FT Tech Tonic

Financial Times

We are in the midst of a digital revolution, where the line between our physical world and cyberspace is blurring. Tech Tonic is the show that investigates the promises and perils of this new technological age.

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261 episodes
Updated July 15

Episodes261

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Dec 31, 2025 · 42 min
Untold: Toxic Legacy, Ep. 1
How can somewhere that looks so beautiful be so contaminated?
Dec 10, 2025 · 31 min
Defying death: The future of forever
Are we ready to live decades longer?
Dec 3, 2025 · 32 min
Defying death: The longevity lab
Does Singapore have the blueprint for a longer, healthier life?
Nov 26, 2025 · 35 min
Defying death: The origins of ageing
Why do we age? Can it be stopped?
Nov 19, 2025 · 1 min
Coming soon: Defying death
How the longevity movement went mainstream
Oct 23, 2025 · 2 min
Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hughes uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. You might be living with lead and not know it: the toxin is often invisible to the human eye, but wreaks havoc on our bodies once we’re exposed. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. For information on how to live safely with lead, please visit the LEAPP Alliance website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 22, 2025 · 31 min
Mission to Mars: Bad science fiction
Can humans survive, let alone thrive, on Mars?
Oct 15, 2025 · 29 min
Mission to Mars: The new space race
Can the US beat China to the red planet?
Oct 8, 2025 · 29 min
Mission to Mars: Elon Musk's 'Starship' enterprise
Will SpaceX ferry the first settlers to Mars?
Oct 1, 2025 · 1 min
Coming soon: Mission to Mars
Will humans land, and live, on the red planet?
Sep 30, 2025 · 49 sec
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Tech Tonic has been nominated for a Signal Award in the Technology category! It's a Listener Choice award, which means we need your help. Vote for us to win here. We appreciate your support. And while you're at it, vote for some other FT podcasts that have also been nominated. The FT News Briefing podcast was nominated for best daily podcast category. Vote here. And Behind the Money was nominated in the Money & Finance category. Vote here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 10, 2025 · 31 min
AI Music: ‘Theft machines’?
AI music generators are trained on millions of tracks. Critics say they’re stealing musicians’ songs.
Sep 3, 2025 · 28 min
AI Music: The Infinite Jukebox
Will AI music generators end music-making as we know it?
Aug 27, 2025 · 1 min
Coming soon: Will AI ruin music?
Machine learning is poised to upend the music industry
Jul 8, 2025 · 31 min
Trump’s tech bros: The enigma of Peter Thiel
What does Peter Thiel really want from President Trump?
Jul 1, 2025 · 29 min
Trump’s Tech Bros: Is ‘Maga Mark’ the real Mark Zuckerberg?
The story behind the Facebook founder’s turn toward Trump
Jun 24, 2025 · 25 min
Trump’s Tech Bros: Has Jeff Bezos sold out?
What Bezos’s ownership of the Washington Post tells us about the future of American media
Jun 17, 2025 · 37 min
Trump's Tech Bros: The tragedy of Elon Musk
The Trump-Musk bromance is over. What does it mean for the world’s richest man?
Jun 10, 2025 · 26 min
Trump’s Tech Bros: Can Tim Cook save Apple from the trade war?
Will Apple’s success in China be Cook’s undoing?
Jun 9, 2025 · 1 min
Coming soon: The rise and fall of Trump’s tech bros
How America’s tech titans made friends, and enemies, with Donald Trump