Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Episodes to download
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Biotech: How can it stay safe?
Thu 10 Sep 2020
GM microbes promise a new industrial revolution - but the technology also poses dangers
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Democracy for sale?
Tue 8 Sep 2020
Journalist Peter Geoghegan on the many ways in which private money is corrupting politics
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Why doesn’t the economy care about older women?
Mon 7 Sep 2020
Many women over 60 are finding new pursuits and business ventures
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Africa's malware problem
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Many Africans are buying Chinese-made smartphones that steal their information
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Would you buy a T-shirt made with slave labour?
Thu 3 Sep 2020
How can firms keep Uighur forced labour out of their supply chains?
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Can Western universities survive without China?
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Some universities fear they have become too financially dependent on Chinese students
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Restaurants adapting to survive
Tue 1 Sep 2020
Eateries around the world are adapting to survive, but how much longer can they last?
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Business Weekly: 29/08/2020
Sat 29 Aug 2020
The mining giant Rio Tinto comes under fire for the destruction of archeological sites
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Biotech: The future of farming
Fri 28 Aug 2020
We hear from those who argue biotechnology is about to disrupt agriculture for good
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Romance scamming: A global industry
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Who is running online romance scams.... and who is falling for them?
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Education in Africa
Tue 25 Aug 2020
Is the continent looking at a lost generation of students because of Covid-19?
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A nudge in the right direction
Mon 24 Aug 2020
Can a nudge - or a shove - persuade us to act for the common good?
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Business Weekly: 22/08/2020
Sat 22 Aug 2020
As strike action escalates in Belarus, what is the future for the former Soviet republic?
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Will TikTok find a US buyer?
Fri 21 Aug 2020
President Trump has given the Chinese firm a deadline to sell off its US operations
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Sudan: Dealing with Covid and Sanctions
Thu 20 Aug 2020
Relief efforts are impeded by Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism
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Breaking the silence in Belarus
Wed 19 Aug 2020
President Alexander Lukashenko is facing ever stronger resistance
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African women and Covid
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Is the virus hitting the economic opportunities of women in Africa the hardest?
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Coronavirus: A disaster for feminism?
Mon 17 Aug 2020
The impact of the pandemic on gender inequality
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Business Weekly: 15/08/2020
Sat 15 Aug 2020
Why are the members of Syria’s powerful ruling elite pitted against each other?
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Destruction and corruption in Beirut
Fri 14 Aug 2020
The businesses hoping to rebuild after Beirut's port explosion
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Does online networking work?
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Conferences during Covid-19: The challenge of taking face-to-face events online
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US evictions crisis?
Wed 12 Aug 2020
Millions face losing benefits and eviction after Congress failed to extend the Cares Act
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A family rift in Syria
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Why does the President of Syria seemingly want to destroy his cousin Rami Makhlouf?
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Paid not to work: Burden or opportunity?
Fri 7 Aug 2020
Did furlough schemes get people out the habit of work?
