weather to climate change?
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/65fa9d74-d971-4536-a411-c06d86...
Robinhood’s wild stock market debut
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/0e09d7d2-95d7-4fa1-80ff-9ff466...
Why China’s youth ‘lie flat’ instead of enduring stress
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/c6ee7948-06e7-4f4c-8940-2f83d8...
PepsiCo’s juicy private equity deal
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/9221dcf1-ef98-4474-9d9f-226f08...
Optimism soars on the airline industry’s recovery
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/219d15f1-b6fa-471c-b0ed-2a2c41...
How climate change is steering the future of food
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/97741491-f1aa-4107-a84d-ebd874...
Amazon misses revenue targets in latest quarter
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon shares slumped in after-hours trading after the ecommerce giant missed Wall Street’s revenu...
Fed signals taper decision closer, India’s tech IPO boom
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve signalled it was moving closer to the moment when it will withdraw its support f...
Investors are spooked by China’s regulatory crackdowns
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Apple’s profit nearly doubled in the latest quarter as iPhone sales surged, and a former oil trade...
The $30bn insurance broker deal that never came to be
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The UK government will consider loosening travel restrictions for travellers from the EU and the US,...
The stock winners and losers half way through the year
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The international community is responding to the military’s protest crackdown in a variety of ways...
Introducing Tech Tonic: You Can’t Always Get What you Quant
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a News Briefing special we present Tech Tonic episode 3, our FT audio deep dive into how AI is ga...
US housing prices spark officials’ concern
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Washington and Berlin have reached a deal to resolve their longstanding dispute over the Nord Stream...
Netflix gambles on gaming and podcasting
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix gained 1.5m subscribers in the second quarter but lost 430,000 subscribers in the US and Can...
US businesses in Hong Kong between a rock and a hard place
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fears over the coronavirus on Monday contributed to European stocks’ worst session of 2021 De...
The search for a Covid supershot
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Opec and its allies have reached a deal to raise oil production in response to soaring prices, and C...
Pilita Clark’s picks for summer reading about the environment
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
US retail banks cut their branch networks and trimmed headcount in the first half of the year, and B...
Artist Damien Hirst issues his own ‘Currency’
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The chair of the Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, sought to ease concerns in Congress about the Federal ...
The index of everything
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visa and Mastercard have left open key gateways between Binance and the financial system despite ris...
The European Central Bank focuses on climate change
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Cameron was paid a salary of more than $1m by Greensill Capital, the finance company whose dra...
EU’s Andreas Schwab responds to White House criticism of EU tech regulation
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The rapid spread of the Delta coronavirus variant is causing concern about Europe’s economic recov...
Martin Wolf's summer reading list
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The UK’s advertising watchdog says it will clamp down on misleading marketing for crypto investmen...
A wave of private equity buyouts in the UK prompts concern
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former president Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube, as well as their re...
What did Didi’s bankers know before the IPO?
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Didi lost a fifth of its market value after Chinese regulators announced an investigation into the r...
China’s widening tech crackdown
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
KKR is expanding its operations to target more takeovers in the UK, ransomware hackers hit more...
Introducing Tech Tonic: Trust me, I’m a robot
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a News Briefing special we present Tech Tonic, our FT audio deep dive into the promises and peril...
What the Apple Daily closure means for the free press in Hong Kong
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The world’s leading economies have signed up to a plan that looks to force multinational companies...
How English Channel ports avoided a Brexit meltdown
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Private equity firms have broken a 40-year record with $500bn in deals that helped to propel global ...
Inside the secretive private equity firm behind the £6.8bn Asda buyout
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today the UK will set out a plan for a simpler, more “nimble” post-Brexit system of state subsid...