Podcast Episodes

No suits, four-day weeks: Asia's energy crunch

With a state of emergency in the Philippines and a series of four-day working weeks and fuel rationing across many countries, the global energy crisi…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

ICE: Is it chilling the US economy?

Last year, around 4000 federal officers were deployed in Minneapolis in a major immigration crackdown.

Local firms say the resulting upheaval and prot…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

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…

2 months, 4 weeks 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…

3 months 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 …

3 months 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 …

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months, 1 week 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…

3 months, 1 week ago