Taking Stock
Episodes
America without immigration and 'aging' against the machine
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Guy Chazan of the Financial Times who spent time in the Southern States of America to see what...
The unintended ‘green’ consequences of global conflict
27 Mar 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Muireann Lynch of the ERSI about how the conflict in the Middle East may be forcing people to ...
Why money laundering is thriving
20 Mar 2026
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This week on Taking Stock, Susan Hayes Culleton talks to investigative journalist Oliver Bullough about his book new book 'Everybody Loves Our Dollars...
Can China End Poverty?
13 Mar 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan talks to China Expert Leo Austin about how China’s economy is viewed in very different ways by different people. Sus...
The economics of conflict, Labour woes and the batter for Warner
06 Mar 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Denis Staunton of the Irish Times about the roots of the conflict between Iran and America.Wit...
Never-ending tariffs, Swiss population caps and how not to lose your documents
27 Feb 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan gets up to speed on new global tariff developments when she talks to Enda Curran of Bloomberg in Washington. We hear a...
The Economics of YouTubing
20 Feb 2026
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In a week where we heard about YouTuber Logan Paul selling a Pokémon card for millions, Susan talks to entertainment journalist Olivia Fahy about how...
The Economics of Valentine’s Day
13 Feb 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the behavioural economics around Valentine’s Day when she talks to Emma Howard of TU Dublin ...
A little book of economics and the big economics of Disneyland
06 Feb 2026
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This week on Taking Stock, Susan talks to the author Niall Kishtainy about his brilliant book ‘A Little History of Economics’ that has some big id...
UK Zombie businesses and Japanese Economics
30 Jan 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan talks to Soumaya Keynes of the Financial Times about the strange economic outlook that might see business in the UK cl...
'Life-Admin’ days, Austria’s peerless infrastructure and Meloni’s mission
23 Jan 2026
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This week on Taking Stock, Susan looks at how much money you can save by spending one whole day looking at your bills when she talks to Michael Hought...
Being recruited by AI-Techscape on Taking Stock
16 Jan 2026
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On this month's Techscape, with thanks to Renault, Susan talks to Helen Coffey of The Independent who had a very unusual job interview.
Why You Can't Call Trump a Fascist
16 Jan 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes talks to renowned writer Simon Kuper about why Donald Trump does not actually meet the criteria of being called ...
The economics of being a football manager
09 Jan 2026
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Following several high-profile management sackings in the English Premiership of late, this week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at th...
The Economics of Dry January
02 Jan 2026
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how much you might save when you go ‘dry’ for January. She talks to Conor Pope of the Iris...
Geo-Politics, cricket and getting things done
19 Dec 2025
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This week on a special Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to some of her regular contributors about their favourite 'non-fiction' books of the ye...
The Economics of Christmas
12 Dec 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how Christmas is celebrated around the world and the different ways different nations spend th...
Healthy and Unhealthy Economics
05 Dec 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the projection by the WHO that global obesity levels will double by 2030 when she talks to Eri...
The financial implications of divorce & what bitcoin's woes tell us about the wider market
28 Nov 2025
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This week on Taking Stock, Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the financial and legal implications of deciding to separate. Keith Walsh of Keith Walsh Soli...
Techscape - Is AI replacing coding?
22 Nov 2025
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This week on the monthly 'Techscape' slot on Taking Stock with thanks to Renault, Susan is joined by tech journalist Andy O'Donoghue to look at how AI...
Night-Time economics, the World Bank and the death of coding.
21 Nov 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at Night-Time economies here in Ireland and elsewhere around the world when she talks to Ray O’...
The economics of cruises, Singles’ Day and Trump vs the BBC.
14 Nov 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the global cruise ship market when she talks to Paul Hackett of Click and Go. Susan also...
Have we reached 'Peak' Ireland?
07 Nov 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Harry Halem who is Senior Research Fellow in the National Security Unit at Policy Exchange and...
Video Game Wars and Never-Ending Tarriff Talk
31 Oct 2025
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This week on Taking Stock, Mandy Jonston sits in for Susan and is joined by Russ Mould of AJ Bell to look at just how troublesome or not President Tru...
Time to kill the car?
24 Oct 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Arthur Kay, co-author of ‘Roadkill: Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship with C...
Taylormaking: What Brands Can Learn from Taylor Swift.
17 Oct 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Ken Hughes the author of ‘Taylormaking: A New Era of Modern Branding and Customer Conn...
Peak Social Media, Firey French Economics and a Changing Mortgage Landscape
10 Oct 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the growing trend of people tuning away from social media when she talks to regular tech contr...
The Economics of the Presidency
03 Oct 2025
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With the campaigns to be the next Irish President in full swing, this week on Taking Stock Susan looks at how much candidates are spending and what is...
The Commercial success of 'The Traitors Ireland'
26 Sep 2025
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With the huge success of The Traitors Ireland, this week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Jill Downey, Managing Director of Core Sponsors...
The allure of the 15-Minute City
19 Sep 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the idea of the ’15-Minute’ city, where urban planning allows for residents to be only eve...
Is there anybody out there? Customer service in the age of AI.
12 Sep 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how agentic AI is changing and maybe making customer service a lot poorer when she talks to El...
What Does Irish Business really want?
05 Sep 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton convenes a panel of some of Ireland’s busiest entrepreneurs when she talks to Pat McDonagh of Superma...
Are Farmers Markets the most circular thing in our economy?
29 Aug 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Darina Allen of Ballymaloe Cookery School and Jack Spillane of Spillane World Markets about th...
Is Ireland not as wealthy as headline GDP figures suggest?
22 Aug 2025
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This week on Taking Stock, Susan HayesCulleton speaks to Reuters reporter Ann Saphir about what’s going on at Jackson Hole and why the annual event ...
Defence spending surges: What does it mean for Europe?
15 Aug 2025
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This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton: - Across Europe, defence spending is surging to levels not seen in decades. Declan Power, Sec...
Why are people swiping left on the whole idea of dating apps?
08 Aug 2025
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This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton: - Following the publication of Revenue’s Taxation of Income from Social Media and Promotional Ac...
The EU AI Act: Who is really winning the AI race?
01 Aug 2025
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This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton:Sarah Collins, Brussels Correspondent with the Business Post & John Fitzgerald, Professor in th...
Where does the US Economy go next?
25 Jul 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to David M Walker, a former Comptroller General of the United States, about the current state of ...
Do we have too many pubs?
18 Jul 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton debates the future of the Pub and looks at the economic realities of running a pub in modern Ireland, w...
What makes a great CEO?
11 Jul 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Michael Aldous and John Turner, authors of 'CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Captains of ...
The Economics of Being a Carer
04 Jul 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the economic realities of being a full-time carer when she talks to Majella Beattie from Care ...
Is the Ad Industry moving away from diversity and inclusion?
27 Jun 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Daniel Thomas of the Financial Times about how some advertising and marketing departments seem...
Reconfiguring the Global Food System
20 Jun 2025
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Susan is joined by David McGee who is PwC ESG Leader to talk about PwC's new report 'Reconfiguring the Global Food System' which looks at re-designing...
Too much Insurance, Global food chains and a new Union for Europe
20 Jun 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at not just the cost of insurance but also the 'types' of insurance we're paying for and asks Sin...
The economics of owning a pet, Nama's legacy and when to sell.
13 Jun 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the growing numbers around pet ownership and asks if we have reached peak pet when she talks t...
Is Ireland's economics school curriculum preparing students for the working world?
06 Jun 2025
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This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton: As the OECD has slashed its global growth forecast, she speaks to OECD Economist, Isabell Koske, t...
The economics of Ozempic
30 May 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how weight-loss drugs are changing economic patterns all around us when she talks to Ben Spenc...
The thorny economics of 'Tipping'
23 May 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton takes a look at the issue of 'tipping' in both Ireland and elsewhere when she talks to Travel Writer Fi...
Should we rename charity shops?
16 May 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the economics of charity shops and why they are becoming the 'go-to' shop for consumers. Susan...
Should everyone change jobs after 8 years?
09 May 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Pilita Clark of the Financial Times and Carolie Reidy of the HR Suite about a new working plan...
How will Canada’s economy fare if it tells the US where to go?
02 May 2025
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This week on Taking Stock, Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief, about what's next for Canada as Mark C...
When is the right time to reinvent your business?
29 Apr 2025
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Susan is joined by PwC Ireland Partner Barry Whelan to talk about the best time to reinvent your business.
Why the iPhone defies tariffs and trade wars
25 Apr 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Tom Calver of the Times and the Sunday Times about how the iPhone has the most astounding supp...
Nintendo Economics and Trump's nostalgia for factories
18 Apr 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton hears about Nintendo's big hopes for its new 'Switch 2' coming soon and what it might do for the Video ...
Musk and Trump; is the bromance cooling?
11 Apr 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver chats to Joe Miller, who is Washington Correspondent with the Financial Times, about how the relationship betwe...
Liverpool and what it teaches us about the rest of the UK
04 Apr 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver talks to Sam Wetherell about his new book 'Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain'.Ciaran Hancock of the Irish T...
Should we boycott Hotdogs and Hollywood movies?
28 Mar 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver talks to Rob Picheta of CNN about a growing trend for Europeans to boycott American goods in response to what's...
The future is quantum & who is new Canadian PM Mark Carney?
21 Mar 2025
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This week on Taking Stock:Irish quantum computing company, Equal1, made waves earlier this week by announcing it had created the world’s first silic...
The economics of Spotify and calling out bad bosses
14 Mar 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver talks to economist John Fitzgerald about how to avoid the impact of President Trump's tariffs. Arts Journalist...
What is the Dark Enlightenment?
07 Mar 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver talks to Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times about the troubling philosophy at the heart of the MAGA Movement....
Streaming Wars, Sanction-Busting and the best day to get paid
28 Feb 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver talks to Gearóid O’Sullivan, Chartered Accountants Ireland tax lead, and asks him is there really a best tim...
Greenlash, Germany on the brink and Bubble Tea
21 Feb 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver hears about the 'Greenlash' when he talks to Pilita Clark of the Financial Times about large sections of societ...
When Brands beat Personalities
14 Feb 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver looks at Tesla's declining sales in some countries and asks how much an owner's personality can affect sales of...
We ain't ever going back
07 Feb 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver talks to Chris Kane author of 'Where's My Office' about Citibank's embrace of hybrid working and why the model ...
Starbucks changes gear, Deepseek takes off and Global Golf struggles
31 Jan 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver looks at the changing face of customer service and why Starbucks won’t let you in unless you’re a paying cu...
From Davos to Alaska: the many ramifications of the Trump presidency
24 Jan 2025
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Among the Executive Orders that President Trump swiftly passed was the Global Tax Pact withdrawal; one which deals with global corporation tax. This w...
Fantasy Cabinet Bingo
17 Jan 2025
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This week we saw the publication of the long-awaited Programme for Government. Now, all eyes turn to the jockeying for position with Cabinet Ministers...
What really goes on when forming a new Government?
10 Jan 2025
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The Programme for Government talks are officially underway, and all eyes are on the horse-trading, backroom deals, and political machinations that com...
Happy 2nd Birthday ChatGPT?
03 Jan 2025
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver is in for Mandy and he talks to Economist Dan O’Brien about why there are reasons to be ‘hopeful’ about t...
The Best Business and Politics Books of the Year
20 Dec 2024
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This week on a special Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to some of her favourite contributors to the show about a book they read this year that they ...
Techscape on Taking Stock- Will the US ban TIK TOK?
13 Dec 2024
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In this month’s Tech Scape slot with thanks to PWC, Mandy asks could TikTok be banned in the US when she talks to Chris Stokel-Walker
The Flashing Red Lights for Economy 2025
13 Dec 2024
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This week on Taking Stock, Mandy Johnston talks to Tom Standage the Deputy Editor of The Economist about what shocks and positives may lie in store fo...
French Political Turmoil, Europe First & Coalitions of the Past
06 Dec 2024
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This week on Taking Stock:Just how should the EU deal with a possible round of trade wars and tariffs? With the return of President Trump just weeks a...
Techscape on Taking Stock- How AI is or isn't featuring in the election
22 Nov 2024
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In our monthly Techscape slot, with thanks to PWC, Elaine Burke, host of the For Tech’s Sake podcast, analyses political party manifestos to uncover...
Talking the Pope into doing a TED Talk
22 Nov 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Bruno Giussani, who was the global curator of TED from 2005. He orchestrated talks from the likes of...
Half-time in Germany and calling time on Trump's legal cases
15 Nov 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at Germany, where political shifts and an upcoming election have stirred up debates on the country's ec...
Adidas race Nike, Buffett dumps Apple and Trump reigns
08 Nov 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to her regular US contributor Caroline Vikal of the Hill about where the election was lost and won.Russ...
Does a good economy mean a good election for government?
01 Nov 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at how much the economy really matters when it comes to an election and if people vote based on their p...
Techscape- Is Crypto here to stay?
25 Oct 2024
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In the monthly Techscape slot on Taking Stock with thanks to PWC, Mandy Johnston looks at the strange history and future of Crypto Currencies.
The Economic cost of a Bank Holiday
25 Oct 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston gets to grips with the economic benefits and costs of having bank holidays when she talks to Edward Thomas Jo...
Do builders have a credit problem?
18 Oct 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at house prices as more figures released this week saw more rising prices for home buyers. Mandy talks ...
Boris 'unleashes' all
11 Oct 2024
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This week on Taking Stock, Mandy Johnston talks to legendary Guardian Columnist John Crace who read every page of Boris Johnson's new memoir and also ...
A Commotion on the trial to the White House
04 Oct 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Lawrence Donegan who is a renowned Scottish journalist, author and former musician with bands such a...
TechScape- Why do people use Telegram?
27 Sep 2024
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In our monthly Techscape slot with thanks to PWC Mandy talks to Chris Stokel-Walker about Telegram; the social media platform used by nearly a billion...
Do we need a department of infrastructure?
27 Sep 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at the Taoiseach’s bold new idea: a Department of Infrastructure. Does anyone really want another gov...
The art of saying no in the office
20 Sep 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at the benefits of putting your foot down at work and simply saying 'no'. Michael McGrath got the Justi...
How the Beeb and RTE compare
13 Sep 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy is joined by Lauren Fedor from the Financial Times who has been covering the US Presidential debate and she breaks dow...
Why the position off the suns affects how you vote
06 Sep 2024
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With two major elections on the horizon both here and in America this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston dives into voter patterns and surprising fac...
The death of the office dress code
30 Aug 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at how Poland has decided that the next phase of its economic growth needs to be fuelled by a shi...
Kamala ascends, Crisis at Starbucks and the Life of Mick Lynch
23 Aug 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Caroline Vakil of The Hill who was at the US Democratic Conference all this week and she’ll bring ...
Techscape on Taking Stock- Making Rain
16 Aug 2024
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In our Monthly ‘Techscape’ slot we thanks to PWC we look at the strange case of the people trying to make rain in the United Arab Emirates when we...
HR lessons from Netflix and cloud-busting in Abu Dhabi.
16 Aug 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Emmet Oliver is in for Mandy Johnston and he talks to Paul McArdle of the Panel.com about Netflix’s policies around under-...
US & EU taking on big tech, Venezuela's political instability & what might the future hold for Aer Lingus?
09 Aug 2024
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This week on Taking Stock with Joe Lynam:Big tech has often been seen as too big to be reined in by regulation but that might be changing as lawmakers...
UK fiscal challenges, ESG implementation for business & exploring the role of the US Vice President
02 Aug 2024
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In the UK this week Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out a series of “incredibly tough choices” to fill in a £22bn fiscal hole she’s found since ta...
Do The Ethics of War Have a Place in Business?
26 Jul 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at Defence spending and how its increasing across Europe and asks should Ireland do the same when she t...
Techscape on Taking Stock- Why Big Tech is having a rethink
19 Jul 2024
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For this Month's 'Techscape' on Taking Stock, with thanks to PWC, Mandy talks to Elaine Moore of the Financial Times about how big tech companies are ...
Spanish Overtourism, Big Tech's Retreat and Ursula's Victory
19 Jul 2024
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“Overtourism” is a real thing in Spain right now and this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Sam Jones of the Guardian about Spain...
The eyes of the World are on NATO
12 Jul 2024
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At this week’s NATO Summit all eyes were on President Biden following a disastrous TV debate. This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston asks where NA...
Why Quiet Quitting Won't Quit
05 Jul 2024
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This week on Taking Stock Joe Lynam is in for Mandy and he hears about the continuing phenomenon of 'Quiet Quitting'. Joe also talks to Joe Miller of ...
Remaking Britain
28 Jun 2024
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This week on Taking Stock as the UK elections enter their final days Mandy Johnston is joined by Will Hutton, an opinion writer for the Observer and f...