Podcasts

Kristin Surak, Senior Lecturer at SOAS, University of London, discusses whether Japan's shift into a milataristic and nationalistic power means a weakening of democracy

Now what kind of person would you choose to hire to run a business for you? Maybe someone that was stubborn and broke the rules? This might sound like a manager's nightmare, but research suggests that having a few employees just like this might be beneficial. Georgie chats to chartered psychologist and Management Consultant Paulo Moscuzza about why that is.

Billy Bambrough speaks to Stuart Miles, Founder and CEO of Pocket-lint, about the technology industry and how it's changing, in light of the release of Microsoft's new operating system; Windows 10.

Billy Bambrough speaks to Stephanie Flanders, Chief Market Strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, and wealth manager Jonathan Davis about the falling volume of world trade.

Megan Williams, Rome-based writer and foreign correspondent, gives her thoughts on the Euro crisis and whether Italy will follow in Greece's footsteps

Billy Bambrough speaks to David Hollingworth, Director at London & Country Mortgages, and Laura Mottram, of car finance company Zuto, about the rise in alternative lending.

Mark Engelman, Barrister with Hardwicke, joins Sandra Kilhof and Mark Johnson to discuss the world of intellectual property rights.

Peter Ayton, Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics at City University London, discusses 'nudging' and how governments are using it to change the way we behave

Over the past few decades the number of women in tech hasn't only not improved, it's actually got worse. A study released earlier this year shows that in 2013, just 26 percent of computing jobs in the US were held by women which is down from 35 percent in 1990. Kirsty Shanks speaks to the director of the new documentary "Code: Debugging The Gender Gap" which aims to work out what exactly's going on and why there aren't more women in tech.

Alessi Terzi, Economist at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, joins Sandra Kilhof and Mark Johnson to talk about the Italian economy .