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Question Time: Am I short-changing my kids’ savings? How to stop loans for gambling addict? Does Section 75 work with vouchers?
Martin Lewis takes your questions on anything and everything (within reason!)
07 Sep 2026,·50 mins
Chips and beans
We discuss AI chips, the rise of posh beans and the future of JLR.
08 Sep 2026,·53 mins
Numeracy Review and Petrol Prices
What can we expect from a major review of financial literacy?
05 Sep 2026,·28 mins
Arm CEO: AI Will Cure Cancer
Rene Haas says AI will help cure cancer within our lifetimes.
07 Sep 2026,·38 mins
Thousands to be laid off as Europe's car industry suffers
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to cut around 4,000 jobs worldwide
07 Sep 2026,·26 mins
Follow the Money: Is a university degree worth the investment?
More students than ever are enrolled, but is the time and money rewarded with higher pay?
08 Sep 2026,·17 mins
Who Rules Porn?
8. Inside Porn's Star Chamber
Alex and Patricia discover how Visa and MasterCard became the reluctant rulers of porn.
23 Jul 2026,·41 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
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
The Bottom Line Business Awards 2026
What was the best business move of the last 12 months and who made the biggest blunder?
23 Jul 2026,·34 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Still in Business
How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far.
24 Sep 2020,·28 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Sixties and Beyond
Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.
24 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 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
Creative business: Reena Tailor
Reena Tailor tells Harleen Nottay how being creative is really useful as an entrepreneur.
07 Sep 2026,·30 mins
French Economist Thomas Piketty
Economist Thomas Piketty on the gap between the global rich and poor, tax and capitalism
25 Dec 2014,·55 mins
Turkey - Beyond the Silk Road
Jim O'Neill asks if Turkey's future still depends on its advantageous location.
09 Jan 2014,·42 mins
Botswana: God Wants You to Be Wealthy
The country's relatively strong economy has created a new breed of consumer
25 Jan 2006,·22 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.
12 Feb 2021,·28 mins
Record fine over US basketball player’s wages
LA Clippers fined $30 million.
03 Sep 2026,·8 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
Sophia and Chris
Two women compare coping with the cost of living, 50 years apart.
20 Aug 2022,·28 mins
The pub is dead! Long live the micropub!
British pubs have been closing down but a new type of pub - the micropub - is popping up.
15 Feb 2020,·26 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