Podcast Episodes

Palantir’s relentless rise

Palantir shares have soared this year, making the data analytics company one of the most valuable listed US tech groups. The FT’s Tabby Kinder explains how a paradigm shift in Silicon Valley helped p…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Big Tobacco is buzzing over nicotine pouches

This is a revised version of an earlier episode and clarifies the position of Zyn in the US market.

As the popularity of cigarettes has slid in the past couple decades, Big Tobacco has been searching …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can Bobby Jain build the next hedge fund giant?

Two summers ago, hedge fund manager Bobby Jain set out with a huge goal: build a hedge fund that can rival the likes of industry giants Citadel and Millennium. But in the year since his firm started …

Published on 2 months ago

Fixable: How to bring a business back to life

This week we’re sharing an episode from Fixable, a podcast from TED. In it, hear about the resurrection of Barnes & Noble. 

Chief revival architect and CEO James Daunt joins hosts Anne Morriss and Fra…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Wall Street banks and private equity’s tussle over junior talent

The competition for junior talent between private equity and Wall Street banks reached a new peak this summer. That’s thanks to a controversial recruiting practice that is causing both industries to …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Introducing Tech Tonic: The rise and fall of Trump’s tech bros

Can Tim Cook save Apple from the trade war? Has Mark Zuckerberg really been a fan of Donald Trump all along? And is the bromance between Elon Musk and the president really over? 

In a new season of Te…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside BCG’s Gaza work scandal

Top consulting firms have repeatedly found themselves facing a reputational crisis. The most recent example was in early July, when a Financial Times investigation revealed that Boston Consulting Gro…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

A case of Schrödinger’s tariffs

It’s been exactly 90 days since US President Donald Trump paused most of his ‘reciprocal’ tariffs. With just a 10 per cent blanket tariff on all imports and a higher tariff on China, economists predi…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

How oil traders called the Middle East war

When Iran attacked a US airbase in Qatar – a response to strikes on its nuclear facilities – many feared a global war may be imminent. But there was one market that didn’t break a sweat: oil. It’s ty…

Published on 3 months ago

The end of the UK’s ‘bailout era’

The Royal Bank of Scotland was once the biggest bank in the world. Then, hubris got the best of it. During the financial crisis the UK government spent £46bn to bail out the bank. Seventeen years and…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago