Podcast Episodes

What's going on with Indonesia's economy?

Indonesia’s president has now been in power for a year but having won the election on policies to support the lower classes, the economy is strugglin…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Has Canada lost its trade war with the US?

The country has dropped tariffs on a wide range of US products, a major U-turn in the trade war.

It comes after Prime Minister Mark Carney said he ha…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Thailand’s debt spiral

The country has one of the highest levels of consumer debt in the world as a proportion of its GDP.

We hear from people who have borrowed and can't pa…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Business Daily meets: Fani Titi, Investec CEO

The South African grew up under the racist apartheid system as one of 14 children.

He looked set for a life in farming, until a chance event took him…

5 months ago

Small country: Big tariffs

We head to Switzerland, a small but very successful country with a population of just 9 million.

And now coping with some of US President Donald Trump…

5 months ago

Should we expect more airline delays?

Passengers are suffering more disruption as technology at airports, airlines and air traffic control is failing.

But why is aviation software becoming…

5 months ago

The cost of a shutdown

For the first time in nearly seven years, federal operations have been drastically curtailed as the US government shuts down.

As it enters a second …

5 months ago

Afghanistan: women disconnected

Women and girls in Afghanistan have been excluded from much of the working world, as well as from the chance to get an education.

Many are finding wa…

5 months ago

Business Daily meets: Thailand's Chef Pam

Thailand’s Pichaya Soontornyanakij, widely known as Chef Pam, was this year named the best female chef in the world by a panel of more than 1,000 gas…

5 months, 1 week ago

Trump's green retreat

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping subsidies for renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. He has…

5 months, 1 week ago