Podcast Episodes

Hurricane Dorian could hit the US

Hurricane Dorian could hit the US. We hear from Luis Fajardo from BBC Monitoring in Miami. And as the trade war between the US and China expands, we …

6 years, 9 months ago

Twitter removes controversial Hong Kong accounts

Twitter and Facebook block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign against protests in Hong Kong. Chinese telecoms gian…

6 years, 9 months ago

Workers Turn to Food Banks as US Shutdown Continues

Hundreds of thousands of US government workers and their families are visiting food banks as they remain unpaid for 32 days. We speak to Kate Maehr, …

7 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan Turns To IMF For Bailout Talks

Pakistan's finance minister has announced the country will ask the International Monetary Fund for a bailout. We'll hear from Nadeem Haque, a former …

7 years, 7 months ago

Nike Faces Up To Shareholders

Earlier in the year sportswear giant Nike hired Colin Kaepernick for their adverts. The former American football star caused controversy by kneeling …

7 years, 8 months ago

Apple iPhone XS unveiled alongside fall-detecting Watch

Apple has updated its iPhone X handset with three more powerful models. Connie Guglielmo, Editor-in-Chief of tech news site, CNET, tells us about the…

7 years, 8 months ago

Creating Jobs in India's Countryside

Rahul Tandon presents a special edition of Business Matters from Delhi. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into power promising to make it to…

7 years, 11 months ago

Delhi's Pollution Crisis

What's been done about Delhi's air pollution?

Rahul Tandon presents a special edition of Business Matters from Delhi looking at the city's pollution p…

7 years, 11 months ago

Canada Retaliates Against US Tariffs

Canada is putting tariffs on more than $12bn worth of American goods. They will come into effect on Sunday and will target not just US steel and alum…

7 years, 11 months ago

Turkey Goes To The Polls

Ahead of Sunday's election in Turkey, we ask what role economic decline may play. We gauge the mood in Istanbul with voices from business, academia a…

7 years, 11 months ago