{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/125ef5a6-6c61-4024-b70e-3487a971a26c/6aa928784cef87591dd6a504?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"FT Weekend Fest: Tech to save democracy","description":"<p>The FT’s John Thornhill speaks to Audrey Tang, former Taiwanese minister of digital affairs, and Matthew Rycroft, a former UK civil servant, about how technology can be used to facilitate participatory democracy — giving citizens a greater role in proposing and drafting laws. Could Taiwan’s success be repeated elsewhere? Recorded live at the FT Weekend Festival.</p><p><br></p><p>Tech Tonic is produced by Edwin Lane, the executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. Flo Phillips is the FT’s head of audio.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/35e7872d-ae09-4c06-9e2e-285d51bfe73f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a></u></strong></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}