The Story of Money: FT Launches New Podcast on Financial History

The Financial Times has launched a new podcast series titled 'The Story of Money,' hosted by columnist Gillian Tett and Alphaville editor Robin Wigglesworth. The podcast explores the history of global finance through key people, ideas, events, and institutions, aiming to provide context for market cycles and emerging trends like AI. Episodes cover topics ranging from ancient Mesopotamian debt forgiveness and 19th-century American frontier banking to the 1929 Wall Street crash and the Nixon Shock. The series draws on the FT's 138-year reporting history and will release new episodes weekly starting April 22, 2026. It is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms.

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