Podcast Episodes

Can digital currency replace the cash system?

We use digital currency every day whenever we use a credit card, bank online or shop for goods on the internet. We can use our phones as money and transfer cash to family and friends simply by using…

Published on 3 years ago

Is it too late to avoid famine in Somalia?

Somalia is in a state of drought following four failed rainy seasons, and a fifth predicted, with aid agencies declaring the country is in a state of famine. Despite this, the government has yet to …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Can a country live on renewable energy alone?

The International Energy Agency says that the world is in the middle of the first global energy crisis. The price of natural gas has increased almost five-fold since the summer of 2020, and the main …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Will computers put managers out of work?

When we shop online, we don’t often think about what goes on behind the scenes. Clicking “pay now”, sets in motion a slick, computer-controlled chain of events, that ends with a parcel arriving at yo…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Is China’s economy in trouble?

Xi Jinping has begun an unprecedented third term as Chinese president, after securing his position at the Communist Party Congress.

But key economic data was delayed until after the congress ended. I…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Is it time for Britain to return the Rosetta Stone?

More than 200 years ago French soldiers uncovered a slab of granite in the Nile Delta which became the key to understanding the history of ancient Egypt.

The Rosetta Stone is inscribed with ancient E…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Will the protests in Iran bring change?

Women in Iran have been at the forefront of protests that have swept the country for weeks.

More than 200 people have lost their lives, and hundreds of others have been detained after demonstrations f…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Is Putin’s war in Ukraine at a turning point?

The Kerch bridge, a vital supply route for Russian forces in Crimea, has been partially destroyed in a huge blast. It was a symbol of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, and the explosion was…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

What’s the future of the Commonwealth under King Charles III?

In his first speech as King, Charles III said he would endeavour to serve his subjects, wherever they live “in the UK, the realms and territories across the world”.

But following the death of his mot…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

How can Brazil’s next president unite the country?

Brazil is voting to elect a new president. On the ballot is the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known almost universally as Lula, a fiery leftist who was Brazil’s president …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago