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Taking Stock: Is this really the Golden Age of AI?
This week on Taking Stock, Rahul Tandon is joined by journalist Nga Pham in Hanoi, Vietnam, and economist Justin Wolfers in Michigan, USA, to unpack N...
Power Players: Evergrande and the unraveling of China’s property boom
For years, China’s property boom helped drive the country’s extraordinary economic growth. At the centre of it was Evergrande, which grew from a regio...
Founders: Nasty Gal's "Girl Boss" on shoplifting, empire building and life after bankruptcy
Sophia Amoruso, founded clothing company Nasty Gal after a successful stint of eBay upselling. It grew into a company worth hundreds of millions and a...
What a dry Danube means for Europe’s energy
Europe's drought has reduced water levels on the Danube, causing headaches and lost income for companies generating electricity from hydro, coal-fired...
Are Europe and China heading for a trade war?
Europe is taking an increasingly tough line on trade with China, accusing Beijing of subsidising exports and flooding European markets with cheap good...
BONUS: What makes the LA Lakers worth so much money?
The proposed sale of the LA Lakers has reignited debate about the soaring value of sports teams. Here's another chance to hear our episode exploring w...
Taking Stock: What’s next for social media?
What does the future hold for social media? Will Bain is joined by Takara Small in Toronto and Han Lin in Shanghai to discuss growing legal challenges...
Power Players: The battle over AI's data centres
AI is driving a data-centre boom. The vast, energy-hungry facilities that power everything from ChatGPT to cloud computing are multiplying rapidly as...
Founders: From sleeping under a bridge to SEO success in the age of AI
Harry Sanders is the founder of StudioHawk, an SEO agency that helps businesses around the world get found online. He talks about going from sleeping...
Follow the Money: What's driving up the cost of flying?
Whether you're heading off on holiday or travelling for work, flying could cost significantly more than it did a year ago. And it's not just the ticke...
Are you a job hugger? Why workers are staying put
As economic uncertainty continues, many workers are becoming more cautious about taking the next step in their careers. Vishala Sri-Pathma examines wh...
Taking Stock: The heat is on
How is climate change reshaping the global economy? Rahul Tandon is joined by Carsten Brzeski in Germany and Jyoti Malhotra in India to discuss the gr...
What's next for Guinness owner Diageo?
Diageo, the company that owns Guinness, Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker and more than 200 drinks brands worldwide, has announced a major reset after a tough...
Founders: How Vitaminwater founder Mike Repole built a drinks empire
Mike Repole is the entrepreneur behind drinks brands including Vitaminwater and BodyArmor. He tells Hannah Mullane how he went from stocking supermark...
Too many offices, not enough homes: can conversions work?
John Laurenson reports from La Défense in Paris on how Europe's biggest business district is turning vacant office space into housing. As hybrid worki...
Denmark is scrapping royal warrants. Will businesses miss them?
Denmark is preparing to scrap its royal warrant system, ending a centuries-old royal seal of approval used by businesses to market everything from bee...
Taking Stock: Global trade's new reality
What is driving the global shift towards economic protectionism? Will Bain is joined by Jennifer Pak, NPR's China correspondent, and Trevor Simumba, a...
Why does Trump care about the Japanese yen?
In a highly unusual move, the US has stepped in to back Japan's currency, the yen. Donald Trump calls it a "signal of friendship" but what is Washingt...
Founders: Ola Sars from Beats Music to the soundtrack of hospitality
Ola Sars has spent two decades helping shape the way music is discovered, streamed and licensed. He co-founded Beats Music, the streaming service that...
Follow the Money: Europe’s air-con economy
With Europe sweltering in intense heat and demand for air-conditioners soaring, who is making money from supplying them? We follow the supply chain fr...
Sierra Leone: Tracking a drug kingpin
In the second of two episodes, Ed Butler tracks the whereabouts and connections of one of Europe's most wanted drug criminals. Despite denials from th...
Taking Stock: China Gains in AI race
Is China rapidly catching up with the United States in the race to dominate artificial intelligence? Rahul Tandon is joined by Walter Todd in the US a...
Listen again - Follow the Money: FIFA's Billions
This Podcast was first published June 9th 2026
With the future of football's governing body under discussion, we're giving you another chance to...
Power Players: India's Gen‑Z jobs crisis
This week, Will and Rahul speak to business correspondent Arunoday Mukharji in Delhi about how India's youth unemployment crisis helped force the resi...
Founders: Leah Solivan on building and selling TaskRabbit
Leah Solivan, founder and former CEO of TaskRabbit, reflects on building one of the world’s most successful gig-economy platforms. She discusses the p...
Follow the Money: The antidote economy
**This episode of Business Daily begins with a real call to 911**
There is an antidote for an opioid overdose. It costs a few dollars. The nasal...
Sierra Leone: The cocaine trail
In the first of two episodes, Ed Butler investigates how one of Europe’s most wanted drug smugglers, Jos Leijdekkers, ended up in Sierra Leone while e...
Taking Stock: Is AI burning cash?
Will Bain is joined by Nga Pham in Hanoi and Takara Small in Toronto. Following the latest results from Alphabet and Tesla, both companies are under p...
Power Players: Turbulent times for budget airlines
Cheap flights transformed the way we travel, helping millions of people fly more often and opening up destinations that were once out of reach. But ri...
Founders: Tessa Clarke's fight against food waste
Tessa Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of Olio, the food-sharing app helping millions of people reduce waste by sharing food and household items with...
Follow the Money: The Memecoin Economy
Search for "memecoin" on social media and you'll find plenty of videos offering advice on how to invest and grow your money, with some claiming they c...
The hidden cost of the gold rush
Artisanal mining accounts for around 20% of global gold production and generates an estimated $30 billion a year for some of the world's poorest commu...
Taking Stock: A slower China and a durian glut
Connecting the timezones this week are Will Bain in London, David Kuo in Singapore and Emily Peck in New York to unpack the week's biggest business st...
Power Players: Can the Paramount–Warner merger survive?
This week, Will and Michelle speak to Reuters entertainment business correspondent Dawn Chmielewski about how the Paramount–Warner merger could reshap...
The Jude Bellingham brand
With the 2026 World Cup underway, here's another chance to hear how England and Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham became one of football's most marketa...
Founders: Sumant Sinha's bet on a greener India
Sumant Sinha is the founder of ReNew, one of India's largest renewable energy companies. He explains why he left a successful corporate career to purs...
Follow the Money: The beef with US beef
Why have US beef prices risen around 13% over the past year? Who is making money from the burgers and steaks Americans eat? Presenter Sam Fenwick spea...
The BRIC architect's warning for the West
Ed Butler speaks to the man who coined the term BRIC for the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Now back in the headlines as an ad...
Taking Stock: Is Trump happier with NATO on defence spending?
Will Bain is joined by Seijiro Takeshita in Japan and Yael Selfin in the UK to discuss the week's biggest business stories. As Nato members agree to g...
Power Players: What does Mamdani's Manhattan mean for the world?
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani rode a wave of anti-Trump sentiment and cost-of-living pressures to win the New York City mayoralty. But talk of n...