Podcast Episodes

Lebanon sees nine killed by exploding pagers

Hezbollah blames Israel after exploding pagers kill nine and injure thousands in Lebanon. The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates for the fir…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka's economic prospects ahead of this weekend's elections

Sri Lanka prepares to go to the polls and Tik Tok takes to the courts to fight attempts to make it divest itself of its Chinese owner. Also, the Wes…

2 years ago

Former President Trump announces his Vice Presidential running mate

Presenter Rahul Tandon discusses the announcement of Iowa Senator JD Vance as Donald Trump’s pick to be his running mate in November’s Presidential e…

2 years, 2 months ago

Democrat senator calls for President Biden to stand aside

We hear from Betsey Stevenson, Former Economic Adviser to President Obama, who served on the transition team for the Biden-Harris ticket - as the fir…

2 years, 2 months ago

Sam Bankman-Fried 'Crypto King' sentenced to 25 years in prison

The co-founder of FTX has been jailed for "one of the biggest financial frauds" in US history. Also, we find out why the Chinese smartphone maker Xia…

2 years, 6 months ago

Japan earthquake: What impact will it have on the economy?

Japan is hit by another earthquake. We hear about the impact it could have on the economy.

We examine microfinance and how it works in practice after …

2 years, 9 months ago

Global shipping firms set to resume to Red Sea route after attacks

Danish shipping giant Maersk has said it is preparing to resume shipping operations through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

We explore the fallout from …

2 years, 9 months ago

Biden meets Wang as the US and China prepare for the scheduled leaders' summit

On Friday, US President Joe Biden met with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi for an hour, which the White House described as a "good opportunity" to m…

2 years, 11 months ago

FTX: 'King of Crypto' testifies to judge in fraud trial

Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried has been testifying to a judge at his trial after the jury was sent home. The former entrepreneur was asked to t…

2 years, 11 months ago

Meta sued by US states

Thirty three US states have grouped together to file a lawsuit accusing Facebook and Instagram's owner Meta of contributing to a youth mental health…

2 years, 11 months ago