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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Why big projects go over budget, BBC licence fee & the UK's EU history

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Why big projects go over budget, BBC licence fee & the UK's EU history
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University examines why big construction projects such as Crossrail and HS2 go over budget, what ought to be done about the BBC and its licence fee and he casts a look back over the UK's troubled relationship with the EU during its 47-year membership.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Dolittle

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Dolittle
James Cameron-Wilson on the UK box office, where Dolittle has knocked the garlanded 1917 off its #1 perch. Birds of Prey enters at #2 with Parasite, the South Korean Best Film Oscar-winner in at #4. James also reviews Under Water, which didn't make the top ten, before turning his attention to the recent Oscars.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: Centrica, Barclays, Ocado & RELX

Simon Rose
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The Week That Was and The Week Ahead

The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: Centrica, Barclays, Ocado & RELX
Graham Spooner of The Share Centre looks back at recent company news from Centrica, Barclays, Ocado and RELX. And with bank reporting season in full flow, he looks ahead to forthcoming results from HSBC and Lloyds Bank as well as the troubled Pearson.
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graham spooner


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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: Levels of Confidence

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: Levels of Confidence
Adam Cox is joined by Dr Aisha Alsheikh; an international speaker, medical scientist and therapist specialising in the issue of self-esteem – and why people can suffer from low levels of confidence. Aysha tells her own story of being belittled and abused, and how she now uses her past experiences to help others. She discusses the different levels of confidence, and how you can super-charge your self-esteem.
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Dr Aisha Alsheikh


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Matt Dickson

Policy Matters: Education, intergenerational mobility and the “bullshit” factor

Matt Dickson
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Policy Matters

Policy Matters: Education, intergenerational mobility and the “bullshit” factor
In this episode of Policy Matters, hosts Matt Dickson and Franz Buscha talk to John Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics at the Institute of Education, University College London. Matt and Franz begin by asking John about his recent research into ‘overclaiming’ – otherwise known as ‘bullshitting’ (!) – amongst students, and how the findings give potential insights into some of the patterns of labour market outcomes we observe in the UK. John then discusses some of his cross-country comparative work and explains the “Great Gatsby Curve”; linking a country’s level of income inequality and degree of social mobility, and the role of education within the relationship. The programme ends with a discussion of the role of academic quantitative social scientists in informing public policy, how evidence can be mishandled, and how academic practice and the interface with policy might be improved to the benefit of all.
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Franz Buscha, John Jerrim


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Artistic handcart causes Berlin Google traffic chaos

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Artistic handcart causes Berlin Google traffic chaos
Steve Caplin discusses an artist with the handcart who caused traffic chaos via Google in Berlin, how alarms can harm our sleep, an AR contact lens with massive implications, how fingerprints can now be dated, a new app that can record from multiple iPhone cameras, a tiny reusable shopping bag, scratch’n’sniff patches for vegetarians missing bacon and how Fitbits could predict flu outbreaks.
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Steve Caplin


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Motley Fool Answers

Motley Fool Answers: How Does America Compare to the Rest of the World?

Motley Fool Answers
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Motley Fool Answers

Motley Fool Answers: How Does America Compare to the Rest of the World?
Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, the team is looking at how America compares to the rest of the world around issues of debt, college spending, retirement savings, and more.
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Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: Video Stars, Academy Awards, and 1 Sleepy IPO

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Video Stars, Academy Awards, and 1 Sleepy IPO
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: Alphabet breaks out its YouTube revenue for the first time; Activision Blizzard scores with “Call of Duty: Mobile”; Casper’s IPO turns into a snoozefest; Pinterest pops; And Chipotle serves up strong growth. Analysts Andy Cross, Ron Gross, and Jason Moser discuss those stories and weigh in on the latest from Disney, Take-Two Interactive, Twitter, and Yum! Brands. And we share three stocks on our radar: Empire State Realty Trust, Limelight Networks, and Moody’s.
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Chris Hill


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Georgie Frost

Are you ready for an electric car? From range anxiety, to Tesla’s boom, and how to buy at 40% off

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

Are you ready for an electric car? From range anxiety, to Tesla’s boom, and how to buy at 40% off
Would you swap your car for an electric one? If the government gets it way, soon many more of us will have to. The proposed ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars was dragged forward by five years to 2035 this week – and hybrid cars were bundled into the showroom clear-out too. If that sticks, this means that by 2030 – just a decade from now – it’s highly likely the vast majority of cars being sold new will be pure electric. On this week’s podcast, we deliver an electric car special. Simon Lambert, Georgie Frost and Lee Boyce look at the logic behind banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars, whether the move can be pulled off and why hybrids are now also on the naughty list. Charging infrastructure, range anxiety and questions over their lifecycle environmental costs are issues flagged by electric car sceptics, are they right? Meanwhile, the thing holding many people back from buying them, argues Simon, is cost. Second hand supply of electric cars is thin and choice is limited; and while the pipeline of new models is picking up dramatically, they remain pricey compared to a standard petrol car. But there could be a game-changer in the form of a salary sacrifice perk combined with a change to benefit-in-kind rules, so should you be badgering your boss to sign the company up so that you can buy a new electric car at 32% or 42% off? Fittingly, this week the great Tesla adventure tale delivered another riveting chapter. In the first two days of the week, shares rocketed more than 35 per cent and have doubled since the start of 2020. Can Elon Musk’s stock heading for the moon be justified in any way?Also, on this week’s show we talk about the 5 per cent interest offered by Zeuk – and our exclusive on the Financial Conduct Authority hitting back at adverts. And finally, why did Lee Boyce take his wife and daughter out to lunch with a set of scales to eat a watermelon steak?
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Lee Boyce, Simon Lambert


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: US State of the Union, post-Brexit decision-making & Labour leadership

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: US State of the Union, post-Brexit decision-making & Labour leadership
Political commentator Mike Indian looks across the pond, discussing Trump's State of the Union address, his impeachment acquittal and the Iowa caucuses. Back home, with Brexit now achieved, what can we expect from an EU trade deal and how are decisions such as that regarding Huawei likely to be received? With the SNP under pressure with another sex scandal, he looks at the Labour leadership election and asks if Emily Thornberry has run out of road?
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Mike Indian


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