Podcast Episodes

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…

3 months, 1 week 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…

3 months, 1 week ago

Why are more people suing businesses?

From humble beginnings in England in the 12th century, to landmark civil rights court cases in the US in the 1960s, class actions are now rarely out …

3 months, 1 week ago

The book that built the modern economy

250 years ago, on the 9th of March 1776, a book was published that didn’t just explain the economy, it changed it. The Wealth of Nations, written by …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Finding peace through chocolate

Rahul Tandon talks to a man whose family chocolate business – founded by his father in Syria in the 1980s - was destroyed by war. His family was ripp…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Can the Gulf stay open for business?

From Hollywood adverts fronted by Idris Elba to glittering skylines and global events, Gulf countries have spent decades pitching themselves as stabl…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Are weight-loss drugs reshaping business?

In the final episode of our series on the weight-loss drug boom, we explore how the global surge in demand for obesity medications could be reshaping…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The worldwide weight-loss revolution

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound are reshaping the treatment of obesity around the world. But even when these m…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Weight-loss drugs. Who pays?

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro are reshaping the treatment of obesity — and transforming the global pharmaceu…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

How a spiked drink led to a startup

Today - from a teenage DIY invention, to US national TV, to changing legislation, and now global sales. What started as a way to protect a friend who…

3 months, 3 weeks ago