The Rachman Review

Trump takes aim at South Africa

Donald Trump has accused South Africa of carrying out a genocide against its white population. He also says the nation does not deserve to be a member of the G20, which it hosted last month. FT Africa editor David Pilling - standing in for Gideon - puts these allegations to two South Africans, Lawson Naidoo, a civil society activist, and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, a foreign policy expert. What is the state of race relations in the country and how are South Africans reacting to the allegations? Clip: CNN Free links to read more on this topic: South Africa arrests Kenyans working at US-run Afrikaner ‘refugee’ centre [https://on.ft.com/4pjl1Vf] The ‘pampered princess’ accused of trafficking South Africans to Russia [https://on.ft.com/4p1NvT9] How South Africa’s underworld infiltrated its government [https://on.ft.com/4alMuSj] South Africans question future of Black empowerment policies [https://on.ft.com/4iYfRw0] South Africa’s credit rating upgraded for first time in two decades [https://on.ft.com/4p0JfTU] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Devid Pilling. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips. Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/7d8bbbc8-15b7-49e1-abb6-2532c85201e9] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump

Gideon talks to Jens Stoltenberg, Nato's former secretary-general, about Ukraine and Europe's strategic priorities after recent scathing criticism from US president Donald Trump over its failure to end the war: ‘They talk but they don’t produce.’ Clip: Politico Free links to read more on this topic: The White House’s rupture with the western alliance [https://on.ft.com/4oKqQdP] Trump pushes for ‘free economic zone’ in Donbas, says Zelenskyy [https://on.ft.com/48MUgSJ] Friedrich Merz offers to host Ukraine talks so deal not done ‘above Europe’s head’ [https://on.ft.com/4oNUdvW] Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace [https://on.ft.com/48DYQCw] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/40b12ae8-30a1-4876-875c-9af7d7be7ab8] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips. Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Splits in the Maga movement

Gideon talks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, about the rows over racism, Epstein and Israel that have broken out in Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement. Clips: Tucker Carlson, Right wing watch, Dana Loesch Free links to read more on this topic: Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress after clash with Donald Trump [https://on.ft.com/4iANOTn] Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview [https://on.ft.com/48w1Fpn] Maga vs AI: Donald Trump’s Big Tech courtship risks a backlash [https://on.ft.com/48yyTV0] Donald Trump’s Maga base split over handling of Jeffrey Epstein files [https://on.ft.com/448cL2x] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/3afeb45f-d730-4725-904b-7ca1c63be941] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The voice of moderate America

Gideon talks to Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democrat on the US Senate Committee on foreign relations, about Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Can Congress stop the president from making big concessions to Russia and attempting regime change in Caracas? Clip: ABC News Free links to read more on this topic: Ukraine has no choice but to engage with US peace plan [https://on.ft.com/44nWSVE] Russia pursues peace deal — on its own terms [https://on.ft.com/3M78QwA] Donald Trump’s affordability problem: in charts [https://on.ft.com/3M94eGd] What is Venezuela’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’? [https://on.ft.com/4intHYF] Mohammed bin Salman, the autocratic Saudi moderniser trying to escape his past [https://on.ft.com/4intIfb] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/67a0af5c-9141-40dc-b999-5d0bef6ac105] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death

Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inventive treatments, therapies, and even manipulating our genes. And increasingly, it seems as though anti-ageing efforts have moved from the super rich to a mass market consumer industry. In this series, we’re covering the past, present and future of the longevity movement. We’ll be looking at where the fixation on longevity is coming from, and trying to understand the practical and ethical issues at the heart of this cutting-edge field of research.  From Silicon Valley fantasies, to Singaporean health spas, to Colombian genetic clinics and beyond, the FT’s Hannah Kuchler [https://www.ft.com/hannah-kuchler] and Michael Peel [https://www.ft.com/michael-peel] ask whether breakthroughs in science and technology can really help us live longer, and even stop us aging altogether. Free to read:  US ‘wellness’ industry scents opportunity to go mainstream [https://on.ft.com/49tNSlr] The quest to make young blood into a drug [https://on.ft.com/4r9q6S4] This season of Tech Tonic was produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The senior producer is Edwin Lane. Flo Phillips is the executive producer. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Fact checking by Simon Greaves, Lucy Baldwin and Tara Cromie. Original music by Metaphor Music. Manuela Saragosa is the FT’s acting co-head of audio. The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.