Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Taking Stock: Who owns Space?
Today
Companies and countries are pouring billions of dollars to get ahead in space
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Power players: How did VW go off track?
Yesterday
Germany's biggest carmaker could cut 100,000 jobs as it struggles to compete with China
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Listen again: The supermarket billionaire, John Catsimatidis
Wednesday
Founders: John Catsimatidis on leaving university, supermarkets and talking with Trump
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Follow the money: Why is diesel so expensive?
Tuesday
Diesel prices are near record highs, even though Gulf oil exports have largely recovered
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A global baby bust: why are birth rates falling?
Monday
Can governments reverse falling birth rates?
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Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests?
Last Saturday
What's led to the protests taking place by the young people in India?
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Taking Stock: Is Gen Z the first generation to be worse off than their parents?
Last Friday
Economic conditions around the world are making young people rise up in protest
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Power Players: Are these the most economy-focused US mid-terms ever?
Last Thursday
The economy is high on the agenda for US voters this election.
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Founders: The first black woman to own a billion-dollar company
Wed 7 Oct 2026
From $900 to a billion-dollar business, we hear Janice Bryant Howroyd’s journey.
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Follow the money: Why does chocolate cost so much?
Tue 6 Oct 2026
Cocoa prices spiked in 2024 and consumers are still feeling the consequences today
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Listen again: Bonds, heroes or villains?
Mon 5 Oct 2026
We explore the story of the bond market and how these IOUs have shaped the modern economy
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Taking stock: How evicting an 87-year-old woman in Spain disrupted the debate on housing
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Protests about 87-year-old Mariacarmen Abascal's eviction reignited the housing debate
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Power Players: Can AI really regulate itself?
Thu 1 Oct 2026
President Trump and AI leaders have made a pact to keep AI development safe.
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Founders: From blogger to billionaire, Canva's co-founder on what failures taught him
Wed 30 Sep 2026
From tech blogger to drowning in Google Wave - the twists that led Cameron Adams to Canva
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Follow the money: Why does an Oktoberfest beer cost €16?
Tue 29 Sep 2026
A litre of beer at Munich’s Oktoberfest costs nearly €16. Where does the money go?
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Can Route 66 towns survive on nostalgia?
Mon 28 Sep 2026
Victoria Craig hits the road to see who's visiting and if tourism can keep towns going
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The birth of India's call centre industry
Sat 26 Sep 2026
Pramod Bhasin set up India’s first call centre in 1997
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Taking stock: Trump and Xi face the trade test
Fri 25 Sep 2026
Did trade frenemies find common ground at the White House?
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Trump meets Xi: What's at stake?
Thu 24 Sep 2026
What both want from the visit and how the leaders' relationship could shape its outcome
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Founders: The American who built his business in China
Wed 23 Sep 2026
Jacob Rothman built a manufacturing business in China supplying major retailers
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Follow the money: The journey of a $30 toy from China to America
Tue 22 Sep 2026
A $30 toy is made in China and sold in America but who gets what share of the money?
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From Mao and Nixon to Xi and Trump: A history of China-US trade
Mon 21 Sep 2026
What can Xi and Trump learn from the past ahead of their latest summit
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Taking Stock: Can Big Tech rivals be trusted to develop safe AI?
Fri 18 Sep 2026
Trump dismissed it as a "hoax" but some AI bosses sounded the alarm on their own products
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Power Players: Does Xbox have a future?
Thu 17 Sep 2026
Will Bain explores whether Xbox can reinvent itself for the future
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Follow the money: Why is a new Ebola vaccine taking so long to develop?
Tue 15 Sep 2026
No approved vaccine exists for the Ebola strain behind thousands of deaths in the DRC
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The cost of war: Inside Russia's economic unease
Mon 14 Sep 2026
Russian workers face fuel shortages and drone strikes on key sectors of the economy
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Bonus: Could AI chatbots help Asia's socially isolated youth?
Sun 13 Sep 2026
South Korea is testing government-backed AI chatbots to tackle youth isolation
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Taking stock: Bad blood, bad neighbours and the return of Elizabeth Holmes
Fri 11 Sep 2026
Can a $5,000-per-person pledge from Trump win votes as his trade war with Canada deepens?
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Power Players: Can new BP leadership steady the ship?
Thu 10 Sep 2026
The energy giant has had four chief executives and three chairs in the past six years
