FT Weekend: Artist Shirin Neshat on the women-led protests in Iran
This week we speak with Shirin Neshat, one of the most famous contemporary artists from Iran, about the protests in her home country. Shirin’s work focuses on the lives and struggles of Iranian women....
15 Okt 202228min
Truss’s possible U-turn on tax cuts
Investors shrugged off another high US inflation report and Liz Truss could be about to rip up her ‘mini’ Budget. New US export controls force global semiconductor equipment makers to suspend sales an...
14 Okt 20229min
US midterms countdown: abortion on the ballot
Emerging economies have seized price discounts to buy cheaper Russian oil, and the FT News Briefing election series will take listeners around the US to hear what’s on voters’ and candidates’ minds as...
13 Okt 202210min
The UK’s gilt trip continues
Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on G7 countries to speed up supplies of air defence systems after another day of Russian missile attacks, and the biggest US banks will signal worries about the economy in t...
12 Okt 20229min
US property industry braces for downturn
Britain’s largest global law firms are struggling to attract and retain staff in the US after the sterling’s drop in value, and the European Commission’s vice-president warned the Federal Reserve’s in...
11 Okt 20229min
Iranian song fuels anti-regime protests
The US and Germany are leading calls to overhaul the World Bank to better address climate change, ships carrying Ukrainian grain are stuck in a Black Sea backlog, and protesters in Iran are moved by a...
10 Okt 202210min
FT Weekend: HBO’s 'Industry', and Esther Perel
This weekend, we discuss Industry on HBO with chief features writer Henry Mance. The show is part of a trend: like Succession and Euphoria, it depicts a pretty harsh version of the world we live in. S...
8 Okt 202230min
China keeps peeling off Taiwan’s allies
The pace of US job growth is expected to have cooled in September, Ukrainian forces are continuing their counteroffensive in the southern part of their country, and China keeps trying to pick off Taiw...
7 Okt 20229min
