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

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Sep 19, 2023 · 24 min
Can AI help us speak to animals? Part two
Why learning to ‘speak whale’ is an ethical minefield
Sep 19, 2023 · 29 min
Can AI help us speak to animals? Part one
Microphones and new AI are being deployed to understand the non-human world
Sep 19, 2023 · 32 min
Can AI help us speak to animals? Karen Bakker interview
A leading voice in bioacoustics on a ‘Google translate’ for the zoo
Sep 12, 2023 · 1 min
Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?
How machine learning is being used to decode animal communication
Aug 22, 2023 · 29 min
The quantum revolution: Live at Founders Forum
The present and future of quantum computing
Aug 18, 2023 · 1 min
Introducing: The Russian Banker
Who is Sergei Leontiev? To the US asylum system, he’s an exiled Russian banker who was persecuted by the state and forced to flee. To Russia, he’s said to be responsible for massive fraud. On The Russian Banker, a new series from the Financial Times, reporters Courtney Weaver and Stefania Palma try to uncover the truth, and find a story that tells us about Russia today and how people in the west build stories about who’s good and who’s bad. The Russian Banker is a special series that will run on the Behind the Money podcast starting Aug. 30. Listen to The Russian Banker by subscribing to the Behind the Money podcast here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 1, 2023 · 21 min
Peak social media: The future
What will social media look like in the years to come?
Jul 25, 2023 · 26 min
Peak social media: Building better platforms
What should the social media of the future look like?
Jul 18, 2023 · 26 min
Peak social media: The power of influencers
How the creator economy is reshaping platforms
Jul 11, 2023 · 26 min
Peak social media: The debate over young users’ mental health
How will regulation impact the social media business model?
Jul 4, 2023 · 27 min
Peak social media: The ads machine
Facebook turned social networking into a trillion-dollar business. Does it have a future?
Jun 27, 2023 · 29 min
Peak social media: Trouble at Twitter
Is Elon Musk social media’s saviour or its destroyer?
Jun 23, 2023 · 57 sec
Coming soon: Peak social media
Is the golden age of social media coming to an end?
Apr 21, 2023 · 1 min
Introducing Behind the Money: Night School
There’s been a lot of big finance and economics news in 2023. Whether it's stories about rising interest rates, tech industry layoffs or bank runs, it can almost feel like you need an MBA just to make sense of it all. That’s why the Financial Times is launching a bonus series called Behind the Money: Night School. Over the next five weeks, this show will help you understand the concepts behind the biggest economic stories of this year. U.S. managing editor Peter Spiegel chats with FT journalists as they unpack the basics around things like energy markets, inflation and the rise of artificial intelligence. This series is supported by Blinkist. If you want to find out more about conversations like this, check out the Blinkist app. Behind the Money: Night School is out now. Find it by subscribing to the Behind the Money podcast wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 11, 2023 · 23 min
The quantum revolution: The way the world is
What quantum technology tells us about the true nature of reality
Apr 4, 2023 · 22 min
The quantum revolution: Brain waves
Quantum sensors could be game-changing
Mar 28, 2023 · 25 min
The quantum revolution: First port of call
The Port of Los Angeles uses a quantum application. Does it work?
Mar 21, 2023 · 25 min
The quantum revolution: ‘Spooky action’
The weird physics of quantum computers
Mar 14, 2023 · 20 min
The quantum revolution: The race to build a quantum computer
Is hype outpacing reality?
Mar 7, 2023 · 26 min
The quantum revolution: Q-Day
Will quantum computing break the internet?