What's the best bank account for students? Who will give you an interest-free overdraft? And how can you get hold of a student railcard? Lucy Warwick-Ching, FT Money digital editor talks to three experts about how to make the most of your money as a student. Plus we hear how your credit rating as a student can affect your ability to get finance long after you've finished studying. And finally Guy Anker of Moneysavingexpert.com tells us why you shouldn't automatically pay off your student loan if you can afford it. 

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FT Money editor Claer Barrett and guests discuss how tens of thousands of UK private investors are meeting in pubs, restaurants and private homes to discuss how to beat the market - with tips for anyone thinking of doing the same.

Plus why the wealthy get married in secret, and how banks could do more to help customers with mental health issues. 

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There's been a series of scary surveys this week about how much we need to save to fund our retirement so Claer Barrett, FT Money editor, has invited Moira O'Neill from Interactive Investor joins onto the podcast to talk us through the numbers. Next up, have you heard of a Susu? Emma Agyemang reveals details about the revival in this decades-old method of saving. And finally, the FT's Rich People's Problems columnist James Max joins us in the studio to discuss the cost of getting a new puppy.

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How to find a financial adviser - a relationship with an adviser you can trust is something that FT readers often tell us is hard to come by. FT Money editor Claer Barrett talks to Damian Fantato, deputy editor of FT Adviser about the solution. Plus, with less than a month to go until the general election, financial advisers tell us they are getting calls from a lot of worried clients - we discuss what's troubling them. And finally, the rise of the 40-year mortgage - Paul Lewis, presenter of BBC Moneybox is here to share his own worries about extra long hours.

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Could your stock picking skills beat the market this year? In this week's FT Money Show podcast presenter Claer Barrett talks to FT Markets reporter Robert Smith about the results of our 2019 contest between readers and FT journalists. Plus we give you details of how to enter this year's competition. Next up, January's nearly over but you still have another 11 months to make good on your New Year's resolutions. If you had resolved to get a pay rise or sort out your pension this year, keep listening as help is at hand. 

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Join our campaign for clear pension charges - FT Money has been exploring the impossibility of comparing the costs of drawdown plans. The FT is calling on the pensions and advise industry to be transparent about charges to help people to shop around. In this week's show, FT Money Show presenter Claer Barrett interviews o the FT's pensions expert about our campaign. Next up, the spread of the coronavirus has given world stock markets a nasty turn - FT Moneys' new investment reporter, Madison Darbyshire, talks about how investors are reacting. And finally, to cheer listeners up a bit - James Max, our Rich People's Problems columnist is here to discuss a burning issue - the government's proposed ban on coal fires. 

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Local drug research and joined-up thinking are needed to deliver results on the ground

Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple

Which conferences are worth your time and money? Here’s how to decide

Everything from what you wear to your posture plays a role in how impressions are formed

You will not keep a diverse workforce unless its members feel they are fully part of the organisation

Why women must conquer their fear of networking and do it anyway

A Marie Kondo-style approach is best, according to serious collectors – if it doesn’t spark joy, sell it

FT-Peterson survey finds 71% back states as support slips for president’s economic stewardship

Sanitiser and masks appear on sets in South Korea, Japan and Iceland after shooting restarts

Our festival panel consign their financial nasties to Room 101

Savvy shoppers game the system to collect the maximum amount of points

A healthy salary does not always prevent problems, says the FT’s personal finance editor

Ahead of the Budget, chancellor Sajid Javid has some tough choices to make

Join a live discussion with our FT Money editor at 12pm and 5pm UK time on Wednesday April 8

The ‘Mick Jagger of microbes’ on a life of fighting disease — and the severity of the current crisis

A pledge to roll back the Beeching cuts has rekindled a strange national obsession

Jeremy Corbyn unveils party's ‘most radical’ plans in decades, Tories backtrack on national insurance pledge while pressure on public finances increases

‘There is hardly a place on earth less suited to the age of social distancing’

Dementia is on the rise, with the numbers affected expected to treble to over 150m in the next 30 years. Clive Cookson discusses the latest treatments with London neurologist Nick Fox, and we hear reports from Edward White and Brooke Fox about initiatives in Taiwan and the US to help improve the lives of sufferers.

This podcast is supported by Home Instead Senior Care, and is part of a wider FT Special Report on Dementia Care found at ft.com/reports/dementia-care

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Clive Cookson, FT science editor, Professor Nick Fox, director of the Dementia Research Centre at University College London, Edward White, Taiwan correspondent, Brooke Fox, New York reporter, Tang Li-yu, secretary-general of the Taiwan Alzheimer’s Association and Kevin Jameson, head of the Dementia Society of America. Producer: Ruth Lewis Coste

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A new book about Koch Industries has shed light on the way this company, led by Charles Koch, shaped modern America. Frederick Studemann, literary editor, discusses Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US business editor. Read Andrew’s review here.

Contributors: Frederick Studemann, literary editor, and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US business editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Google is allegedly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, circumventing EU privacy regulations that require consent and transparency. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, discusses the implications for both privacy and competition with Malcolm Moore.

Conributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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As the world’s largest carbon emitter, China will be in the spotlight at this week’s UN climate summit in New York.  Beijing has taken steps to tackle its pollution problems in recent years, but is it working? Pilita Clark puts this question to Leslie Hook, environment correspondent, and Lucy Hornby, deputy Beijing bureau chief. 

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, Leslie Hook, environment correspondent, and Lucy Hornby, deputy Beijing bureau chief.  Producer: Fiona Symon

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Start-ups and consumer giants are trying to find a solution to the deluge of plastic packaging that ends up in landfill or polluting our oceans. Finding a solution will be far more complex than just recycling more, Leila Abboud and Leslie Hook tell Pilita Clark. Read Leila's article here or listen to Ellen MacArthur talk about the plastics in our oceans here.

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, Leila Abboud, consumer industries correspondent, and Leslie Hook, environmental correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love.

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Hundreds of millions of people turn to the web each day to seek answers to medical concerns. But the information they share is far from secret. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, has been looking into what happens to the personal health information we share with these websites, and she tells India Ross what she discovered..

Contributors: India Ross, tech creative producer, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Boss of clothing retailer deserves a premium; Astra’s eyes on big prize

US-run trial of Gilead coronavirus therapy demonstrates ‘significant positive effect’

Investors have bet on Gilead’s remdesivir as solution to coronavirus crisis

Energy, water and other utility groups keep services going despite lockdowns and cuts

A boom in projects across the Permian Basin comes amid coronavirus fears and a global oil price war 

Programmes should be flexible and help workers move to in-demand sectors

Near-unconditional cash transfers are the most efficient form of relief

Replacing migrant fruit and vegetable pickers is harder than expected

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro

Phones, TV and games constantly vie for our attention — but how much do they add to our lives?

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession

Former Navy Seal who trained some of ragtag crew tells FT plan was ‘half-cocked’ and ‘inept’

Company to refund fraction of policy premiums to reflect reduction in driving  

Government must prioritise getting the young back to work

Look for something elegant and distinctive but not overbearing

Sector across region hit by fears of panicked mass withdrawals due to pandemic

Down in Tennessee, parrots panic as the sun disappears

Disruptions set to revive local manufacturing as designers look to avoid reliance on distant hubs

Every major asset class has been disrupted