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Wednesday, 25 March, 2020

18 min listen
The Rachman Review: Life in Europe’s coronavirus hotspots
Foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman discusses how the coronavirus epidemic has been handled in Italy and Spain
Friday, 20 March, 2020

11 min listen
Republican $1tn plan, Paul Tucker on damage limits
The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know fo…
Wednesday, 18 March, 2020

8 min listen
Rana Foroohar on the trillion dollar fightback, Biden sweep
The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know fo…
Tuesday, 17 March, 2020

9 min listen
World on lockdown, markets melt, hospitals suffer
The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know fo…
Monday, 16 March, 2020

8 min listen
Introducing the FT News Briefing: Fed cuts to zero, airport pinch, hand sanitiser sale
Introducing the FT News Briefing.
Wednesday, 11 March, 2020

16 min listen
Persecution of China’s Uighur Muslims exposed
List shows so-called ‘offences’ for which over a million people have been interned
Monday, 9 March, 2020

15 min listen
Coronavirus spread heightens risk of global recession
What can policymakers do to avert an economic crisis?
Wednesday, 4 March, 2020

14 min listen
Secrets of the South Pole
As human activity encroaches, do we need to do more to protect Antarctica?
Monday, 2 March, 2020

14 min listen
Is India becoming a Big Brother state?
Data protection bill that will allow government free rein to spy on citizens is causing concern
Wednesday, 26 February, 2020

17 min listen
Is Trump abusing his power over the judiciary?
Clemency candidates appeal to Trump through Fox News
Monday, 24 February, 2020

18 min listen
Iran hardliners surf wave of despair
Victory for Iran's hardliners in this month’s parliamentary elections has come at the cost of a despondent population suffering under the weight of renewed US sanctions
Wednesday, 19 February, 2020

14 min listen
The oil money flowing into sport
Arash Massoudi discusses the impact of the oil money flowing into football and other sports
Monday, 17 February, 2020

16 min listen
Are oil and gas turning into stranded assets?
Investors have begun to shun fossil fuels because of concerns about global warming
Wednesday, 12 February, 2020

14 min listen
K-pop: shaped by fans and shaken by scandals
What does K-pop mean to South Korea’s economy?
Monday, 10 February, 2020

16 min listen
Investors put their money on Tesla
What’s behind the recent share surge and can it be sustained?
Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

20 min listen
Coronavirus poses a big test for China’s leaders
How well will China’s economy and political system withstand the shock?
Monday, 3 February, 2020

18 min listen
Holding back the floods
Can Dutch expertise in holding back flood waters help us survive rising sea levels?
Wednesday, 29 January, 2020

15 min listen
On the monetary front line
The outreach sessions informing the Fed’s monetary policy
Sunday, 26 January, 2020

17 min listen
Putin seeks to secure his legacy with power shake-up
Russia’s president looks as though he intends to stay indefinitely
Wednesday, 22 January, 2020

14 min listen
Are financial institutions waking up to climate change?
How are financial institutions responding to climate change and should they be doing more?
Monday, 20 January, 2020

10 min listen
The multilateralist
Former FT editor Lionel Barber on Angela Merkel’s aspirations as her final term nears its end
Wednesday, 15 January, 2020

15 min listen
Exposing the problem with default data
Caroline Criado-Perez on how using men as the default model affects society as a whole
Monday, 13 January, 2020

10 min listen
Mitsotakis surfs wave of optimism in Greece
How is Greece’s prime minister tackling the county’s entrenched economic problems?
Friday, 10 January, 2020

9 min listen
The dwindling global telecoms dream
Telecoms companies no longer seem close to the vision to dominate the market worldwide
Tuesday, 7 January, 2020

13 min listen
What happened between the US and Iran?
Who was Qassem Soleimani and why did the US order the airstrike that killed him?