Podcasts

Ian Forrest, Investment Research Analyst at The Share Centre, looks back at announcements from Capita, Royal Dutch Shell and Unilever and ahead to forthcoming results from BP and Babcock.

Ed Bowsher gets the lowdown on the latest developments in the ETF world. These include using artificial intelligence to pick stocks, as well as ETFs that invest in themes such as marijuana and electronic gaming.

New Economics Foundation discuss about how Sports Direct changed its business ways in this archive episode.

Steve Caplin discusses Apple’s new HomePod device, a rival to Amazon Echo, as well as the Amazon Go store in Seattle where there are no check out tills whatsoever.

Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? Well join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio, direct from Washington DC, for news, views and analysis of the US stocks that matter. In this week's show: Starbucks loses steam; Intel hits a new high; Netflix delivers; And Dell rethinks its need for privacy; Plus, Sports Illustrated columnist Andrew Brand talks about the business of football.

Could you get duped into sending a fraudster thousands of pounds? Many people think of course they wouldn’t, but then it happens to them. In this week’s podcast Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost look into the disturbing rise in fraudsters targeting ordinary people’s finances and how you can protect yourself – we also ask if the banks do enough to help. On the other side of the table from those looking to take your money, are the people who promise to make it for you – fund managers. And there has been one name that keeps cropping up in This is Money’s reader comments as someone who doesn’t get his fair dues, Terry Smith. We dive into his Fundsmith fund, why it has been so successful and having had it explained to him first hand by Mr Smith himself, Simon outlines the Fundsmith investing philosophy. Also up on this week’s podcast is the best car of the year as named by What Car? – and it’s a diesel – and Lee’s once in a lifetime trip to the home of Ikea in Sweden, where he learnt some very interest facts about the flatpack furniture store you either love or hate.

In this episode of Modern Mindset, Adam Cox talks to award-winning author Tim Wotton. Tim’s book, How Have I Cheated Death? A Short and Merry Life with Cystic Fibrosis, discusses how his genetic condition gives him a unique perspective on life, work and money – with profound lessons that are invaluable to us all.

IEA Research Director Dr Jamie Whyte lambastes Oxfam’s latest report on global inequality, arguing that the poverty-relief charity is attacking the economic system that has lead to the greatest fall in absolute poverty the world has ever seen.

“Fake news” – a favourite term of Donald Trump – was voted 2017’s ‘word of the year’. Indeed, the spread of fake news has been cited as a serious threat to democracy, free debate and the Western order – with many believing it’s made further regulation of social media inevitable. And yet, in a world where social media has allowed anyone to create and disseminate information, there is still little agreement on what it is, how much of a problem it is, and what to do about it. Today the IEA’s Chief Economist Julian Jessop and News Editor Kate Andrews discuss the new media landscape – which has shifted dramatically in recent years with the growth of hugely influential tech companies like Apple and Google. The pair discuss, what, if anything, governments and Tech Giants should do to address the spread of fake news, and what the future regulatory landscape will look like.

James Cameron-Wilson runs down the latest Top ten list at the UK Box Office and reviews Coco and The Post. James also comments on the Oscar nominations for 2018.