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Adam Cox is joined by Ken Bullock from Advanced Electronics, and Salvy Vittozzi from Apollo Fire Detectors. They discuss the fallout of the Grenfell Tower Fire, and the consequences this has had for those living in high rise flat blocks. They explain how this has led to the Waking Watch Relief Fund, and what the fund has been created to do.

In this episode, Adam creates a hypnosis session inspired by the movie Limitless starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. In the movie, a struggling writer takes a nootropic pill called NZT-48 which allows him to access 100% of his brainpower. In the hypnosis session, you'll imagine taking this pill which will give you 100% cognitive capacity and a sky-high IQ. You'll imagine being able to learn rapidly, with high-level interpersonal skills. You will evaluate what you'll do with this superpower and what problems you'll solve, goals you'll set, and what your vision of your life will be.

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, if BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and The Motley Fool CIO Andy Cross agree that climate change is the most important trend to watch in investing, then it must be worth talking about. Motley Fool Analysts Alyce Lomax and John Rotonti share their advice for investors.

The full Budget speech, as delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak at just after 12:30 pm - 51 minutes

Rumours are swirling ahead of the Budget that Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday by three months? The idea is that this would help stop the collapse of chain after chain as buyers pull out, renegogiate or have to find more money if they miss the deadline. The excuse being given is that conveyancing delays are holding up sales. But wouldn't a three-month delay just kick the can down the road by another 12 weeks and lead to another cohort of buyers potentially affected? Would it be better to just make the stamp duty holiday a permanent vacation? Cut the tax properly, with no time limit, accepting that high stamp duty tax is a barrier to people moving? On this week's podcast, Georgue Frost, Grace Gausden and Simon Lambert discuss the stamp duty break, whether it was a good idea and whether it should be extended or the tax cut altogether. Also this week, Grace fills us in on the latest Grace on the Case and Simon puts forward his idea for improving Isas. And finally, you might be bold enough to book an overseas holiday but would you be brave enough to start a travel company now?

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: The stock market falls as interest rates rise; Airbnb reports a big loss but shares rise on stronger than expected revenue; Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Square slip on growth concerns; Etsy rises on earnings; Papa John’s and Domino’s don’t; Beyond Meat makes two big deals; And Door Dash declines in its debut quarter as a public company. Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Ron Gross discuss those stories, weigh in on Amazon and Chewy, and share two stocks on their radar: Curiositystream and ResMed. Plus, Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics Dan Ariely talks risk, luck, and how to navigate market declines.

Adam Cox is joined by founder of The Happy Craft Box, Lynda Phoenix, to discuss the mental health issues faced by children during the pandemic – and how The Happy Craft Box hopes to alleviate some of them. Lynda explains why she created the company, what she hopes to achieve by bringing mindfulness activities straight to kids in lockdown, and the differing ways in which children experience and deal with mental health compared to adults.

The world of cyber security can seem mysterious and intimidating to the uninitiated, not least when it comes to all the jargon. In this episode, Vicky Sayers is joined by Cyber Security Expert at UNISYS, JP Cavanna, to talk about the dangers of one particular cyber security buzzword: ransomware. They discuss the background and growth of this form of malware, and some of the ways we can mitigate against the threat. JP also talks about a certain “white hat vigilante” who has become known for hacking the hackers – more information about which can be found here: https://bit.ly/3dE5X37

Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University on why politicians should admit that we need to think beyond the welfare state of the early 20th century and explains why it should be Labour and the Liberals who show the way. He discusses The Integrated Review, the much-delayed review of Britain's defence and foreign police and says the MOD needs to innovate - and quickly. And he looks at signs that central planning is being rolled back in Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Cuba.

Although UK cinemagoers are still waiting for cinemas to reopen, James Cameron-Wilson describes the extraordinary records being broken in Chinese cinemas. Restricted domestically to streaming services, he reviews the Swedish thriller Red Dot, the controversial movie from Australian singer Sia called Music and the black comedy about a con woman I Care A Lot, starring Rosamund Pike.