Downloadable for your Friday afternoon commute, we had a chat about a few topics we've been covering lately and even answered some of the questions you, the readers, submitted last week. If you want to jump directly to a topic, below is a time guide and some links we refer to in the podcast: And here's a link for anyone having difficulty with the embed - FT Alphachat: A long chat about a bunch of stuff 00:00 - 02:00 Introductions 02:01 - 7.00 David on currency wars, the Yen, and this weekend's G20 meeting It's hard to know what to misinterpret anymore The practicalities of the currency wars 7.01 - 12.00 Izzy and Cardiff on debt monetisation On the transient necessity of central bank independence Raiders of the QE surplus 12:01 - 21:00 Izzy on mobile payments (posts forthcoming) 21:01 - 28:00 Joseph on the sovereign debt trail of the century and the pari passu saga Pari Passu Saga series 28:01 - 47:00 Lisa on SNS Raael, bonus Dutch accent edition Dutch-bottomed bank shareholders 47:01 - 53.00 Cardiff on immigration and the US economy 53.01 - the end: Reader request lightning round Are there any signs that a eurozone recovery is underway? Should we be worried about central banks unwinding unconventional measures? How are finance blogs and newspapers evolving?