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…

11 months, 2 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 months, 3 weeks 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…

11 months, 3 weeks 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…

11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

11 months, 4 weeks 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…

11 months, 4 weeks 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…

1 year 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…

1 year ago