Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCryptocurrencies
Will Facebook's launch of its own cryptocurrency be a game changer? What will this mean for established currencies and the global banking system? Ev…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Future of Commercial Aviation
How can the aviation industry marry sustainability with increasing passenger numbers? Since the deregulation of Europe's airlines in the late 1990s, …
7 years, 2 months ago
Lessons of Theranos
What can we learn from how one medical start-up fooled Silicon Valley and the world? Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University at 19 to sta…
7 years, 2 months ago
The investment industry - luck or judgement?
You trust financial professionals to grow your long term savings and pension pot. But how do you know if they are investing it wisely? The UK invest…
7 years, 2 months ago
The discounters
Poundland, Lidl, B&M Bargains and Primark are thriving successes on the High Street, while more mainstream retailers have seen their profits hit. Jus…
7 years, 3 months ago
Pivoting
Can a sudden change in direction save a new company? Evan Davis and his guests hear stories about the start-up's nightmare: the original product is …
7 years, 3 months ago
Commerce and Crime
From Somali pirates who've turned kidnapping into a global enterprise to cybercrime and fraud - the worlds of business and wrongdoing potentially ha…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Fitness Industry
Who wins and loses in the cut-throat exercise market? Looking good and being fit has become more important as we have become more wealthy. Yet most n…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Last Mile
The package brought to your door may have crossed the globe - but the most expensive and fiddly bit of the journey will undoubtedly be what's known a…
7 years, 3 months ago
Anti-Biotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem but there have been no new drugs produced since the 1980s. So who is to blame? The public's over-consumptio…
7 years, 4 months ago