Podcasts

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, Amazon and Microsoft all hit new highs after their latest earnings reports, Jason Moser, Matt Argersinger and Jeff Fischer analyze the growing dominance of these tech giants.

Do you have a will? If not you should probably get one. But if you do have one, do you understand what’s in it? According to Will Aid, more than half (54%) of parents with children under the age of 18 don’t have a will. So what do you need to know about getting a will, what’s easy, what’s complicated and what are the things you don’t want to think about but have to? Also on this week’s show, Georgie Frost and Lee Boyce discuss the best way to help bank fraud victims – and whether enough is being done to get people’s money back and warn potential victims.

From the Fountain of Youth, to the Holy Grail, to JK Rowling's Philosopher's Stone, the idea of immortality has been ingrained in humanity’s creative consciousness for thousands of years. But in the present day, eternal youth may soon move out of the realms of myth and Sci-Fi, and into a reality, thanks to developing technologies. Joining us today are Dr Steve Davies, Head of Education at the IEA, and News Editor Kate Andrews. Steve argues that within the next few decades, the ability to halt and even reverse the aging process may well be within the reach of science. He also outlines some of the potential upsides of Eternal Youth.

Share price volatility is exceptionally low at the moment, and some commentators argue that this means the market may be about to fall. In the latest Big Call show, Ed Bowsher delves into this issue with help from top US investment strategist, Meb Faber, as well as Sean Corrigan of Cantillon Consulting.

Adam discusses the motives and desires of the people that buy Luxury Property with the founder of the Luxury Property Show. How do the ultra wealthy make their money and how important is positive thinking in being able to get dream home.

Ian Forrest of The Share Centre looks at results from Whitbread, Lloyds Bank and BAT and ahead to what we might expect from Next, BT and BP.

James Cameron-Wilson discusses Blade Runner 2049's bounce back to #1 and reviews Geostorm, Happy Death Day and The Death of Stalin, which he and host Simon Rose both recommend strongly.

Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University discusses the NHS and why, to save it, we must acknowledge that it's failing, why our productivity is so low and why the Tory grassroots base is ageing and losing the will to live.

In this weeks episode of Mobile News Matthew spoke with Dorro Managing Director Peter Marsden and Fuss Free Phones Founder Simon Rockman about the senior phone market. He also spoke with TV personality Honey Langcaster-James about her recent Cyber Aware and Youngminds campaign. He also spoke with Belkins Telco and Distribution Sales Director Phil Croxford about the accessory market then finished up with Mobile news magazine story editor Elliot Mully-Goodbarne about the recent issue out today.

A discussion on the psychological dynamics of first time home ownership in modern times. Do young people feel home ownership is unattainable in a period of high student debts and rising house prices? Do young people resent older people that didn’t have the same financial pressures?