Podcast Episodes

Is India ready for Tesla?

It’s been a long wait for tech billionaire Elon Musk to push into India’s EV market.

High import duties have kept Tesla out of India so far. Mr Musk has repeatedly sought to lower those duties, but t…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The cost of migration: Europe's response

In the third and final programme of this series on the economics of irregular migration across the Mediterranean, the BBC’s Frey Lindsay sits down with two spokespeople from the European Commission t…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The cost of migration: The rescue boats

In the second of three programmes, we’ll hear about the increasing running costs facing charities involved in running search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

Inflated fuel prices, cost …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The cost of migration: The journey

In the first of three programmes, the BBC’s Frey Lindsay accompanies the charity rescue vessel the Ocean Viking to explore the myriad costs involved in irregular migration across the Mediterranean.

Ea…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Business Daily meets: Mohit Lad

From losing his job in the 2008 financial crash, to a billion dollar idea.

We speak to Mohit Lad, who teamed up with his old college friend Ricardo to trawl through the trash cans of shuttered busines…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Syria's broken economy

We hear from people protesting in the government-controlled city of Sweida.

Criticism of President Bashar al-Assad has been growing in Sweida since demonstrations began in mid-August over the removal …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

K-Pop: Going green?

K-Pop, short for Korean Popular music, has become a global phenomenon with millions of fans worldwide.

It’s a multi-billion dollar industry with 80 million units of physical albums sold in 2022. But a…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Business Daily meets: Desmond Shum

We meet the Chinese property tycoon and multi-millionaire who, along with his then-wife, once moved in the highest echelons of power in Beijing.

But the couple fell foul of the Chinese government duri…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Guyana: The world’s fastest-growing economy

The former British colony in South America boasts the world’s fastest-growing economy at the moment – it expanded by 62 per cent last year, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The reason is …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Business and Science: Communicating science

Science is all around us but a lot of it can be difficult to understand.

Gareth Mitchell speaks to people building careers around helping make science understandable to the general public.

We speak to …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago