Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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Phosphates and the disputed corner of north-west Africa
Morocco dominates phosphate fertilisers thanks to its disputed control of Western Sahara
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Reinventing capitalism
Can corporations change to prioritise society and the environment over profit?
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Are friends electric?
When will artificial intelligence be capable of providing intelligent conversation?
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Hack my brain
Facebook and Elon Musk are among those investigating brain probes for mind reading
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Will flying taxis ever take off?
Will giant drones one day ferry us all through the heavens all on our way to work?
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Smart cities: Big Data's watching you
From Shenzhen to Toronto, city streets are becoming a valuable source of big data
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Smart cities: How Barcelona learned to listen
Smart sensors can improve citizens' lives, especially when residents are put in charge
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How 24/7 life is rewiring our brains
A group of artists look at how our modern hyper-connected lives are affecting our sleep
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Our digital afterlife
What happens to your online presence when you die?
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Have you paid your taxes?
Tax evasion is rife, from Bolivia to Greece, but are we taxing the wrong things?
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When women aren't counted
Gender bias in data collection
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Brexit: What happens next?
Three experts on the next steps for Boris Johnson, Britain and the EU
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The death of expertise
Why do so many people think they know best? Is it putting dolts in charge of government?
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Old city v new city
Should we conserve historic neighbourhoods when new homes are desperately needed?
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Surviving the surveillance state
How facial recognition works, how it's spreading everywhere, and how it can be fooled
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Delivering in the gig economy
How online shopping is fuelling insecure work for delivery drivers
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US drug companies and the NHS
Is Britain's health service really up for sale?
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A machine to break down all language barriers
The technology developers say can immediately translate any language into any other
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How 'cheap' English is conquering the world
English language has become a basic skill that kids are picking up in surprising places
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Taking football global
The pitfalls when soccer tries to break into the US and Asian markets
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Hidden art
Why the owners of movies and artworks don't want you to see them
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China moves from imitator to innovator
Chinese tech giants are gaining ground, but can they truly go global?
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Meetings, meetings everywhere...
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
Offshore wind power is about to hit the big time in northern Europe
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How to change your career
A criminal turned athlete and a journalist turned teacher on the art of the career switch
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What happened to austerity?
Do promises of increased government spending in the UK mean the end of benefits cuts?
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Cryptocurrency's new frontier
Cryptocurrency mining is booming across parts of the former Soviet Union
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Why Americans are loving trade unions again
US public support for trade unions is at its highest for years
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Mental health in Africa
One of the continent's most neglected issues is finally getting some attention
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The fight over the Parthenon Marbles
How Greece hopes to regain the ancient sculptures from the British Museum