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Business Weekly
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As rows continue in Europe over the safety and supply of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 Vaccine, on Business Weekly we ask how much of the argument i...
Why your boss is incompetent
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that the boss never seems to know what they’re doing? The famous “Dilbert principle” asserts that companies promote incompetent employ...
Josephine’s story: Starting a business
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera in Kenya, a single mother of four struggles to survive lockdown. At the beginning of the pandemic, Josephine w...
How the pandemic feeds online trolling
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we behave on the internet. Online trolling is on the rise as people turn to social media to take out thei...
Has the food industry made Covid worse?
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Obesity is a major factor in which countries have the worst Covid-19 death rates, a new report suggests. So could this be a moment of reckoning for fo...
Business Weekly
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Business Weekly, we look at an alternative view of the economic future, a year on from the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. We he...
Sexual assault in the music industry
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As women begin to speak out against sexual violence and harassment, does the music industry face a #metoo reckoning?Manuela Saragosa speaks to her col...
Josephine’s story: Covid hits Kenya
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josephine is a single mother of four in Kibera, the sprawling slum in Nairobi, Kenya. At the beginning of the pandemic she was working as a cook, but ...
Lab grown meat: The new food frontier?
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are chicken nuggets grown from animal cells the ultimate innovation, or a flash in the pan? As Singapore allows the sale of cultivated chicken nuggets...
The digital currency race
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Central banks and many companies are rushing to develop their own digital currencies. Why are they doing it? What are the risks? And how might it upen...
Women, work and lockdowns
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On International Women's Day, we ask what Covid-19 lockdowns have done to gender equality at work - and at home.Mum Leslie Chiaramonte was forced to q...
Business Weekly
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Next week marks the first anniversary of the World Health Organisation officially labelling Covid-19 a pandemic. In the year since that announcement w...
The joy of work
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York rat-catcher James Molluso has been dealing with vermin since he was a teenager. The pay isn't brilliant, the hours are long and the chemicals...
Covid: Healthcare worker burnout
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A year of crisis has taken a toll on those tasked with caring for the sick and elderly. It’s almost a year since the World Health Organization decla...
Guyana and the pandemic
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How has mental health in the South American country been affected during lockdown? According to the World Health Organisation Guyana has for years had...
Growing up in lockdown
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the lives of billions of people around the world, and with many countries still in lockdown the impact will con...
Lockdown breakdowns
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s almost a year since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. Many embraced working from home to start off wi...
Business Weekly
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the global Covid-19 vaccination drive slowly gathers pace - on Business Weekly we’ll be looking at whether vaccine passports will help us return ...
Why does Bitcoin consume so much energy?
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Bitcoin's price hits a new all-time high, it's now estimated to use as much electricity as the whole of Argentina But is this remotely sustainable?...
China's vaccine diplomacy
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Poorer countries in search of Covid-19 vaccines are looking east. Agathe Demarais, global forecasting director at the Economist Intelligence Unit, des...
Love in the time of coronavirus
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 has ruined millions of wedding plans. Will 2021 spark a race to the altar for those unable to tie the knot? California couple Lauren and Patr...
The plastic pandemic
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has brought with it a massive rise in plastic waste. Tamasin Ford looks at how the demand for hygiene along with plummeting oil prices bo...
Will hydrogen prove a life saver?
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The "hydrogen economy" has received a lot of hype, but could this explosive gas fill some critical gaps in a future zero-carbon energy system?Justin R...
Business Weekly
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They’re the technical bits of genius businesses cannot do without. On this edition of Business Weekly, we look at the world of semiconductors and wh...
Why hair matters
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To some it may sound absurd to consider hairstyles a workplace issue, but for millions of men and women with African and Afro-Caribbean hair, it is ju...
The Paystack effect
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How the biggest start-up acquisition out of Nigeria is resonating across Africa. Last year Nigeria saw its biggest ever start-up acquisition - a multi...
The great semiconductor shortage
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Taiwan isn't making enough computer chips. Ed Butler speaks to Jan-Peter Kleinhans, head of technology and geopolitics at SNV, a German think tank...
Teaching children about money
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Though children will usually learn how to add, subtract or multiply in school, very often they are not taught the skills they need to manage their mon...
Bill Gates versus climate change
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eliminating carbon emissions in the next 30 years would be "the most amazing thing humanity has ever done".In an exclusive interview, Bill Gates tells...
Business Weekly
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Business Weekly, we examine the world of amateur traders. One in five Americans now play the stock market, but there are warnings t...
African Free trade: What’s in it for women?
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After years of planning and delays, Africa’s new trade bloc, the African Continental Free Trade Area, opened in January with the promise of transfor...
Brexit and the City
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is one of the world's mighty financial centres under threat from the damage done by the UK's departure from the EU? Six weeks after the final Brexit d...
The rise of amateur day traders
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When shares in the apparently declining games company Gamestop soared almost 2000% in less than a month, the world’s attention was drawn to an army ...
Satellites to breach the digital divide
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bridging the global digital divide, using satellites in space, is the dream of the world's richest men like Elon Musk of SpaceX and Jeff Bezos of Amaz...
Stormy seas for global shipping
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the twin crises affecting the shipping industry. First, thousands of seafarers are stranded far from home, unable to travel because of the ...
Business Weekly
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As protests continue against the military coup in Myanmar, Business Weekly hears how the army controls the country’s economy. Jeff Bezos has announc...
Moon landings and economic priorities
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Manuela Saragosa speaks with economist Mariana Mazzucato, who argues that America’s Apollo programme, which landed people on the moon in the 1960s, ...
What's a song worth?
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Music streaming services have changed the game. We hear about their impact on artists' income from Tom Gray of the 90s British band Gomez. Plus, Merck...
Will the Olympics be postponed (again)?
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Uncertainty continues to mount over this summer's delayed Tokyo Olympic Games, as Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces he is extending a ...
How the military controls Myanmar's economy
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Myanmar's military has announced it has taken control of the country, a decade after agreeing to hand power to a civilian government. Tin Htar Swe OBE...
Gamestop: Is it really a case of David vs Goliath?
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is Wall Street's role in the surge in Gamestop's share price? It’s been billed as a populist revolt against the financial behemoths of Wall Str...
Business Weekly
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The UK has said it will impose strict restrictions on people travelling to the country in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Travellers from a...
The pandemic pet boom
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Homeworking has led to booming pet sales. What happens when people head back to the office? Sales of dogs, cats and all sorts of other pets have soare...
The economic cost of closing schools
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The economic costs of school closures amidst the pandemic could be huge. 2 billion school days have been missed so far around the world, and millions ...
Kidnap in the Gulf of Guinea
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a new piracy crisis afflicting Africa's shipping lanes? And should the merchant ships in the region now be armed? Four men boarded a Turkish-...
Gorillas, guns and oil
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest and largest wildlife park. Since 1925, it’s been home to some of ...
Covid: Rethinking wealth and fairness
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How the Covid pandemic is changing the way we see wealth and economic fairness. The Covid pandemic has not only changed the way we work. It’s also e...
Business Weekly
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US president, business owners wondered what the new administration would do for them. We hear from some of them ...
Biden's $15 minimum wage
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new US president's plan to introduce a $15 minimum wage has sparked debate. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Allynn Umel, campaign director at the Fight...
The practicalities of Brexit
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The UK is three weeks out of the European single market and there have already been some teething problems. We hear from wine importer, Daniel Lamber...
Joe Biden vs climate change
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How the US is set to return to the fight against global warming. Justin Rowlatt speaks to Todd Stern, the US special envoy for climate change under Ba...
Is Covid causing a shortage of medical oxygen?
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst rising Covid infection levels, we're looking at one alarming threat to health services from Brazil to Egypt - a lack of medical oxygen. Hospita...
When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available to you?
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 vaccine rollouts across the world demonstrate huge global health inequalities. Many countries in the global south are struggling to access on...
Business Weekly
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a week in which the US president, Donald Trump, was suspended from his social media accounts and the social network Parler was taken offli...
Who owns colour?
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists, artists and some of the world’s biggest companies are carving up the visual spectrum, and claiming certain colours as their own, so who ...
Trump: The corporate backlash
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will it last and why have stock markets been shrugging off political developments? A slew of companies have cut off all funding to political parties i...
Should Trump be banned from social media?
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump's ban from various social media raises the question of their regulation. Are they right to ban him, and what are the implications? We ...
Forced labour in supply chains
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the vast cotton fields of its western region of Xin...
Choosing a career: Don't follow your passion?
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to choosing a career, should you do what you love or learn to love whatever you do? A clip of Professor Scott Galloway of NYU Stern Busi...
Business Weekly
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the week when a mob stormed the US Congress, Business Weekly examines the enormous task now facing President-elect Joe Biden. How will he unite th...
What makes Elon Musk tick?
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk, the space pioneer and electric car guru, now ranks as one of the world's richest men, thanks to a surge in the value of shares in his compa...
Can the Democrats make economic change?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Democrats and President-elect Biden have won control of the US Congress after results came in from two elections in Georgia. Raphael Warnock and J...
Predicting the future of retail
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With much of the world going back into stringent lockdowns and people warned away, or even outright banned, from physical stores and malls, some obser...
“Remote working” in the Indian Ocean
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pip Hare is currently sailing solo round the world in the Vendee Globe race, one of only a handful of women to attempt it. She speaks to the BBC’s Z...
Thinking global, acting local
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lessons in rethinking the climate emergency from Sierra Leone and the US. We hear from mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on her plans to plant a mi...
Business Weekly
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The UK has given the green light to the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid19 vaccine. It’s cheaper and easier to store than some of the alternatives - and the...
UK completes separation from European Union
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules, as rep...
Millennial money management
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are the realities and responsibilities of young people when it comes to financial planning in a pandemic? Elizabeth Hotson talks to millennials w...
Casual dining in a pandemic
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Necessity is the mother of invention and Elizabeth Hotson finds out how restaurants and other food outlets - some of the most obvious casualties of th...
Lockdown lunches
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How have our eating habits changed during a year when lockdowns have seen more of us cooking from home and fewer of us sharing meals out with colleagu...
What’s next for China?
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China is bucking a global trend and its economy is growing again. We hear from Wuhan and Shanghai, where restrictions have been lifted and companies a...
Business Weekly
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week the roads running to the ports in the South East of England turned into a lorry park when continental Europe blocked arrivals from the UK–...
Will cities ever be the same?
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This year has seen our cities coming under pressure as they struggled to withstand the impact of the coronavirus. City centres were deserted as shops ...
Brexit talks continue ahead of likely deal
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talks between the UK and the EU on a post-Brexit trade agreement continued during the night, but a deal is expected to be unveiled on Thursday. Negoti...
Cargo shipping in the pandemic
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the shipping industry has fared in 2020. Ed Butler speaks to Lars Jensen from SeaIntelligence Consulting about the ups and downs of the shipping i...
Has the time come for a 4-day working week?
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unilever in New Zealand is the latest firm to trial a 4-day week without cutting pay. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Paddy Gamble, the CEO of Perpetual G...
Selling Christmas in 2020
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do brands strike the right tone in their Christmas adverts when many consumers have taken a financial hit? Elizabeth Hotson goes on an advertising...
Business Weekly
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Business Weekly this week, we examine the potential big trouble for Big Tech. Regulatory bodies around the world are looking to tighten the rules t...
Cannabis in the USA: An illegal tax-paying business
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
America’s cannabis industry is worth tens of billions of dollar and it generates tax revenues and jobs. But it is barred from accessing most financi...
The monopoly case against Facebook
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why US regulators want to break up the social media giant. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and dozens of US states are arguing that Facebook is ...
Meeting in the virtual world
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could virtual offices provide an alternative to endless Zoom calls? Ed Bulter speaks to Jeremy Bailenson, director of Stanford University's Virtual Hu...
Trusting the algorithm
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is increasingly part of our daily lives - in health, in transport, entertainment and much more - but how many of us actually t...
Still no Brexit trade deal
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiators from the UK and EU are to begin a new push to reach agreement on post-Brexit trade after both sides agreed "to go the extra mile". A UK so...
Business Weekly
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Business Weekly, we ask whether Covid vaccines are the shot in the arm the pharmaceutical industry needs to rescue its reputation? ...
Can post-Brexit Britain ban live animal exports?
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Britain is looking to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening after its existing trade arrangement with the European Union lapse a...
Brexit: 'Large gaps' remain after trade talks
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson's dinner with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen - aimed at breaking the Brexit trade deadlock - has ended without agreement. The BBC's Laura...
Big Pharma: Vaccine Heroes or Profiteers?
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A UK grandmother became the world’s first recipient of the Pfizer Covid vaccine this week. What does this mean for the pharmaceutical industry? This...
Is Boeing's 737 Max fit to fly?
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was grounded worldwide after two tragic accidents. Now, regulators in the US have given it permission to fly again – but will it really be safe? ...
The end of the line for commuters?
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How passenger fears and remote working are prompting a crisis in public transport. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Pat Foye, chairman of New York's Metropo...
Business Weekly
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Business Weekly, we analyse the court battle between Shell and the environmental groups which claim the oil giant remains too focus...
The rise and rise of Instagram
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Frier, author of No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, talks about the corporate drama behind the app. The photo sharing app Instagram has t...
Is the Hyperloop coming of age?
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In November Virgin Hyperloop trialled its first ever journey with passengers, in the desert of Nevada. The futuristic transport concept involves pods ...
Are we giving suits the boot?
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is the era of the suited office worker at an end? Is the era of the suited office worker at an end?With so many people working from home because of th...
The EU's latest row
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A showdown looms between Hungary and Poland and the rest of the EU over the bloc's latest budget, which includes a Covid economic recovery fund worth ...
Saving the Amazon rainforest with economics
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Economics has a solution to halt rapid deforestation but can it be implemented? This year has seen some of the worst-ever fires destroy vast tracts of...
Business Weekly
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Business Weekly, we look at the third Covid vaccine and ask whether the jabs will be the shot in the arm the global economy needs. ...
Preppers: Apocalypse, now
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How prepping or survivalism has gone mainstream, with Silicon Valley leading the way. Tech entrepreneur Julie Fredrickson tells Manuela Saragosa how ...
The fight for compensation
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are NFL players being denied compensation because of racial-norming? Thousands of former American footballers claim they suffered brain injury as play...
What it takes to vaccinate the world
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Covid-19 vaccinations preparing to roll out, how do we make sure everyone gets it? John Johnson, a vaccine programme co-ordinator for Doctors wit...
Rich countries line up for Covid-19 vaccine
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Pfizer and Moderna vaccines earlier in the month, a third arrives from the University of Oxford. The question now becomes when the vaccines will...