Podcast Episodes

Back to Search
Tech and AI: Trailer
Tech and AI: Trailer

Season 2 Episode 1

Do you know your Blockchain from your Bitcoin, or your Virtual reality from your Augmented Reality? Are you clueless about AI but are worried it migh…

2 years, 11 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Preview: Toast - Google Glass

From the team behind the hit Radio 4 series Sliced Bread, this is Toast. You can find more episodes in the Sliced Bread feed only on BBC Sounds, or b…

3 years, 2 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 15. Energy Market
The Economy: 15. Energy Market

Season 1 Episode 15

The rising cost of living really brought home how those big, global economic shocks can mean some pretty bad bumps for our individual finances. Proba…

3 years, 4 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 14. Bankruptcy and Insolvency
The Economy: 14. Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Season 1 Episode 14

The cost of living crisis is putting more pressure on more people - but what happens when that pressure becomes too much, and is bankruptcy always a …

3 years, 4 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 13. National Debt
The Economy: 13. National Debt

Season 1 Episode 13

Politicians talk about government debt a lot. When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to tackle Britain's five most pressing problems, he included …

3 years, 4 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 12. Credit
The Economy: 12. Credit

Season 1 Episode 12

Collectively, our individual financial decisions have a big impact on what the wider economy does. That includes how we manage our own money, includ…

3 years, 4 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 11. Pricing and Discounting
The Economy: 11. Pricing and Discounting

Season 1 Episode 11

On one hand, we’ve all experienced the things we buy getting more expensive, from the price of fuel to a tub of butter. On the other hand, retailers…

3 years, 4 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 10. Inequality
The Economy: 10. Inequality

Season 1 Episode 10

Why are the rich, rich and the poor, poor, and was it always this way? Tim Harford explains what’s happened to inequality over the last 100 years in …

3 years, 7 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 9. International Trade and Currency Markets
The Economy: 9. International Trade and Currency Markets

Season 1 Episode 9

The reason we can eat pineapples and sell aeroplane parts. But why might the value of the pound fall and what does that mean if it does? Tim Harford …

3 years, 7 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
The Economy: 8. Pensions
The Economy: 8. Pensions

Season 1 Episode 8

Why is it so hard to save for retirement? Will future generations even get a pension? Why is the pension age rising and what is the state pension age…

3 years, 7 months ago

Short Long
View Episode

Love PodBriefly?

If you like Podbriefly.com, please consider donating to support the ongoing development.

Support Us