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Business Unwrapped: clean growth
How a new breed of battery will help to power a lower-emission economy. Olly Mann and The Week’s Holden Frith are joined by guest expert Gabrielle Wa…
6 years ago
#188 Pet pandemic, peak meat and post-Covid gigs
Are pets for life or just for lockdown? Is the world losing its taste for meat? And will concert audiences put up with being penned in? Olly Mann, Ka…
6 years, 1 month ago
#187 Sovereign citizens, troops and suits
Could we all opt out of the legal system? Why does Germany want to keep its US troops? And why are we all giving up on the suit? Olly Mann, Holden Fr…
6 years, 1 month ago
#186 UFOs, boycotts and emojis
Why is the US funding military research into UFOs? Are our favourite fashion brands indirectly funding genocide in China? And should we 👍 or 👎 emojis…
6 years, 1 month ago
#185 Liars, pensioners and toast
Should pathological lying be classified as a diagnostic disorder? Is Greece undercutting European competition with tax breaks for foreign pensioners?…
6 years, 1 month ago
#184 Rising stocks, falling births and work in limbo
Why are global stock markets soaring in the middle of a recession? Why has the Italian birth rate slumped to its lowest since 1861? And are people ha…
6 years, 2 months ago
#183 Vaccines, animal labour and psychological ads
Are we on the verge of eradicating HIV? Could a political advert get under Donald Trump’s skin? And should humans be banned from setting animals to w…
6 years, 2 months ago
#182 Kosovo, Isis drugs and the second wave of rave
Will the indictment of Kosovo’s President lead to new Balkan tensions? Why is Isis sending amphetamines to Europe? And why might Covid-19 lead to a n…
6 years, 2 months ago
#181 Floating cities, ADHD and £100,000 speeches
What is seasteading? Why are kids with short attention spans being prescribed video games? And what can we learn from a £100,000 speech?
6 years, 2 months ago
#180 Hibernation, Instagram MPs and the house of Assad
Are humans on the cusp of being able to hibernate? Has social media given rise to a new type of politics? And has war finally arrived inside the Assa…
6 years, 2 months ago