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Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at the mounting tensions in Central and Eastern Europe and asks what's going on and explains why Germany is so beholden to Putin's Russia. Delving into the roots and reality of sleaze in British politics, he wonders if we should have amateur or professional politicians. And he admires a TV programme in which Ed Balls looks at the care system, in a crisis towards which the country seems to be in denial.

James Cameron-Wilson on the latest UK box office, down 29% week on week while October as a whole was stronger than 2019. Moving up to #4 as it goes wider is Spencer with Kristen Stewart a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination. Clint Eastwood stars in and directs Cry Macho but it arrives at #15. For home viewing, James recommends James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, one of the best films of the year and the black & white melodrama Sweet Thing, which swept him along.

Share Radio's Technology Editor Steve Caplin looks at Amazon's beef with Visa, banning its credit cards. He is open-mouthed at news that Apple is going to allow customers to repair their own devices in future. He also discusses DogPhones for dogs left alone at home, a device to detect offensive language in schools, a system to launch satellites by slingshot, why Tesla cars are shipping without USB sockets, why Marco Pierre White is to sell 3D-printed steaks, cow-free milk, the new Spanish right to speak to a real person at a company and the Egyptian thief who managed to steal a TV reporter's phone – during a live feed.

Is it better to leave the heating on low all the time, or switch it on in smaller bursts? Does an electric heater cost less to heat a room? Is the electric blanket cheaper than a kettle-filled hot water bottle? On this week's podcast, Georgie Frost, Grace Gausden and Simon Lambert, tackle the burning questions of our time (well, the common energy saving ones people often debate at least). The team reveal a cunning way to work out when you can use Avios points to book flights. Plus, Simon explains why he's not a crypto investing genius, why you probably aren't too and what the point of regularly reminding yourself that you aren't an investment guru in crypto, shares, or anything else is. And finally, a This is Money reader recently moved home and doesn't have a doorbell and their landlord won't provide one, do they have to... and exactly who is this reader?

Consumer prices rise by more than 6% in October, the biggest increase in inflation in more than 30 years. Johnson & Johnson announces plans to split into two companies. Rivian Automotive records one of biggest IPOs of all time. And Disney slips on slowing streaming growth. Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Jason Moser discuss those stories and weigh in on the latest from Roblox, The Trade Desk, Upstart Holdings, and PayPal. Plus, our analysts debate the merits of Arby’s Vodka and share two stocks on their radar: Sea Limited and Unity. And Motley Fool analyst Maria Gallagher talks with bestselling author Ben Mezrich about his new book, The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees.

Alison and friends share some investing lessons from listeners, Bro interviews Sheryl Garrett, founder of the Garrett Planning Network, about finding the right fee-only planner for your circumstances, and we answer a listener question about I bonds and their current 7.12% yield.

"Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not." Adam Cox presents a short episode setting out a new formula for change. People normally associate change with additional effort and inertia often results - but what if it were a simple matter of discarding the things that we are not, but which we've accumulated over the years by habit? 15 minutes spent listening to this episode could be a real life changer for the future.

Adam Cox is joined by Clar Rosso, CEO from (ISC)2, to discuss research from (ISC)2 which shows the United Kingdom is considerably short on trained IT and security staff, and what effects this is having. They look at why the UK is in this position, and what is being done to address the issues. https://www.isc2.org

James Cameron-Wilson looks at the UK box office, where the latest Marvel film, Eternals, has opened at #1. Spencer, with Kristen Stewart – hotly tipped for award nominations – as Princess Diana, is #6 on only 183 screens. Tom Hanks stars in the post-apocalyptic Finch on Apple while, on Netflix, James reviews Army of Thieves (part of the Army of the Dead franchise) and Passing, written and directed by Rebecca Hall.

Russ Mould, Investment Director of A J Bell, looks behind the 30-year-high numbers for US inflation. CPI is 6.2% but the producer price index is 8.6% with intermediate producer prices up 25% and raw materials climbing 57% year on year. While high energy prices are responsible for some of that, he also points out that the capital investment of the oil majors is, despite the high oil price, at around a 20-year low. He explains the reason behind this (is oil the new tobacco?) but wonders if oil should be written off as an investment just yet.