Podcast appearances and mentions of dan dombey

Is America heading for an inflation crisis? US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, was in Washington DC on Tuesday, giving evidence at the US Senate's banking committee and said that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses increased uncertainty for inflation - we hear from Chris Low, Chief Economist at FHN Financial in New York. Plus, high street fashion giant Inditex has appointed the founder's daughter as its new chair. The firm owns brands including Zara and Massimo Dutti, and we find out what's behind the appointment of Marta Ortega from Dan Dombey of the Financial Times in Madrid. And oil and gas investment comes to small-town Louisiana but is it a win-win for the community? And we get wider context from the historian, journalist and author, Anne Applebaum. Plus, scientists have struggled for a long time to learn as much as they'd like about the world of infrasonic sound and now a team of research collaborators from the US, the UK, South Africa and the Netherlands has cracked it - use a seabird to do your recording for you. We hear from Olivier den Ouden at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Plus, we're joined throughout the programme by Jyoti Malhotra, Senior Consulting Editor at The Print - she's in New Delhi. And Andy Uhler from Marketplace on American Public Media, is in Austin. Picture of stock markets. Picture via Getty Images

The Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has said that the rise in Covid-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant poses risks to employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation - we get analysis from Joe Saluzzi from Themis Trading in New Jersey. Plus, high street fashion giant Inditex has appointed the founder's daughter as its new chair. The firm owns brands including Zara and Massimo Dutti, and we find out what's behind the appointment of Marta Ortega from Dan Dombey of the Financial Times in Madrid. Also in the programme, authoritarian regimes are thought to be working closer than ever to keep each other afloat, with plenty of help from the West's financial system. We hear from Frank Vogl, who helped found the global anti-corruption organisation Transparency International. And we get wider context from the historian, journalist and author, Anne Applebaum. Plus, scientists have struggled for a long time to learn as much as they'd like about the world of infrasonic sound. These acoustic waves can travel a really long way but as they're below the range of human hearing you need to be able to place sensors where you can pick up various sources of infrasound. Now a team of research collaborators from the US, the UK, South Africa and the Netherlands has cracked it - use a seabird to do your recording for you. We hear from Olivier den Ouden at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.

The US is considering putting TikTok on a blacklist that would effectively prevent Americans from using the popular video app, Netflix warns investors that its pandemic related growth spurt is waning, and the FBI and New York state launch investigations into Wednesday’s unprecedented hack of Twitter. Plus, the FT’s Dan Dombey explains how Spain is still struggling with its coronavirus recovery, and why so much of the country’s future hinges on the proposed EU recovery fund. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The crucial local elections delivered a rare political disappointment for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. What do the polls say about the state of democracy in the country, and what do they mean for the economy? Gideon Rachman discusses the way forward for Turkey with Laura Pitel and Dan Dombey See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theresa May left last week’s EU summit in Salzburg in trouble: her Chequers plan for Britain's departure from the EU was rejected by other EU leaders. Where does this leave the Brexit negotiations — and Britain's domestic politics — with just six months to go? Is the Chequers plan really dead? Political editor George Parker and Brussels bureau chief Alex Barker join Dan Dombey to discuss. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The future of Syria and its neighbouring states, Lebanon and Turkey, remains unsure as they are struggling to cope with millions of refugees from the Syrian conflict. Gideon Rachman talks to Erika Solomon, FT correspondent in Beirut, and Dan Dombey, former FT bureau chief in Istanbul, about the political and societal strains caused by the refugee crisis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The death of a prominent Istanbul prosecutor after he was held hostage by two leftist extremists has raised tensions ahead of Turkey's election in June. Fiona Symon talks to Istanbul correspondent Dan Dombey about the incident and how the government has reacted. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What prompted the unrest in Istanbul? What does it mean? What does the future hold for Turkish politics and the wider region? Dan Dombey, Turkey correspondent, and Lex's Vincent Boland, a former Turkey correspondent, join Gideon Rachman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: As president Mahmoud Abbas presses his argument for Palestinian statehood at the UN - we ask former editor of the Jerusalem Post, David Horovitz and head of the Palestinian government media centre, Ghassan Khatib, what the people on the streets of Israel and Palestine really think about the prospect; then we talk about an activist Turkish foreign policy which sees Turkey facing confrontation on many borders; and finally, rising inflation and soaring property prices in Hong Kong open up the gap in living standards between the rich and poor. Presented by Gideon Rachman with Dan Dombey in Istanbul and David Pilling in Hong Kong - interviewed by Serena Tarling. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast we look at the appointment of Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard. We ask, what went wrong with Kevin Rudd's leadership and what can we expect from his successor? Also up for discussion is the prompt sacking of US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal. We ask, what does this action reveal about the Obama administration? And finally we look forward to the upcoming G20 meeting in Toronto this weekend. Presented by Tom O'Sullivan with Helen Warrell, the FT's Asia page editor, Peter Smith, the FT's Australian and Pacific correspondent, Richard McGregor the FT's deputy news editor and down the line Dan Dombey the FT's US diplomatic correspondent. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.