Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

US President Donald Trump has pledged to “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”, China could send its first crewed mission to Mars within a decade, and Elon Musk wants people to actually settle on Mars, transforming the human race into an interplanetary species.


In a new series of Tech Tonic, the FT’s Peggy Hollinger asks if we’re really about to land, and even live, on the red planet.


Free to read:


Musk’s mission to Mars


Three days with America’s rocket chasers


Tech Tonic is produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. The senior producer is Edwin Lane. Flo Phillips is the executive producer. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music. Manuela Saragosa is the FT’s acting co-head of audio.

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Britain’s post-Brexit policy options

Britain’s post-Brexit policy options

Where should Britain stand in the great power struggle between the US and China? Does the special relationship with Washington mean anything anymore or do all roads lead back to Europe? Gideon discuss...

11 Jun 33min

Mideast war: The view from Tehran

Mideast war: The view from Tehran

What is life like in the Iranian capital and is the regime ready to compromise to achieve a lasting peace? Gideon discusses the mood in Tehran and the changing political landscape in the country with ...

4 Jun 25min

The backlash against AI

The backlash against AI

Gideon talks to Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Infinity Machine, a book about the career of Demis Hassabis and his AI company, Google DeepMind. They discuss the growing backlash against AI, why peop...

28 Mai 31min

Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap

Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap

Gideon talks to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on Greece as a leading shipping nation. They discuss Greece’s recovery from the financ...

21 Mai 27min

Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake

Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake

Gideon Rachman speaks to James Crabtree, former head of the Asia programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of The Perimeter, about Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his ...

14 Mai 31min

Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war

Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war

Gideon talks to Lloyd Austin, who served as US defence secretary under the Biden administration, about the need to adapt to new forms of warfare, accusations that he presided over a ‘woke military’ an...

7 Mai 28min

Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia

Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia

Gideon talks to Dmytro Kuleba, former Ukrainian foreign minister, about the current state of Russia’s war against Ukraine. What would it take to break the stalemate and how has the conflict been impac...

30 Apr 27min

Introducing: The Story of Money

Introducing: The Story of Money

Those who do not study history may be destined to repeat it . . . and lose money. The Story of Money is a new podcast from The Financial Times exploring the past to see where the next opportunities — ...

29 Apr 1min

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