{"podcast":{"title":"FT News Briefing","slug":"ft-news-briefing-73509","podcast_index_feed_id":73509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf","website_url":"http://ft.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1771582499067-6d97f00e-76d7-4cba-88d5-a1a9d37b4494.jpeg","author":"Forhecz Topher","episode_count":2141,"summary":"A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509"},"episode":{"title":"The EU wants a Putin whisperer","slug":"the-eu-wants-a-putin-whisperer","published_at":"2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/the-eu-wants-a-putin-whisperer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/the-eu-wants-a-putin-whisperer","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a0ceaccbf331222890df4c8/media.mp3","summary":"EU governments are discussing whether former leaders could represent the bloc in potential negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and rising fuel prices have triggered deadly protests across Africa. Plus, we look back at US Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell’s legacy as head of the central bank. Mentioned in this podcast: EU mulls Angela Merkel or Mario Draghi as possible Vladimir Putin whisperer Protests spread in Africa as fuel crisis deepens Powell, Trump and the battle for the Federal Reserve Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  Correction: This show has been modified from its original version. We said the Trump administration opened a lawsuit against Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell. The administration threatened a lawsuit. Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino , and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, and Fiona Symon. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"EU governments are discussing whether former leaders could represent the bloc in potential negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and rising fuel pric…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":669,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/the-eu-wants-a-putin-whisperer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/the-eu-wants-a-putin-whisperer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}