Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Episodes to download
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Eyes on climate: new ideas to fight global warming
Fri 15 Oct 2021
We bring you the conversation from the Countdown climate summit in Edinburgh.
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The supply chain's weak link
Thu 14 Oct 2021
How disruption in a single port, factory or freight centre can cause global chaos
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China's gaming crackdown
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Why the government doesn't like video games, and what's next for China's gaming culture
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The economics of older mums
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Why are many women delaying motherhood and how is technology helping?
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The economics of donkeys
Mon 11 Oct 2021
These beasts of burden are an economic lifeline for many. Why are they often mistreated?
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Working in your 80s: The Artist
Fri 8 Oct 2021
What can octogenarians teach us about the nature of work? We ask Geraldine Robarts.
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Life at Kenya's Dandora rubbish dump
Thu 7 Oct 2021
Kenya's biggest rubbish tip could soon close but what will that mean for local residents?
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Big tech and carbon
Wed 6 Oct 2021
Google pledges to be carbon free by 2030 ahead of next month's UN Climate Summit
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Can technology transform emergency services?
Mon 4 Oct 2021
What do you do in a medical emergency if there is no 9-1-1 service where you live?
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Smart cities and broken dreams
Fri 1 Oct 2021
Do smart cities justify the hype? And will planned tech hubs in Africa ever be realised?
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Evergrande and China's property woes
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Evergrande's debt distress and what it tells us about China's economic model
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Decentralised Finance on the rise
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Regulators are taking a close look at new crypto-trading environments
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Climate weighs on German elections
Mon 27 Sep 2021
The fight to succeed popular German chancellor Angela Merkel could not be tighter
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Can Ethiopia be brought back from the brink?
Thu 23 Sep 2021
It's embroiled in an internal war which has huge humanitarian and economic implications
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US war on e-cigarettes
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Nearly a million e-cigarettes have been rejected from the US market by the FDA
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The business of seed banks
Fri 17 Sep 2021
How seed banks around the world are working together to protect our future.
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The US and its trillion dollar infrastructure bill
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Why is this bill facing such a treacherous political road ahead?
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The future of vaccines
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Breakthrough biotechnology that led to the first covid vaccine may fight more diseases
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Rethinking tourism in Africa
Tue 14 Sep 2021
Safari tours aren't going away, but the industry is changing
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Does sustainable investing make any difference?
Mon 13 Sep 2021
A former Wall Street executive on why corporate social responsibility doesn't work.
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Where have the UK's lorry drivers gone?
Fri 10 Sep 2021
The UK's suffering a huge shortage of lorry drivers, but where have 100,000 drivers gone?