Podcast Episodes

How virtual reality is changing healthcare

By 2024, virtual reality is expected to reach a value of $1.2bn in the healthcare sector alone – and it’s already seeing adoption in major public healthcare bodies like the UK’s National Health Servi…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Military contracts in India

Lots of people want to work in the military in India – the jobs offered security, prospects and a gold-plated pension. But a new Government plan to change military employment contracts has drawn crit…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Lollywood or Bollywood?

We take a look at the fortunes of Bollywood and Lollywood post pandemic. We’ll ask what the future holds for the film industries of India and Pakistan and explore whose creative ideas and business in…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

What's going on with weightlifting?

Ashish Sharma explores the problems facing one of the world’s oldest sports.

A governance crisis has engulfed the sport of weightlifting and it faces an uncertain future, and as it stands weightliftin…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Women, sport and business: Merchandise

In this episode of Business Daily, the latest in our series on women, sport and business, it's all about the merch.

We'll explore how important replica tops and kits actually are for women’s sport in …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Making money out of 'kid-fluencers'

Are you a proud sharent? That is a parent who loves to post about your child online. Some have even turned it into a lucrative business, with incomes boosted by advertising deals and merchandise sale…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Pension dipping in Peru and Chile

Millions of people in Peru and Chile have been allowed to empty their retirement pots to cope with Covid-19 and rising prices, putting the pension system and the economy at risk.

Chilean Senator Aleja…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

The business of streaming games

We explore the world of video game streaming - where players connect their screens to platforms such as Twitch or YouTube so that fans can watch them play.

Elizabeth Hotson talks to Aoife Wilson, hea…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Brazil's election and the economy

Brazilians will go to the polls to elect their next president in October. With Jair Bolsonaro trailing in polls behind former leader Lula da Silva, many voters say the economy is their main worry.

We …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Women, sport and business: Haley Rosen

To coincide with the start of the Women's Euros and the Africa Women Cup of Nations, Business Daily launches a new series on women, sport and business.

Haley Rosen is a former pro soccer player who n…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago