Podcast appearances and mentions of john aglionby

Wildlife conservation used to be largely financed by wealthy donors and governments. Now, efforts to attract institutional investors are showing significant potential, as a recent Rhino Bond launched by the Zoological Society of London, the FT’s seasonal appeal partner this year, showed. Oliver Withers, ZSL’s head of conservation finance and Aunnie Patton Power, expert in innovative investing and impact finance talk to John Aglionby about the changing landscape of conservation financing. Visit the FT’s seasonal appeal page to donate hereContributors: John Aglionby, assistant UK news editor, Oliver Withers, ZSL’s head of conservation finance and Aunnie Patton Power, expert in innovative investing and impact finance. Producer: Fiona Symon. Editor: Breen Turner See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been accused of constitutional vandalism by curtailing the opportunity for parliamentary scrutiny of his government in the final weeks of the Brexit talks. The courts will now determine whether his decision to shut down parliament was legal or not. Henry Mance discusses what all this means for British democracy with constitutional expert Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and UK assistant news editor John Aglionby.Contributors: Henry Mance, chief features writer, Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law at Queen Mary University in London, and John Aglionby, assistant UK news editor. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of last week’s elections in Kenya. But supporters of Raila Odinga, the veteran opposition leader, do not trust the result. Andrew England discusses what happens next with John Aglionby, the FT's Nairobi correspondent. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was credited with helping broker the end of the country's bloody civil war in 2003. But after two terms in office, his refusal to step down is threatening to tip the country back into violence. David Pilling, the FT's Africa editor, talks to John Aglionby, a regional correspondent just back from Kinshasa, about the crisis. Clip courtesy of Reuters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hissène Habré, the former president of Chad, has been convicted of crimes against humanity, the first time an ex-leader has been tried in an African Union-backed prosecution in another African country. William Wallis asks John Aglionby, the FT's East Africa correspondent, if the case could set a precedent. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the last two weeks, tension on the Korean peninsula has risen dramatically, as North Korea has threatened to target US territories in the Pacific and blocked South Korean workers from entering a joint industrial complex in the North. In this week’s podcast, John Aglionby is joined by Geoff Dyer, diplomatic correspondent and Jamil Anderlini, Beijing bureau chief, to discuss whether Kim Jong-eun’s escalating rhetoric is purely sabre-rattling or if we should be worried about his threats See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

China has just completed its carefully-scripted, once-in-a-decade leadership transition. The Politburo was cut from nine to seven members and incoming general secretary and president Xi Jinping will also become head of the military. With these remaining uncertainties settled, Jamil Anderlini, Beijing bureau chief; James Blitz, diplomatic editor, and David Pilling, Asia editor, join John Aglionby to discuss how the new leadership will cope with an increasingly demanding population and whether the world will engage with Beijing any differently See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's Republican Convention has been showcase for a strong next generation of potential leaders for the party, but is Mitt Romney's campaign also the last throw of the dice for a party that may need to adapt to a rapidly changing electoral demographics? Richard McGregor and John McDermott join John Aglionby to discuss the indications from Tampa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The FT’s Middle East correspondent Michael Peel reports on Friday’s events from the streets of Cairo after a day of pitched battles in Egypt. Interview by John Aglionby, produced by Emily Cadman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Aglionby talks to Guy Dinmore, the FT’s Rome correspondent, about Silvio Berlusconi’s extraordinary political escape in surviving two no confidence votes. We look at what options are now open for Mr Berlusconi, and what the failure of the revolt means for Italian politics. Produced by Emily Cadman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: We look at Ireland and its four-year austerity plan announced yesterday and as the euro plunges further we discuss the impact of the Irish debt crisis on Portugal and Spain. But we start this week's show in Asia and the unprovoked attacks on South Korea by North Korea. In the studio, John Aglionby; in Ireland, John O'Doherty; in Madrid, Victor Mallet and in Seoul Christian Oliver. Presented by Gideon Rachman Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.