# The Story of Money

A podcast by Financial Times. FT columnist Gillian Tett and FT Alphaville editor Robin Wigglesworth dig into the ideas, personalities and institutions that have shaped the history of finance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a13c15d-181a-4a2e-a662-739d0e7f731a

## Latest episodes

- [The French Revolution's disastrous money experiment - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/4e1b36b42ffd) (2026-10-21, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6ad756fa10faf2bcfcce7cf0/media.mp3
- [The French Revolution's disastrous money experiment - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/f08d4f724d17) (2026-10-14, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6ace3a93253c13a898e63172/media.mp3
- [How the US financed World War I using Charlie Chaplin and Girl Scouts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/53c6c823615e) (2026-10-07, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6ac4da80924bc02b55a2ca51/media.mp3
- [The bloody birth of the bond market](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/84a62556922f) (2026-09-30, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6abb898bf4720dfefb71999e/media.mp3
- [Does history show that fraud is the sign of a healthy economy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/327e36b7a50c) (2026-09-23, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6ab262d8d00a4eacd5140ee9/media.mp3
- [Meet the Fuggers: Europe’s richest family ever](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/43fc6d4fb31f) (2026-09-16, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6aa957327f8a8df43352906d/media.mp3
- [Why Dante put bankers in hell and James Joyce didn't](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/5538fd7bb48b) (2026-09-12, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6aa403d5eeff2d17d34ba819/media.mp3
- [He expelled the money changers. So was Jesus anti-capitalist?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/e815a6c1b495) (2026-09-09, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6aa03eeb4fa142971fafc174/media.mp3
- [1873: The year America ditched silver as money and all hell broke loose](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/b607035cea63) (2026-09-02, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a9716b9a4a22c5817e00583/media.mp3
- [The ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’ who exposed bankers’ lies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/c957369ff2ef) (2026-08-26, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a8da66983ad88db014ca0e7/media.mp3
- [Mohammed: prophet, trader . . . and capitalist?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/1478c74b90fc) (2026-08-19, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a849d643c90594060cce6c0/media.mp3
- [How a stock market crash gave birth to modern antisemitism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/9f0cb53d2304) (2026-08-12, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a7b50d61549db32d4380e7d/media.mp3
- [The hidden financial world of ancient Rome](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/bef028390c88) (2026-08-05, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a71e2e2e9d2c023deb929cc/media.mp3
- [The canal that shaped American finance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/6e5ba2d48310) (2026-07-29, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a68c48c928f102203e14c0b/media.mp3
- [The trader who made $100mn from the 1929 crash — only to lose it all](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/e235e55b434a) (2026-07-22, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a5f8f9cc8dfbe44d8f012c8/media.mp3
- [The financial crash that created Britain’s first prime minister](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/4efeb69655e3) (2026-07-15, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a5656da70c881d75cf1f756/media.mp3
- [South Sea Bubble: the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/6e1447cc32bb) (2026-07-08, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a4d27bc195f863605c119de/media.mp3
- [The 1980s Garfield buyout that changed corporate finance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/fc5adcb7b0c4) (2026-07-01, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a43f6596771af4aa4fcda0f/media.mp3
- [The US dollar’s ‘immigrant’ origins](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/2fd7dc3a353c) (2026-06-24, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a3acbd6d80106fbdf15b22b/media.mp3
- [The financial scams that brought Albania to the brink of war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/d453aaa7bbae) (2026-06-17, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a31523f780d0f7579ad9fd6/media.mp3
- [When Nixon put America first and took the dollar off gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/21cf67aa1711) (2026-06-10, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a282b1cc022d9c4fe137366/media.mp3
- [Why Richard Nixon torpedoed the global monetary system](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/8039b21e2fcb) (2026-06-03, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a1ee5c99942b8f91f1b3821/media.mp3
- [The 18th-century woman who made saving possible for the poor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/a8aa313f9988) (2026-05-27, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a15c3ab8ff41815a8848195/media.mp3
- [The deal that put the dollar at the centre of the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/b7f08d3dd2b5) (2026-05-20, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a0c97990797376c6e180f80/media.mp3
- [Why money is the biggest shared hallucination in human history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/f5603c3912be) (2026-05-13, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6a03587f5c981a357370ba1b/media.mp3
- [When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/3b62c00a132f) (2026-05-06, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69fa2a3c1932a077a9adc243/media.mp3
- [Hitting the Buffers: The 1873 railway bust that broke one of America’s greatest financiers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/44290ebf16eb) (2026-04-29, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69f0fe82526757e10b613da5/media.mp3
- [They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/eed8faa2769a) (2026-04-22, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69e7a5dc1e5fb1ae46524cfc/media.mp3
- [How ancient Mesopotamians solved runaway debt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/da74079df68b) (2026-04-22, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69e7ab4c17df632b85f4c6b4/media.mp3
- [Introducing: The Story of Money](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/c7907e0214b0) (2026-04-15, 2 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69df5b4311d350e88929f978/media.mp3
- [Finale: The collapse of India’s $22bn tech star](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/47372af2bacf) (2026-04-01, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69cc1bc0bfb99db0bc799f7b/media.mp3
- [Private credit’s public reckoning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/31ee5c5ce836) (2026-03-25, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69c2f5bd1a160b44db221681/media.mp3
- [Best of: How the diamond industry lost its sparkle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/9dcfc93b5155) (2026-03-18, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69b9a178073190d04a905bc3/media.mp3
- [Introducing Untold: Opus Dei](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/7ea2d7690ffc) (2026-03-13, 2 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69b2fabd25f345603a1f64bd/media.mp3
- [Wall Street and crypto battle over the future of money](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/8a616d2d529f) (2026-03-11, 20 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69b05dfcc36fc2d58b1a6138/media.mp3
- [Vote for Behind the Money in the NYC Podcast Awards!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/06a544a671b8) (2026-03-09, 1 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69ab328e7036d7390216fdfa/media.mp3
- [Co-creators Mickey Down & Konrad Kay on ‘Industry’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/098e6a7ed9a9) (2026-03-04, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/69a715beb5381e1c01fd07eb/media.mp3
- [Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/bcba6651ba2a) (2026-02-25, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/699e091f123f974082f995ff/media.mp3
- [How a private equity pioneer lost its grip on the market it invented](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/deaba6075792) (2026-02-18, 19 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6994e02a1774b22d5ae8406c/media.mp3
- [A hedge fund’s $8bn bet on Venezuela’s Citgo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/f116dd0938e5) (2026-02-11, 21 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/698b921b0581faffc7730cc0/media.mp3
- [How the Federal Reserve might change under Kevin Warsh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/ededadb16670) (2026-02-04, 21 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6982583b8ac0563acb57c01b/media.mp3
- [Can Wells Fargo make it in investment banking?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/7da00e9b6d36) (2026-01-28, 20 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6979152347577ef18d7d8b64/media.mp3
- [The rapid collapse of Saks Global](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/b223926ffcdb) (2026-01-21, 23 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/696fef68fc4a780251bcb5a7/media.mp3
- [Davos’ fight for relevance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/37d554da53a4) (2026-01-14, 23 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6966b8c5023744df1119ad3a/media.mp3
- [Martin Wolf on the economy in 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/080eaeb829a9) (2026-01-07, 22 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/695d5bbc64fe6d2127734d37/media.mp3
- [As digital scams surge, who’s responsible?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/d6fe5c6775b3) (2025-12-31, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/694fea04c9578c8cdac53785/media.mp3
- [The Economics Show: What economics gets wrong about human behaviour, with Richard Thaler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/ea074405e6f4) (2025-12-24, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6942e914959d6e49508aa844/media.mp3
- [The quiet success of Fidelity Investments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/f28d35d161d0) (2025-12-17, 22 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/6941d4117e21d19ff2429ca3/media.mp3
- [Whistleblowing in the UK, Ep. 2: Is it ‘British’ to pay whistleblowers?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/5638d039193f) (2025-12-15, 20 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/693c3231f3a6f9e20a1ffb65/media.mp3
- [Business Book of the Year: Author Stephen Witt on Nvidia’s rise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1376303362/8693551db3a8) (2025-12-10, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/behindthemoney/e/693872360e4329eef0e013ab/media.mp3

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