Podcast Episodes

Is there too much tourism?

When is tourism good tourism, and when is it just too much?

Current projections suggest global travel is going to carry on rising for the foreseeable …

2 years, 4 months ago

Business Daily meets: Jane Poynter

23 years ago, the US multi-millionaire Dennis Tito became the world’s first-ever space tourist, funding his own trip into orbit.

There was clearly mo…

2 years, 4 months ago

Why does everyone work late in Spain?

The European country is known for its late night eating culture, the average time for an evening meal is past 9PM.

One of the reasons for that is the …

2 years, 4 months ago

Is there a penalty for being single?

Why does being on your own seem so expensive?

The number of unmarried, divorced, widowed or unattached people is growing worldwide. But figures sugge…

2 years, 4 months ago

Economic life in Palau

We look at how soaring food and fuel prices are affecting the tiny island nation in the western Pacific Ocean.

Like much of the world, the Covid-19 pa…

2 years, 4 months ago

The fight over Palau's oceans

We travel to the tiny pacific nation which wants to shrink its marine sanctuary, and open it up once more to commercial fishing.

The President says it…

2 years, 4 months ago

The weight-loss drug revolution

Diabetes and obesity drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become famous for helping users shed big amounts of weight. It's a market that coul…

2 years, 4 months ago

Denmark and the Novo Nordisk effect

In the first of a two-part series, in a collaboration with The Food Chain, we look at the impact of the success of weight-loss drug manufacturer Novo…

2 years, 4 months ago

What’s really going on in the US jobs market?

President Biden has claimed the US economy is the ‘envy of the world’ and that his administration has added record job numbers, with around one milli…

2 years, 4 months ago

Why are so many young Indians struggling to get jobs?

India has just finished its marathon elections and as the new government takes charge we take a look at one of its biggest challenges - rising youth …

2 years, 4 months ago