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Oct 24, 2024 | 
ft.com | Lilah Raptopoulos |Topher Forhecz |Stephen Bush
This is an audio transcript of the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘Halloween Chat: ‘Beetlejuice’ and the lost art of soft...
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
ft.com | Topher Forhecz |Stephen Bush |Horatia Harrod
This is an audio transcript of the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘Culture chat — ‘Alien: Romulus’ all horror, no guts’...
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
The owner of motor racing giant Formula One is racing to capture the American sports audience. Thanks, in part, to efforts like the Netflix series Drive to Survive, it has caught the attention of many new fans. But FT sports business reporter Samuel Agini examines whether this league’s push into the US will stick — and keep growing.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
This week, we’re revisiting an episode from earlier this year. BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has been on the hunt for the money manager’s next “transformational” deal. In January, Fink revealed that he had finally found it with the acquisition of a private capital firm, Global Infrastructure Partners. The FT’s US financial editor Brooke Masters and US private capital correspondent Antoine Gara explain why BlackRock wanted GIP, and how this deal sets the agenda for Wall Street this year.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
ft.com | Lilah Raptopoulos |Topher Forhecz
This is an audio transcript of the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘Culture Chat — ‘Kinds of Kindness’ is a movie so cruel...
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
Banks in the US are locked in a bitter fight with regulators. It’s all about a proposed set of rules with an unusual name, Basel III Endgame. Regulators say the rules will help avoid future banking crises. Banks say they’re overkill and could hurt everyday Americans. The FT’s US banking editor Joshua Franklin explains how the industry is pushing back.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
The 2024 NBA Playoffs are in full swing, but eyes are still on a team that was knocked out last week. The Minnesota Timberwolves are caught up in an ownership dispute that’s gone south pretty fast, after two prospective buyers attempted to finance their purchase of the team in an unconventional way. The FT’s US sports business correspondent Sara Germano breaks down how the deal came together, fell apart, and the can of worms it’s since opened about owning US sports teams.
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May 29, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
This week, we’re revisiting an episode from last November, about a Wall Street saga that lost shareholders more than $10bn. In 2007, when Dan Och took his hedge fund public, he was making a bet that his company would stand the test of time. More than 15 years, a bribery scandal, and a feud with his protégé later, the FT’s Ortenca Aliaj and Sujeet Indap explain how things did not work out as planned.
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May 22, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
Episode description: Audit firms are supposed to put a company’s books under the microscope. But these days, regulators are finding an increasing number of flaws in the audits that they inspect. The FT’s US accounting editor Stephen Foley explains what’s going wrong, and how regulators around the world plan to fix these shortcomings. Clips from CNN, NBC News - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:Why don’t auditors find fraud?
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May 15, 2024 | 
player.fm | Topher Forhecz
Late last year, Warren Buffett’s close business confidant Charlie Munger died at 99. Munger’s death and Buffett’s upcoming 94th birthday have renewed questions about the future of Berkshire Hathaway. What will the empire he’s built look like after he’s no longer at the helm?
