The Story of Money

Financial Times

FT columnist Gillian Tett and FT Alphaville editor Robin Wigglesworth dig into the ideas, personalities and institutions that have shaped the history of finance.

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335 episodes
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Apr 9, 2025 · 18 min
Apple navigates Trump’s tariffs
The tech giant’s path forward is complicated
Apr 2, 2025 · 20 min
Why Islamic banking is taking off
Pakistan’s Meezan Bank is the country’s most profitable bank. How?
Mar 26, 2025 · 19 min
Retail’s last barbarian takes on Walgreens Boots
A private equity firm confronts an ailing pharmacy business with its own set of distinct obstacles
Mar 19, 2025 · 19 min
How high gold prices are fueling a chocolate shortage
Ghana is experiencing a unique knock-on effect of gold’s record highs
Mar 12, 2025 · 22 min
Inside an investment banking battle royale
A public trial offers a rare peek into one of Wall Street’s top boutique investment firms
Mar 5, 2025 · 21 min
Tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
The existence of the shadow fleet is worth billions of dollars a year to the Kremlin. But who owns these ships? The FT investigates.
Feb 26, 2025 · 22 min
Vanguard: can it keep playing disruptor?
The asset manager plans to shake up financial services
Feb 19, 2025 · 17 min
The story behind DeepSeek’s breakthrough
China is still reeling from a tech crackdown. So how did DeepSeek make it?
Feb 12, 2025 · 16 min
Can NYSE stay up all night?
The exchange wants to offer share trading 22 hours a day
Feb 5, 2025 · 17 min
Why Big Oil is resisting Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill'
Several factors are playing into energy producers’ decisions on drilling
Jan 29, 2025 · 21 min
Mexico faces a deficit – and Donald Trump
New president Claudia Sheinbaum is up against difficult challenges inside and outside her country
Jan 22, 2025 · 19 min
Inside Wall Street’s ‘SRT’ phenomenon
What is ‘synthetic risk transfer’ and how much should regulators be watching this growing trend?
Jan 15, 2025 · 20 min
Not everyone will win in Trump's M&A revival
Wall Street dealmakers are itching for an M&A revival during president-elect Donald Trump’s second term. Will those hopes pan out as they expect?
Jan 8, 2025 · 23 min
What crypto wants from Trump
The crypto sector cheered Donald Trump’s election in the US — what’s next?
Jan 1, 2025 · 27 min
Business Book of the Year: Author Parmy Olson on the rise and risks of AI
Listen to the winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year
Dec 25, 2024 · 50 min
Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses
Slate Money hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss a few things that have been circulating in the news
Dec 18, 2024 · 24 min
How the AI boom is reviving Three Mile Island
Microsoft and Constellation Energy plan to restart a reactor at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history
Dec 11, 2024 · 23 min
What Trump’s presidency means for banking
Listen to a live recording from the FT Global Banking Summit!
Dec 4, 2024 · 28 min
Why Northvolt failed to become Europe’s battery champion
How battery maker Northvolt went from Europe’s best-funded startup to filing for bankruptcy
Nov 27, 2024 · 22 min
Best of: Berkshire after Warren Buffett
Reporting from the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska

The Story of Money

Apple navigates Trump’s tariffs

Why Islamic banking is taking off

Retail’s last barbarian takes on Walgreens Boots

How high gold prices are fueling a chocolate shortage

Inside an investment banking battle royale

Tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Vanguard: can it keep playing disruptor?

The story behind DeepSeek’s breakthrough

Can NYSE stay up all night?

Why Big Oil is resisting Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill'

Mexico faces a deficit – and Donald Trump

Inside Wall Street’s ‘SRT’ phenomenon

Not everyone will win in Trump's M&A revival

What crypto wants from Trump

Business Book of the Year: Author Parmy Olson on the rise and risks of AI

Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses

How the AI boom is reviving Three Mile Island

What Trump’s presidency means for banking

Why Northvolt failed to become Europe’s battery champion

Best of: Berkshire after Warren Buffett