Podcast Episodes

Could the Arctic rewrite global trade?

We explore the potential and the challenges for Arctic shipping. As global warming causes sea ice to retreat, passages are opening up through this va…

1 month, 1 week ago

Can Cuba turn its economy around?

Cuba is in the grip of a deep economic crisis. The country’s communist government says it will open up the struggling economy to greater private inve…

1 month, 1 week ago

The struggle to find care that sparked a business

We meet Chika Madubuko, the founder and CEO of Greymate Care, an online platform that connects people that need support with professional caregivers …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Oil crisis lessons from Iran to Kuwait

As the world faces another energy crisis, what can past shocks teach us?

We look back at earlier oil crises to understand how conflict has disrupted …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The cost of calling home

If you’re living thousands of miles from home, how do you keep in touch, especially when your loved ones don’t have reliable internet?

There’s a grow…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Germany turns to India for skilled workers

Germany is in the throes of a demographic crisis, in which there are not enough young people entering the labour market to replace those who are reti…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

China’s new economic reality

We look at what China’s latest “Two Sessions” reveal about the direction of the world’s second-largest economy.

With Beijing setting its lowest GDP g…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Starting a jet company against the odds

We meet the founder of one of India’s largest private aviation companies who overcame several life challenges before starting the business.

After doc…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

How is the world feeling the impact of rising oil prices?

Ever since the US and Israel began their war against Iran, economies around the world have been coping with the impacts of energy prices and food sec…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kidnapping for ransom

We look at the rising threat of kidnap for ransom. In West Africa, it's a growing criminal industry.

But how should any of us respond if or when the w…

1 month, 3 weeks ago