Podcast Episodes

Tariffs and terroir

We’re in the French winemaking region of Burgundy which last year sold 400 million dollars of wine to the United States. The US is the region’s bigge…

10 months ago

How Zara changed fashion

We're in Galicia, in Northern Spain, at the HQ of the global retailer Zara.

It's a rare glimpse behind the scenes of how they create the clothes for…

10 months ago

Businesses on wheels

Mobile businesses - or businesses on four wheels - are growing in number. Seen as an affordable and flexible way to set up a venture, more of them ar…

10 months ago

How prepared is China for a new trade war?

With tariffs of up to 145% on US imports from China, we take a look at how its playing out in the country.

China’s leaders are downplaying the potent…

10 months ago

Counting the cost of childcare in the US

Raising a child is expensive - and in the US, families can pay more than their monthly rent to cover childcare and enable them to get back to work.

We…

10 months, 1 week ago

Inside Spain's housing crisis

Millions of people in the country are struggling to find affordable homes. We’ll be looking at why rental costs have been rising so sharply.

We hear …

10 months, 1 week ago

Business Daily meets: US healthcare CEO Judy Faulkner

Judy Faulkner started Epic in 1979 from a basement, with $70,000 in start-up money and two part-time assistants.

Now, the company has grown to become…

10 months, 1 week ago

From guerrillas to entrepreneurs

Nearly a decade has passed since the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Farc, the lar…

10 months, 1 week ago

The adults saving the toy industry

What gift did you open for your birthday this year? Were you gifted any toys?

Lots of adults were.

In fact, figures suggest that adults buying toys f…

10 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s tariffs: The price of spice

For thousands of years people have traded spices across continents, sharing recipes and wealth.

But what could happen to the modern spice industry if…

10 months, 1 week ago