Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Episodes to download
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Surviving the surveillance state
Wed 11 Dec 2019
How facial recognition works, how it's spreading everywhere, and how it can be fooled
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Delivering in the gig economy
Tue 10 Dec 2019
How online shopping is fuelling insecure work for delivery drivers
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A machine to break down all language barriers
Fri 6 Dec 2019
The technology developers say can immediately translate any language into any other
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How 'cheap' English is conquering the world
Thu 5 Dec 2019
English language has become a basic skill that kids are picking up in surprising places
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Taking football global
Wed 4 Dec 2019
The pitfalls when soccer tries to break into the US and Asian markets
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China moves from imitator to innovator
Mon 2 Dec 2019
Chinese tech giants are gaining ground, but can they truly go global?
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Meetings, meetings everywhere...
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Meetings are the bane of many an office worker's life, so why are we having more of them?
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The sea they plan to cover in turbines
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Offshore wind power is about to hit the big time in northern Europe
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How to change your career
Wed 27 Nov 2019
A criminal turned athlete and a journalist turned teacher on the art of the career switch
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What happened to austerity?
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Do promises of increased government spending in the UK mean the end of benefits cuts?
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Cryptocurrency's new frontier
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Cryptocurrency mining is booming across parts of the former Soviet Union
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Why Americans are loving trade unions again
Fri 22 Nov 2019
US public support for trade unions is at its highest for years
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Mental health in Africa
Thu 21 Nov 2019
One of the continent's most neglected issues is finally getting some attention
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The fight over the Parthenon Marbles
Wed 20 Nov 2019
How Greece hopes to regain the ancient sculptures from the British Museum
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Africa's tech hub explosion
Tue 19 Nov 2019
What impact has it had on the continent's tech startup scene?
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Live long and prosper?
Fri 15 Nov 2019
The longevity industry aims to let us all become healthy, active centenarians
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Quantum computers: What are they good for?
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Google has claimed a breakthrough in quantum computing, but what might it actually do?
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The ethics of AI
Wed 13 Nov 2019
One of the world's top thinkers on artificial intelligence says why we should be cautious
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The billionaires who want to pay more tax
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Two of America's billionaires explain why they should be forced to contribute more
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Fake me an influencer
Fri 8 Nov 2019
The murky world of fake Instagram followers, fake comments, fake likes
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The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
Wed 6 Nov 2019
Brittany Kaiser says our data can still be abused to manipulate the way we vote
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The world's youngest Nobel-winning economist
Tue 5 Nov 2019
Esther Duflo discusses her work on the economics of poverty
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A hydro-powered Bitcoin boom in Georgia
Mon 4 Nov 2019
How hydroelectric dams are powering cryptocurrency mining on the eastern edge of Europe
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The cancer scammers
Thu 31 Oct 2019
How social media is being used to target cancer patients with fake cures
