Ft Big Read

Having started out in a Madrid theatre just over 12 months ago Podemos has ridden a wave of anti-establishment feeling in Spain to top opinion polls. But can it convert that support in to an election win?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elections in Africa's most populous nation have never been for the faint-hearted. A poll delay raises fears of army meddling but many look to a former general for what they need.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Europe and the world are watching carefully as Ukraine is pulled violently between Russia and the West. In this podcast, Neil Buckley takes a look at the battle for Ukraine, and how the west misread the Russian leader's determination.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are prisons serving as recruitment centres for radical Islamists? Tom Burgis reports from Paris.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matthew Garrahan and Shannon Bond discuss Amazon's ambitions in the film and television industry  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President François Hollande has been praised for his leadership after the terrorist attacks in Paris, but how will France's political scene be affected in the longer term? Anne-Sylvaine Chassany reports.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aceh in Indonesia was hit hardest by the Indian Ocean Tsunami ten years ago, which left 160,000 people dead as the entire coastal plain was devastated. Aceh was also the destination for one of the biggest reconstruction efforts ever mounted by the international community. Ten years on, Ben Bland, the FT's Jakarta correspondent, went there to look at the results. He tells Shawn Donnan what he found.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Bradshaw explains how the FT chose Apple's 54-year-old chief executive as its Person of the Year.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Borzou Daragahi reports on an Egyptian pro-democracy activist, whose despair over the failures of the Arab Spring led him to the battlefields of Iraq.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This year, for the first time, the world will eat more fish and seafood from farms than from the wild. But is that a good thing? The FT's Emiko Terazono reports.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the US deploys more soldiers to Iraq, its original decision to hold off attacking Isis has led to accusations that it opened the way for Iran to cement its position in the country.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The crash last week of a Virgin Galactic spaceship has renewed attention on Sir Richard Branson's companies. Sarah Gordon, the FT's business editor, takes an in-depth look at the Virgin Group business model.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Israel has announced it is pushing ahead with controversial plans to expand settlements in east Jerusalem. John Reed takes an in-depth look at what this might mean for the two-state solution.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk to Tobias Buck, Madrid correspondent, about the series of FT articles that investigated the modern trail of Chinese investment, migration and ambition in Europe, and he answers a selection of readers’ questions  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chinese businesses are expanding in some of the European countries hit hardest by the crisis. Tobias Buck, the FT's Madrid bureau chief, looks at a thriving community of entrepreneurs in Spain.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Borzou Daragahi tells the story of the shambolic and demoralised Iraqi army, and the rush to rebuild it as it fights the jihadi group Isis.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of Russia's richest men was placed under house arrest last week on charges of money laundering. Courtney Weaver, the FT's deputy Moscow bureau chief, takes an in-depth look at the strange story behind the arrest, and what it says about Putin's brand of power politics.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Openness is often seen as a cornerstone of the internet, but as governments act to control more of the online world, that freedom could be under threat. FT reporters investigate.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Spain could be heading for a bitter political crisis as calls for independence from one of its most dynamic and wealthiest regions - Catalonia - come to a head. Tobias Buck, FT Madrid bureau chief, reports.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

China's Yellow River supports one in every 12 people in the country. But as the economy booms, demand for water has grown, forcing the government to find new ways to prevent the river from running dry. Lucy Hornby, the FT's China correspondent, reports from Beijing  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.