Biden’s strategic political reserve

Venezuela is set to take on the largest sovereign debt restructuring in history. Plus, chip stocks led a sell-off on Wall Street, and Nvidia’s AI chips have more than doubled in price on China’s black market. Mentioned in this podcast:Venezuela to reveal $240bn debt pile in world ...  Show more

Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister, private equity executives are borrowing against their future share of profits, and former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan died at the age of 100. Plus, the FT’s Andean correspondent Joe Daniels traveled to a rural part ...  Show more

It’s almost time to wave goodbye to the summer, but is Rishi Sunak also poised to bid farewell to some of his ministers? The FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by columnist Stephen Bush and political editor George Parker to discuss a cabinet shake up. Plus, the FT’s U ...

Liz Truss and Boris Johnson have both been intervening this week. Could they challenge Rishi Sunak? We discuss how much of a threat to him they are. Plus, we delve into the cabinet and Whitehall shake-ups. An industrial strategy was dropped while areas like energy security and ...

After a week that’s seen mass strikes and a growing number of bullying allegations against his deputy Dominic Raab, we discuss how Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fared during his first 100 days in office. Plus, we delve into the government’s approach to net zero and the pressu ...

This week, guest host Marc Filippino discusses the FT's war coverage in Ukraine with our Editor, Roula Khalaf. How does a news organisation make decisions during wartime? Then Marc talks with Maria Stepanova, author of In Memory of Memory, which was short-listed for the Booker Pr ...  Show more