Podcast Episodes

What's happened to Europe's air traffic controllers?

Staff shortages and strikes are leaving passengers and airlines frustrated.

So why are there such problems in recruitment?

Industry bodies estimate o…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Business Daily meets: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales

We hear how a free online encyclopaedia, run by volunteers, became one of the internet's most popular sites.

Co-founder Jimmy Wales tells about the id…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

What makes a basketball team worth $10bn?

We look at the record-breaking sale of the Los Angeles Lakers which has just been approved by the board of the NBA - or National Basketball Associati…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

The cocoa conundrum

Can Europe be weaned off cheap chocolate? EU efforts to block cocoa linked to deforestation were due to come into force at the end of this year – but…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Is this the end for South East Asia's scam centres?

It’s one of the biggest human trafficking operations of modern times. Scam centres across South East Asia have been making hundreds of billions of do…

7 months ago

Monetising Machu Picchu

Peru is home to Machu Picchu - the ancient Inca city in the Andes mountains.

It's one of the seven wonders of the world, and a UNESCO World Heritage …

7 months ago

What happens when the aid money runs out?

In the second of our two-part series on tightening aid budgets, Sam Fenwick explores what shrinking donor support means for global health — from the …

7 months ago

What's next for USAID funded projects?

We examine the fallout from the cuts to US foreign aid.

We meet projects in Rwanda and Nepal that were close to shutting down - and hear the story of …

7 months ago

Is cricket financially healthy?

One of world sport's biggest rivalries gets underway this week, with England and Australia going head to head in the Ashes. Most matches will last ar…

7 months ago

A special interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai

We speak to the tech executive leading Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc.

Sundar Pichai gives us his take on the 'AI bubble', saying no comp…

7 months, 1 week ago