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May 2024
11m 21s

Ukraine’s ‘Rosie the Riveter’ moment

Financial Times
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Elon Musk’s xAI has secured new backing from three Silicon Valley venture capital giants, women in Ukraine have increasingly stepped into roles men used to perform before Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the FT’s Soumaya Keynes explains why the UK’s Labour party benefits from being boring. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

Elon Musk’s xAI secures new backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia and Tribe

Ukrainian women wanted in factories as men drafted into army

How large might Labour’s ‘dullness dividend’ be?

Introducing The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com



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