Why have NFTs captured the American imagination? What can the recent instability in the NFT market tell us about the history of speculative bubbles?
Heather and Joanne put the NFT craze in context with other American financial booms & busts, from the Panic of 1792, to the 1890s Yukon Gold Rush, to the late 1990s dot-com bubble.
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Aug 2024
Stay Tuned 8/1: Elections, Now & Then (with Joanne Freeman)
Former Now & Then co-host Joanne Freeman joins Preet Bharara on Stay Tuned with Preet. They discuss Biden’s decision not to seek reelection, how Democrats have embraced Vice President Kamala Harris, what to expect in the November election, & more. Listen to the full episode: http ... Show More
11m 45s
Sep 2023
Heather Cox Richardson on Stay Tuned with Preet
Heather Cox Richardson, host of Now & Then, joins Stay Tuned with Preet to discuss her new book, “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America.” They talk about the origins of the terms “liberal” and “conservative,” a 1937 anti-FDR manifesto that presaged today’s GOP, and t ... Show More
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Nov 2023
Introducing: Life and Art, from FT Weekend
Introducing Life and Art, from FT Weekend. It's a new twice-weekly culture podcast from the Financial Times. On Monday, we talk about life, and how to live a good one, in a one-on-one conversation that explores everything from food and travel to philosophy and creativity. On Frid ... Show More
1m 23s
Feb 2022
FT Weekend: Lea Ypi talks capitalism and freedom
This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits down with writer Lea Ypi, whose memoir ‘Free’ documents her childhood there, both under communism and after its fall. Ypi, a political theorist at the London School of Economics asks: ... Show More
33m 20s
Sep 2022
FT Weekend: How NFTs shook up the art world
NFTs were a big sensation, but the market for them has crashed. This week, we invited a crypto-sceptic, FT columnist Jemima Kelly, to answer all the questions you were afraid to ask. What are NFTs exactly? What happened with them? And have they changed the way we think about art? ... Show More
18m 45s
Oct 2022
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. So why do we keep getting sucked in? Then you'll hear a conversation between star ... Show More
30m 17s
May 2022
FT Weekend: The story of a stolen cookbook. Plus, Elizabeth Strout
In the 1930s, Alice Urbach wrote a beloved cookbook in Vienna. But during the Holocaust it was stolen: Aryanized, peppered with Nazi ideology and republished under someone else's name. The publisher refused to change it back for more than 85 years. Alice got her intellectual righ ... Show More
28m 49s
Mar 2022
FT Weekend: The stories we tell, with Elif Shafak
This week we bring you one of the most popular episodes from our archive: a conversation with Elif Shafak, the most widely read woman novelist in Turkey. She and Lilah discuss national identity, the generational pain of conflict, and writing in countries that don't have freedom o ... Show More
30m 43s
Jun 2024
Esprit es-tu là : l'histoire de Joseph Crépin, peintre médiumnique
NOUVEAU - Abonnez-vous à Minuit+ pour profiter de milliers d’histoires vraies sans publicité, d’épisodes en avant-première et en intégralité. Vous aurez accès sans publicité à des dizaines de programmes passionnants comme Crimes - Histoires Vraies, Espions - Histoires Vraies, Par ... Show More
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