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Monday, 5 February, 2018

20 min listen
PFI: a costly mistake?
The UK's private finance initiative was designed as an alternative way to fund the b…
Monday, 29 January, 2018

22 min listen
How to fix Britain's privatised railways
There are two ways of looking at Britain’s rail privatisation story.
Monday, 22 January, 2018

28 min listen
Is Britain's privatisation model broken?
Years of austerity and rising bills in the UK have eroded the consensus that private…
Thursday, 3 November, 2016

18 min listen
Afghan trailblazers
Afghanistan has made great strides in areas of womens' education and employment, in …
Thursday, 8 September, 2016

11 min listen
Cambodia falls for China's corporate embrace
China has a controversial history in Cambodia, where it was the main foreign support…
Friday, 1 July, 2016

15 min listen
Is Isis winning the cyberwar against the west?
Was Omar Mateen persuaded by Islamist propaganda to carry out his attack on the Orla…
Wednesday, 8 June, 2016

9 min listen
McKinsey's secretive investment arm
McKinsey, one of the world’s most influential consulting firms, has built up a secre…
Wednesday, 11 May, 2016

17 min listen
Unravelling how the secrecy industry works
Through his investigation into the London operations of Swiss bank BSI, Tom Burgis h…
Monday, 9 May, 2016

8 min listen
America's prairie tax haven
South Dakota's role as a prairie tax haven has gained unwanted attention since the r…
Monday, 4 April, 2016

14 min listen
The Panama Papers and the role of tax havens
The leaked “Panama Papers” show how a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, secretly…
Sunday, 20 March, 2016

12 min listen
Britain's troubled nuclear plans
Britain's nuclear plans are in trouble after the French company building and designi…
Tuesday, 1 March, 2016

15 min listen
Global land disputes
Global market forces are coming into conflict with local populations as the commerci…
Wednesday, 10 February, 2016

9 min listen
Hanergy and China's corporate debt spiral 2/2: The crash
In May last year Hanergy, a little known Chinese solar energy company, was worth alm…
Tuesday, 9 February, 2016

9 min listen
Hanergy and China's corporate debt spiral 1/2: Flying high
For a few short months, Chinese entrepreneur Li Hejun became the richest man in Chin…
Monday, 27 July, 2015

8 min listen
Cyber Insecurity: The fight back
Are hackers winning the battle for cyber security?
Thursday, 2 July, 2015

11 min listen
The Steinmetz affair 4/4: The Magnate
In the final episode of the series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis looks…
Wednesday, 1 July, 2015

7 min listen
The Steinmetz affair 3/4: The Inquiry
In the third episode of the Simandou saga, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgi…
Tuesday, 30 June, 2015

11 min listen
The Steinmetz affair 2/4: The dictator's wife
In the second episode of the Steinmetz tale, FT investigations correspondent Tom Bur…
Monday, 29 June, 2015

7 min listen
The Steinmetz affair 1/4: The Mountain
In the first of a four-part series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis tells…
Thursday, 25 June, 2015

1 min listen
Welcome to FT Investigations
Tom Burgis, FT investigations correspondent, explains our new podcast, launching her…
Wednesday, 9 March, 2011

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