Podcast Episodes

The club teaching women to say 'no' at work

Ever heard of the term non-promotable task? Well, if you’re a woman, the chances are you’ve been doing a lot of them at work.

Leanna Byrne speaks to the authors of The No Club, a book tracking the pr…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Floriade: A green global exhibition

Floriade is a huge horticulture exhibition taking place every 10 years. It's in the Dutch city of Almere this year. For 6 months, visitors will see displays of plants and flowers, horticultural innov…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

The race to stop a Red Sea oil catastrophe

One of the many casualties of the war in Yemen is the FSO Safer, a floating storage facility which holds one million barrels of crude oil. No maintenance has been carried out on the vessel for years,…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

El Salvador’s Bitcoin gamble

Joe Tidy travels to El Salvador where almost everything can be paid for using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. After President Bukele invested heavily in Bitcoin some people are questioning the long-term …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

The adaptive fashion revolution

Adaptive fashion, or stylish clothes for people who have a disability have not always been widely available, especially for those who use a wheelchair. Recently though, a fashion revolution has begun…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Communities bringing down energy bills

Meet the community groups trying to make energy more accessible and affordable.

Laura Heighton-Ginns visits a fuel poverty workshop in the UK and hears about the devastating effects of not being able…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Egg freezing: the ultimate workplace perk?

Singapore has become the latest country to allow egg freezing for non-medical reasons. That is a method of preserving a woman’s fertility so she can try and have children at a later date. With an inc…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Million by 30: Elwinder Singh

As part of the Business Daily series Million by 30, Sam Fenwick meets Elwinder Singh and hears the story behind his private healthcare company Connect and Heal.

The business coordinates healthcare ap…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

The emerging market for energy storage

Oil and gas prices have risen sharply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as a result many countries have signalled a move towards more renewable energy. One of the challenges for the future will…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Is a rare carbon sink under threat in the DRC?

Dense tropical rainforest in central Africa's Congo Basin is humid and rainy for much of the year. Underfoot lies one of the world’s biggest carbon sinks – muddy soil built up from layers of partly d…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago