Podcast Episodes

Emotional and financial complications of fundraising during war

As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, people across the country prepare for the possibility of a long, drawn out conflict.. Some, are determined to help their loved ones survive. But sending aid to a…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

How much is the Ukraine war costing Russia?

Munitions, equipment losses, sanctions, isolation - Vladimir Putin's decision to invade has come with a rapidly increasing price tag. Just the cost of prosecuting the war is proving astronomical, as …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Australian floods and the billion-dollar clean-up

Recent floods in eastern Australia have caused devastating losses of life and livelihoods. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis visits southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales where the damage bill from…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Superyachts and sanctions

A race is on to spot and catch some of the world's biggest and most dazzling yachts owned by Russian oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin in retaliation for the Kremlin's invasion of Ukrai…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Women in the Ukraine war

Today to mark International Women’s Day we are hearing the story of one woman in Ukraine, as her professional and personal life is turned upside down by the Russian invasion. We hear how women are ad…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

How the war in Ukraine is affecting food prices

Food price inflation was already a problem. Could the conflict make things even worse?

Ukraine and Russia are both major food exporters. Tamasin Ford looks at how the war in Ukraine is affecting globa…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Business Weekly

On Business Weekly this week, as the fighting in parts of Ukraine intensified, a suite of sanctions has been levied on Russia, cutting off the country from the inter-bank messaging system Swift and r…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Could Europe turn off Russian gas?

The Ukraine invasion is forcing the European Union to completely rethink its energy policy.

Tamasin Ford asks how easily the continent could wean itself off Russian fossil fuels. After all, Europe's …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

War in Ukraine: the cyber frontier

How the conflict in Ukraine is playing out in cyberspace. With the conflict in Ukraine still raging following Russia’s invasion Ed Butler speaks to hackers from Ukraine including Vlad Styran of Berez…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Russian money in London

What will new legislation to crack down on “dirty money” in the UK be worth? Western governments have applied unprecedented sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. But is it time they …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago