Podcast Episodes

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins

We meet Melanie Perkins, the CEO and co-founder of graphic design platform Canva, which has hundreds of millions of users and a valuation of nearly $…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Why is India striking so many trade deals?

In just a few months, the country has signed or advanced several major trade deals with other nations.

Is it a reflection of the growing size of the …

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Why are so many French restaurants closing?

We’re in France, where traditional eateries, bistros, and brasseries, once a huge part of the economy, as well as the culture of the country, are dis…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

How ethical is “ethical” investing?

We’re in Toronto in Canada, North America's second-biggest financial centre after New York, where so-called ethical investing has become big business…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Is AI about to transform food production?

We go right to the cutting edge of food production and glimpse into the future of farming.

Farmers are increasingly using artificial intelligence-pow…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

The banker who loaned to women when no one else would

Jennifer Riria grew up in a rural village in Kenya, juggled motherhood and university studies in her late teens, and ended up running one of the bigg…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

What next for Venezuela?

Six weeks after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela appears to be shifting its economic strategy.

The government is reopening its cruc…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Biohacking: where fad meets finance?

Biohackers say they're making their bodies and brains run better by hacking their biology. And it's not just kitchen counter experimentation anymore.…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

After the cyclone: Can Sri Lanka’s economy recover?

Sri Lanka: a country long loved and marketed as a tropical paradise is reeling after Cyclone Ditwah, which hit the island nation last November.

The s…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Is Poland’s “economic miracle” for real?

Poland’s economy is expected to be the fastest-growing in Europe this year according to the European Union, with the spending power of its average wo…

3 weeks, 6 days ago