Episode 5 - The Story of Money

About this episode

What actually is money? This new podcast from the Financial Times takes a historical view of this question which is crucial to understanding human civilisation and the world we live in today. Robin Wigglesworth, who co-hosts the show with fellow FT journalist Gillian Tett, picks some of his favourite episodes so far and tells us why some of the greatest humans ever - Churchill? Newton? - were not always brilliant with money. The Story of Money: * Pick of the Pods: https://pickofthepods.substack.com/publish/post/201028489 * Homepage: https://www.ft.com/tsom?shareType=nongift&syn-25a6b1a6=1 * Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1376303362 * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FTTheStoryOfMoney Episodes of The Story of Money featured on this episode of POP-The Podcast: * The Bretton Woods agreement: a tale of boozing, womanising, espionage and a heart attack * The financial scams that brought Albania to the brink of war * They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing? Robin’s Pod Picks: * The Rest Is History https://pod.link/1537788786 * Greeking Out https://pod.link/1483233279 Robin’s dream interview: * Jay Cooke (1821–1905) https://en.wikip