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The tariff hokey cokey
Will Bain hears the latest after courts cast doubt over the President's trade war.
30 May 2025,·51 mins
Trump, tariffs, and legal troubles
US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has become the centre of a legal crossfire
30 May 2025,·49 mins
'Making Tax Digital' and Bank Charges
The sole traders and landlords facing a major change in how they file their tax returns.
24 May 2025,·25 mins
Mini-pod: Energy Price Cap drops 7%, but it’s still pants!
What you should do now… and how to save.
23 May 2025,·11 mins
Rhode’s beauty blockbuster deal
e.l.f. Beauty acquires Rhode in $1bn deal.
30 May 2025,·26 mins
Critical minerals: What does the future hold?
We hear from a of guests on how the sector can navigate geopolitical challenges
30 May 2025,·17 mins
Is the UN underestimating the global fall in fertility?
How one graph shows the conservative side of the United Nations’ population estimates
24 May 2025,·8 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant, and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Going for Growth
How might the most important idea for business change and adapt in the next decade?
31 Jan 2025,·14 mins
Decisions That Made Me: Richard Farleigh (former Dragon, entrepreneur)
Richard Farleigh on becoming a successful investor and his humble stumbles along the way.
08 May 2025,·15 mins
Series 1
Coffins Full of Car Keys
Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.
29 Aug 2018,·26 mins
Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
04 Mar 2022,·14 mins
with Jaz Singh: Setbacks to comebacks
How to turn setbacks into comebacks. With Jaz Singh.
26 May 2025,·30 mins
Episode 5
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
02 Aug 2024,·14 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
22 Jul 2021,·18 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Birds, Bees and Business - Why Nature Matters (With The Wildlife Trusts and Landsec)
Deborah's barefoot walk, The Wildlife Trusts and one of the country's biggest landlords
14 Apr 2023,·46 mins
Cheap British Beer
The story of money and humanity reaches a run on the punt and the rise of M-PESA.
15 Nov 2024,·14 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Sixties and Beyond
Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.
24 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Christmas Special: Live music, Surviving retail, Finding a job
Sean, Reggie and Fran get together and catch up with previous guests.
21 Dec 2020,·56 mins
Your Money in Shanghai
Credit card mania is on the rise in China but are people living beyond their means?
13 Nov 2013,·44 mins
Hollie and Jay
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings.
29 Aug 2020,·24 mins
The Court Battle at the Centre of Europe
High Stakes: Poland and Hungary lose their court battle with the European Union.
19 Feb 2022,·49 mins
Brexit, trade and Trump
What's in store for 2020?
21 Dec 2019,·26 mins
Episode 4
In the wake of Covid-19, what does the future hold?
02 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Economic Growth
Martha Kearney and Dharshini David go back to the economic basics.
28 Oct 2022,·14 mins
