The Economist Asks

One question posed to a high-profile newsmaker, followed up with lively debate. Anne McElvoy hosts The Economist's chat show. Published every Friday on Economist Radio.

Rank #1: The Economist asks: Anne-Marie Slaughter.
What works better in foreign policy: cooperation or coercion? North Korea and Russia pose a challenge to Western leaders in ways that hearken back to the power politics of the Cold War. But there are plenty of problems that don’t fit into that pattern, like cybersecurity, pandemics and terrorism. Kenneth Cukier speaks to the former director for policy planning at the US State Department, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and our deputy foreign editor, Anton La Guardia, about how network theory could be applied to global problems. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: The Economist asks: The language of Greece's debt crisis.
From debt bumps to paperology and the power of "oxi" - the crisis vocabulary in Berlin, Brussels and Athens tells us a lot about differing attitudes For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The World Ahead from Economist Radio

This future-gazing series examines an assortment of speculative scenarios, what-if conjectures and provocative prophecies. Not all of them will come to pass, but thinking about possible futures can help us understand the present, and catch glimpses of the world ahead.

Rank #1: The world ahead: Slow social.
In this episode we discuss why, after years of trying to make their products as addictive as possible, social-media companies are now heading in the opposite direction. We look forward to key dates later this year for elections, Chinese anniversaries and historic figures. And we ask what the former headmaster of Eton College is bringing to China’s educational system. Tom Standage hostsMusic by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC x 4.0) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: The world ahead: Sunshady business .
If efforts to cut emissions fall short, might some nations resort to solar geoengineering — building a sunshade in the stratosphere — to buy more time? Also, what if Facebook blocked Europeans from using its services? Tom Standage hostsMusic by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC by 4.0) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Economist Intelligence Unit: Digital Economy

The EIU Digital Economy podcast is a monthly series examining the technologies, ideas and people driving the digitisation of the global economy. Sponsored by DXC, the podcast aims to help business leaders understand the way in which digital technology affects their companies, their teams, and their careers.

Rank #1: Digital Economy: Why digitisation is disrupting your business model.
This episode of The EIU Digital Economy podcast explores the impact of digitisation on the business models that companies use to create and monetise value. To discuss why digital technology challenges established models and what companies can do about it, host Pete Swabey is joined by Charles Baden-Fuller, centenary professor of strategy at London’s Cass Business School, and George Walkley, group digital and development director at the publisher Hachette UK. Sponsored by DXC Technology For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Digital Economy: Asia’s digital rise .
This episode of The EIU Digital Economy podcast explores the growing influence of Asian companies in the global digital economy. To discuss why companies in China and beyond have quickly emerged as digital pioneers, and what this means for global businesses, host Pete Swabey is joined from Singapore by Ayesha Khanna, CEO of ADDO AI, an artificial intelligence advisory start-up, and Jason Davis, associate professor of entrepreneurship and family enterprise at the business school INSEAD. Sponsored by DXC Technology For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Tech Tonic

A weekly conversation that looks at the way technology is changing our economies, societies and daily lives. Hosted by John Thornhill, innovation editor at the Financial Times.

Rank #1: A look inside Uber.
Uber investor and adviser Bradley Tusk talks to the FT's Leslie Hook about the highs and lows of the ride-sharing company's rapid expansion, and how companies in the sharing economy can manage regulatory hurdles. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Scott Kupor on VC funding.
John Thornhill talks to Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, about his book Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It, about the conditions needed to grow tech companies and the potential drawbacks of a venture capital dominated market. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Big Read

An audio version of the best of the Financial Times's Big Reads — in-depth reporting from FT correspondents around the world. Listen to longform stories that explore and explain key themes in world news, science and business. Produced by Anna Dedhar.

Rank #1: Real estate: The global luxury condo glut.
Has the party ended for high-end housing developers, asks Judith Evans. After a five-year boom, they are feeling the chill as apartments in their gleaming towers stand empty, with many failing to sell despite offered discounts and gifts For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Martin Wolf: The west's global order unravels.
We are at the end of both an economic era and a geopolitical one, says Martin Wolf. What lies ahead? Will the post-world-war period led by the US descend into deglobalisation and conflict, or will a new order emerge with non-western powers such as China and India playing a bigger role in stability? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT World Weekly

Each week, we focus on one of the major international stories making headlines, drawing upon the Financial Times's team of foreign correspondents and analysts to make sense of world events. Presented by Gideon Rachman and produced by Hannah Murphy.

Rank #1: The fate of the euro.
With economic growth reviving in the eurozone, is the euro crisis now over, or is this just a lull before another euro storm? Gideon Rachman puts the question to Claire Jones, FT correspondent in Frankfurt, and Martin Sandbu, economics commentator. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: The EU's trade conundrum.
Wallonia, a Belgian region, has rejected the proposed Ceta trade deal with Canada, all but torpedoing the agreement for good. What does this mean for the EU's trade liberalisation agenda, transatlantic trade and the UK's Brexit negotiations? The FT's world news editor Ben Hall speaks with Brussels bureau chief Alex Barker and our diplomatic correspondent, Arthur Beesley. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Alphachat

Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else

Rank #1: Alphachat: Lee Buchheit edition, featuring Lee Buchheit.
FT capital markets correspondent Robin Wigglesworth and FT Alphaville reporter Joseph Cotterill talk to Lee Buchheit, Cleary Gottlieb lawyer and sovereign debt restructuring expert. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: The Trump economy.
The US Alphaville team breaks down the potential macroeconomic and financial-market effects of a Trump presidency, with special guest Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at New York University. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Futurewatch from Economist Radio

This series goes behind the scenes of the future to meet the people who are building tomorrow's world. In its first season, Futurewatch looks at the future of money—the death of cash, the rise of challenger banks and the potential of cryptocurrencies.

Rank #1: Futurewatch: The crypto craze.
Is cryptocurrency the future of money? Helen Joyce, The Economist’s finance editor, explores whether digital coins can offer a viable alternative to existing currencies. And Tim Cross, The Economist’s technology editor, explains the blockchains that underpin them For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Futurewatch: The future of banking.
Futurewatch: The future of bankingWill the bricks and mortar of high-street banks be replaced by the silicon chips of data centres? Looking at the rise of "neobanks" around the world, The Economist’s finance editor Helen Joyce explores how technology is changing traditional bankingPlease subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:www.economist.com/radiooffer For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Banking Weekly

The Financial Times banking team discusses the biggest banking stories of the week, bringing you global insight and commentary on the top issues concerning this sector. To take part in the show or to comment please email audio@ft.com

Rank #1: Transatlantic tensions over Basel, Brexit fallout and Deutsche Bank's special treatment.
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss transatlantic tensions over proposed new Basel committee rules, more Brexit fallout and why European regulators gave Deutsche Bank special treatment in the summer's stress tests. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Qatari money for Deutsche rights issue, Credit Suisse close to tax avoidance plea and new standards council for UK banks.
Patrick Jenkins is joined by Daniel Schäfer, investment banking correspondent, for news of Deutsche Bank, whose new €8bn rights issue is set to include €1.75bn from the Qatari royal family in a move that goes against co-CEO Anshu Jain's stated aim of steering clear of outside capital. Martin Arnold, banking editor, joins Daniel to discuss Credit Suisse, which is facing both monetary and criminal punishments over charges that it facilitated US tax avoidance. Senior Swiss politicians have also weighed in, calling for the resignation of CEO Brady Dougan and Chairman Urs Rohner. Finally, Sharlene Goff, retail banking correspondent, reports on Sir Richard Lambert's recommendation of a new standards council to monitor UK banks' behaviour, including their relationships with SMEs and handling of whistleblowers For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Behind the Money with the Financial Times

From hostile takeovers to C-suite intrigue, Behind the Money takes you inside the big business and financial stories of the moment with reporting from Financial Times journalists around the world. Hosted by Aimee Keane.

Rank #1: How beauty is beating the rest of retail.
Record numbers of bankruptcies and store closures have devastated the retail sector. So why is the beauty market thriving? Will the likes of Sephora and Ulta be able to ward off Amazon? With guests Moj Mahdara, chief executive of Beautycon, and Simeon Siegel, analyst at Nomura Instinet. Read more on this story here.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: How WeWork really works.
The co-working and office providing company set out to create the office of the future and has caught the attention of big investors, including SoftBank's Vision Fund. Will office subleasing open the door to profit for WeWork? With FT guests Dan Thomas and Alex Scaggs. Read more from Dan and Alex at FT.com. Music by Podington Bear.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Big Picture

The big ideas and themes of the 21st century unpicked by Financial Times columnists to shed light on our changing world. Presented by Jonathan Derbyshire and produced by Anna Dedhar

Rank #1: Summer special: Martin Sandbu - The economics of insecurity.
Most people are more prosperous today than ever before, measured by GDP. But that’s not what they feel — why? Featuring Arvind Subramanian, former chief economic adviser to the government of India; Karl Moene, economics professor at University of Oslo; Anne Pettifor, political economist. With Chris Giles and Sarah O’Connor of the FT.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Gideon Rachman: The dawn of the Chinese century.
Just named by the Overseas Press Club as best commentator in any media on international news, Gideon Rachman asks if this will be the century of China, as the 20th century was that of the US? Featuring Eric Li, Shanghai-based political scientist and Hugh White of Australian National University. With Geoff Dyer, Kathrin Hille and Martin Wolf of the FT. Subscribe to the Big Picture podcast on FT.com, iTunes or Stitcher. FT podcasts feedback: Please tell us what you like and don’t like about our shows at ft.com/podcastfeedback and enter our prize draw For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Investigations

Hear some of the best-reported stories from the Financial Times’s investigative journalists. The dialogue in these podcasts is based on interviews, court records and other documents. We pace each story over a series of episodes.

Rank #1: Is Isis winning the cyberwar against the west?.
Was Omar Mateen persuaded by Islamist propaganda to carry out his attack on the Orlando nightclub? How can western security agencies fight back against jihadi websites or predict those most likely to be influenced by them? Tom Burgis puts these questions to Kara Scannell, FT investigations correspondent, and Erika Solomon, Middle East correspondent. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: McKinsey's secretive investment arm.
McKinsey, one of the world’s most influential consulting firms, has built up a secretive $5bn internal investment arm that manages the fortunes of its past and present partners, raising questions over possible conflicts of interest. Andrew Hill talks to the FT journalists who investigated the fund about how it operates and why it may be a cause for concern. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT Hard Currency

Financial Times foreign exchange correspondent Roger Blitz talks to experts on the currencies market about the week ahead, looking at the global political and economic factors driving the world’s largest market.

Rank #1: Mind the gap.
Adam Cole of RBC Capital Markets tells Katie Martin why the euro and dollar still pounce on well-known signs of contrasting US and European monetary policy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: The euro-dollar rally, central bank signals and risk around the Turkish election.
Roger Blitz is joined by David Bloom, global head of currency strategy at HSBC, to discuss the euro-dollar rally, how the markets read the Fed's forward guidance and other central bank signals, and political risk in forex ahead of the Turkish election. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FT News Briefing

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.

Rank #1: Tuesday, December 31.
Private equity groups spent more on deals this year than at any time since the financial crisis, investors gear up for the final day of share trading in 2019, and former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn leaves Japan, where he was on house arrest, for Beirut. Plus, the FT’s companies editor, Tom Braithwaite, breaks down the year in IPOs. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Rank #2: Monday, December 30.
Fraudsters are milking companies of tens of billions of dollars a year with fake responses to online ads, new documents reveal that WeWork will have to pay $17m for some executives’ golden parachutes, and the number of small businesses being created in France has surged this year. Plus, why Warren Buffett says companies cannot be moral arbiters. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Economist Morning Briefing

Delivered before breakfast, The Economist Morning Briefing tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it. Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions, including the full Economist Morning Briefing:www.economist.com/voiceoffer Digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at briefing.economist.com for access to the full Economist Morning Briefing.

Rank #1: The Economist Morning Briefing, Jan 13th 2020.
Iranian anger changes targets; France falters on pension reform For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy