FT Tech Tonic Podcast
1) Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism
John Thornhill talks to the social scientist Shoshana Zuboff about her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and what we need to do to reclaim the more benign impacts of the digital revolution. Ho...Show More
2) Defying death: The future of forever
Gene and stem cell therapies have been touted as the next phase in the longevity movement, with promises to rejuvenate the body at the cellular level and reverse the effects of ageing. But, as the pro...Show More
3) Defying death: The longevity lab
Singapore has become a model for longevity-focused healthcare. With an ageing population and citizens willing to spend money on anti-ageing treatments, the government and private companies are spendin...Show More
4) Defying death: The origins of ageing
How much do we really know about ageing? For decades, scientists have been trying to understand the biology of the ageing process - what happens to our bodies as we get older? And is it possible to sl...Show More
5) Coming soon: Defying death
Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inventive treatments, therapies, and even manipulating our genes. And increasingly, it seems as though anti-ageing...Show More
6) Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hughes uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. You might be living with lead and not know it: the toxin ...Show More
7) Mission to Mars: Bad science fiction
For decades, science fiction writers have envisaged colonising Mars, even building cities on the red planet. Advocates for Mars exploration, such as Elon Musk, want to make that vision a reality. But ...Show More
8) Mission to Mars: The new space race
US President Donald Trump wants to âplant the stars and stripes on the planet Marsâ. But more than 50 years on from the moon landings, Americaâs space agency, Nasa, is in disarray. Meanwhile, China is...Show More
9) Mission to Mars: Elon Musk's 'Starship' Enterprise
Elon Musk wants humans to settle on Mars, and his rocket company SpaceX is spending billions of dollars on developing the spacecraft to take us there. The âStarshipâ is being designed to take astronau...Show More
10) Coming soon: Mission to Mars
US President Donald Trump has pledged to âplant the stars and stripes on the planet Marsâ, China says it will send its first crewed mission to Mars within a decade, and Elon Musk wants people to actua...Show More