Podcast Episodes

Getting backpackers to return to Australia

Now that borders have opened up post pandemic, backpackers have been slow to return to Australia.

Despite a number of initiatives, the number of trave…

3 years, 5 months ago

Why food could be the future of fashion

Fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries – more than half of everything we wear is still made from plastic.

In the search for more sus…

3 years, 5 months ago

Are home solar panels the solution?

Home solar – putting panels on your roof or side of your house, used be something fairly unusual. However, rising energy costs means that people are …

3 years, 5 months ago

Business Daily meets: Will Butler-Adams

Brompton makes 100,000 foldable bikes in London every year and exports about 75% of them. Chief executive Will Butler-Adams tells us how he grew the …

3 years, 5 months ago

Comic Con economics

Comics are a multi-billion dollar industry and comic conventions - or cons - attract thousands of fans, desperate to meet their heroes and splash som…

3 years, 5 months ago

Business Daily Meets: Margrethe Vestager

Margrethe Vestager is the European commissioner for competition.

Ms Vestager has been spearheading the landmark Digital Markets and Digital Services A…

3 years, 5 months ago

Why Finland is building with wood again

Could building more homes and offices out of wood instead of concrete help tackle climate change?

We travel to Finland, where growing numbers of home…

3 years, 5 months ago

The fight for domestic workers’ rights

Millions of people, mainly women, sign up for jobs as domestic workers overseas. Yet much of this work is informal, with households enforcing their o…

3 years, 5 months ago

Can festivals bounce back?

The global events industry was valued at more than $1.1 billion in 2019, before the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Live music and concert events alo…

3 years, 5 months ago

Why everyone wants a ‘blue tick’ on social media

For online influencers getting verification - a blue tick next to their social media account name - is the ultimate prize. It brings credibility and …

3 years, 5 months ago