FT launches podcast hosted by Keynes

Soumaya Keynes

The Financial Times has launched “The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes,” a new podcast focused on big global economic topics.

Episodes will dissect questions in both macro and microeconomics, combining smart nerdery with real-world relevance. Examples include “Where is the global economy headed?” with the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, “Is pay transparency good?” with FT columnist and associate editor Pilita Clark, and “Where are interest rates headed?” with FT economics commentator Chris Giles.

Planned high-profile guests include Emily Oster talking about the economics of parenting, Neel Kashkari of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis speaking about US monetary policy, and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton on what is wrong with economics.

“There’s nothing I love more than diving deep into the toughest economics questions of the day” said Keynes in a statement. “I think this will be the perfect format to complement and elevate the FT’s economics coverage.”

In 2020 Keynes won an award for comment from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. She previously co-founded the “Trade Talks” podcast and co-hosted The Economist’s “Money Talks” podcast.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.