Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Episodes to download
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Pandemic preparedness
Tue 18 May 2021
Michael Lewis on how America’s health system got the Covid pandemic all wrong
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What happened to driverless cars?
Mon 17 May 2021
Why hasn't the autonomous car revolution happened yet?
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Who should control the vaccines?
Fri 14 May 2021
Calls are rising for a waiver of patent protections on Covid-19 vaccines
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What is the real death toll in India?
Thu 13 May 2021
The chief scientist for the WHO acknowledges the frailty of the official numbers
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The dirty business of old car batteries
Wed 12 May 2021
Recycling lead acid batteries poses a growing health hazard in many developing countries
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Can flying go green?
Mon 10 May 2021
Paying extra to plant trees or stop deforestation may not cut your carbon footprint
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Who owns colour?
Fri 7 May 2021
The ongoing battles between scientists, artists and engineers for the rights to colour
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Electric vehicles hit the big time
Wed 5 May 2021
The car industry is preparing to go fully electric sooner than you might imagine
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Will Covid decimate India's middle class?
Tue 4 May 2021
Millions of Indians risk being thrown back into poverty by the latest coronavirus upsurge
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Making multinationals pay
Mon 3 May 2021
Will President Biden's push for a minimum global corporate tax rate succeed?
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Men and cosmetic surgery
Fri 30 Apr 2021
More men have considered cosmetic treatments during the pandemic.
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Biden's trillions
Thu 29 Apr 2021
The US president announces a massive spending plan for the US economy
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Does business travel have a future?
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Why fly when you can videoconference? That may be the lesson from Covid
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Covid in paradise
Mon 26 Apr 2021
How are small island tourist destinations coping with the shutdown of global travel?
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Big Data, conspiracy theories and ‘Magical Thinking’
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Filmmaker Adam Curtis questions the value of Big Data in society
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Is the digital ad market overvalued?
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Large companies have slashed their digital marketing budget
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Can Biden woo the world on climate change?
Wed 21 Apr 2021
President Biden hosts a virtual summit this week as the US seeks global climate action
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Demille and the gig economy
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Recorded over five years, the story of a young courier navigating London's gig economy
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Meeting expectations
Mon 19 Apr 2021
How did meetings evolve and just how effective are they at actually getting stuff done?
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A part-time return to the office?
Fri 16 Apr 2021
A hybrid model mixing home working with office time is being favoured by major companies
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President Biden and his strategy for China
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Will the US President continue with an increasingly hostile attitude towards China?
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Boom time for scammers
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Why lockdown living is making us more vulnerable to financial scams
