Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHappy Birthday barcode
The barcode has become an essential part of the modern world. There are 10 billion barcode scans every day and they are used on products in every cou…
3 years, 6 months ago
Population: Your questions answered
As India is poised to overtake China as the world's most populous country, we put questions from World Service listeners to the author of 8 Billion a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Japan's aging population
Japan is the world’s fastest ageing country, nearly 30% of Japan’s population is already over 65. Devina Gupta looks into what the ever decreasing wo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Nigeria's brain drain
Bisi Adebayo investigates why so many young, highly skilled people leave Nigeria, known in the country as Japa.
Bisi hears from journalist Victoria Id…
3 years, 6 months ago
Italy's low birth rate
Italy’s population has decreased by approximately one million residents in the space of one year and forecasts predict that this is likely to worsen.…
3 years, 6 months ago
India's growing population
Devina Gupta reports on India's growing population and what that means for people living, working and running businesses there.
66 year old Radha Gup…
3 years, 6 months ago
The business of returning treasures
David Reid delves into the debate around the repatriation of problematic art and treasures. He visits one museum in the north-west of England attempt…
3 years, 6 months ago
Venezuela: 10 years on
Ten years ago this month, in March 2013, Venezuela’s charismatic socialist leader Hugo Chavez died and current president Nicolas Maduro took over.
In …
3 years, 6 months ago
Chatbots and business
AI chatbots are everywhere at the moment - but how are they being used by business? Business Daily presenter Rick Kelsey heads to one of the world's …
3 years, 6 months ago
Afrobeats: A multi-million dollar industry
Arguably the fastest growing music genre in the world, Afrobeats artists are playing to sold out crowds in the most coveted venues across the globe.
W…
3 years, 6 months ago