FT Alphachat

Financial Times

Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else

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Angela Nagle on the online culture wars

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06/28/19 • 37 min

Angela Nagle, author of Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right, talks to FT Alphaville's Jemima Kelly about the online culture wars and the rise of the alt-right.

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Inside Obama's economic policy shop

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05/05/17 • 57 min

Jason Furman, economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the way economic policy was made and framed during the Barack Obama administration. Jason also talks about his background and the economists who influenced him, and he gives his thoughts on a few salient economic issues.

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Hernando de Soto on the economics of property rights

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12/22/17 • 44 min

Economist Hernando de Soto joins the FT's John Authers to discuss his work documenting property rights in developing countries, the philosophical influences on his thinking and a lofty goal to create a global property rights registry using blockchain technology. Music by Podington Bear.

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What's going on in hedge fund land?

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06/03/16 • 37 min

Many investors are questioning the benefit of allocating chunks of their money to hedge funds after recent bouts of financial market turbulence and poor performance. The FT's US financial correspondent Mary Childs joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the big players and their idiosyncratic personalities, contentious issues like fees and benchmarking metrics, and the institutional lack of diversity among top fund managers. Visit FT.com/alphachat for show notes and links. Music by Minden.

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The FT Alphaville Christmas Podcast

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12/19/14 • 51 min

The FT Alphaville team reviews the key stories of the year, from the Russia crisis and the oil crash, to the company known as Quindell and the rise of secular stagnation theory.

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Buchheit and Gulati on restructuring Venezuela's debt

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08/18/17 • 43 min

Lee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati, two of the world's foremost experts on sovereign debt restructuring, join the FT's Robin Wigglesworth to explain Venezuela's looming debt crisis and options for solving it, while the country's economic collapse and humanitarian problems continue to worsen.

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Econ film review: Charlie Chaplin

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11/18/16 • 55 min

In the second edition of Alphachat's movie review, Izabella Kaminska leads a panel in discussing the economic and financial themes buried in Charlie Chaplin's most iconic films: The Gold Rush, City Lights and Modern Times, and the parallels between the economic landscape then and now.

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'The wisdom of finance'

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12/15/17 • 60 min

What happens when you take the principles of finance and use them to answer some big philosophical questions? Author and Harvard business and law professor Mihir Desai joins Matt Klein to talk about this and more. Music by Podington Bear.

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Who is Sadie Alexander?

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11/17/17 • 40 min

With the help of economist and Bucknell University professor Nina Banks, host Cardiff Garcia tells the story of the first African American economist, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander.

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Richard Florida on geographic inequality

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10/13/17 • 52 min

Urban studies theorist Richard Florida joins Aimee Keane to discuss his latest book, "The New Urban Crisis".

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FAQ

How many episodes does FT Alphachat have?

FT Alphachat currently has 206 episodes available.

What topics does FT Alphachat cover?

The podcast is about News, News Commentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on FT Alphachat?

The episode title 'Angela Nagle on the online culture wars' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on FT Alphachat?

The average episode length on FT Alphachat is 45 minutes.

How often are episodes of FT Alphachat released?

Episodes of FT Alphachat are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of FT Alphachat?

The first episode of FT Alphachat was released on Jun 15, 2011.

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FT Alphachat

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