The World of Business Podcast
Insights into the business world - featuring content from BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, and also Global Business from the BBC World Service.
Episodes to download
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Indonesia’s new capital
Sat 25 Jan 2020
Indonesia is planning to move its capital to the jungle – how will this work?
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Making fashion sustainable
Thu 23 Jan 2020
The British menswear designer, Patrick Grant asks how fashion can be made sustainably.
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Hydrogen: The answer to Climate Change?
Sat 18 Jan 2020
Once dubbed ‘fuel of the future’ but hydrogen powered transport is now a reality.
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Is the UK up for sale?
Thu 16 Jan 2020
A third of takeovers in the UK are by foreign companies. A welcome boost or a problem?
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Zimbabwe's Food Crisis: Can Old Crops Fix New Problems?
Thu 9 Jan 2020
Meet the Zimbabwean businesses on a mission to change tastes and survive climate change.
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Germany’s Energy Transition
Sat 4 Jan 2020
What’s happened to Germany’s energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables?
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Clean Cooking in Rwanda
Sat 28 Dec 2019
We meet the companies trying to give women a cleaner and safer cooking environment.
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The Business of Beethoven
Boxing Day 2019
Clemmie Burton-Hill looks at the little-known story of Beethoven, the entrepreneur.
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The pub is dead! Long live the micropub!
Thu 5 Dec 2019
British pubs have been closing down but a new type of pub - the micropub - is popping up.
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Keeping the Lights On
Thu 28 Nov 2019
How can Britain ensure a consistent supply of electricity when its sources are changing?
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What is the value of women’s work?
Sat 26 Oct 2019
Iceland has a radical approach to the gender pay gap. What lessons could others learn?
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Can Liberian rubber bounce back?
Sat 12 Oct 2019
Liberia is one of the poorest countries yet rich in natural resources. Can rubber help?
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How Politics Broke up with Business
Sun 29 Sep 2019
Why have politicians gone from cosying up to business, to turning a deaf ear?
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Flying Green
Thu 19 Sep 2019
Can aviation become sustainable? Katie Prescott asks if a tech fix can be found.
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India’s fashion industry
Sat 7 Sep 2019
India has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing fashion markets
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Managing Volunteers: Free and Easy?
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Twenty million Brits give their time for free each year, but is managing volunteers easy?
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Who are Huawei?
Sat 29 Jun 2019
How has Huawei, one of the world's most controversial companies, become so powerful?
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Business Making an Impact
Sat 22 Jun 2019
How businesses are changing the way they work by focusing on their impact on us all.
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Plastic Backlash: The Business Response
Thu 23 May 2019
How are businesses responding to the public backlash against plastic packaging?
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Getting Hired
Thu 2 May 2019
Lesley Curwen looks at the fast-changing process of getting hired for a job
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Green Shoots: growing food in UAE’s deserts
Thu 25 Apr 2019
The United Arab Emirates plans to grow vegetables in the desert.
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Behind the Facades
Thu 18 Apr 2019
How the changing relationship between landlord and tenant is reshaping our high street.
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The Irresistible Rise of eSports
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Sport, but not as you know it. The irresistible rise of competitive gaming or Esports.
