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Many of you may have heard, or are taking part yourselves - much of the UK has gone vegan this January. Feeling healthy after the excesses of the party season is not the only positive consequence of going cruelty free this month. Share Radio's Millie Nelson reports on the impact food consumption has on climate change, and the damage meat production in particular has on many bio-diverse species.

Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the bourses and businesses of Britain and the world. To help contextualise the day's events, Simon was joined by Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher - they talked about FTSE continuing its record streak for the 14th successive day, Bank of America reporting a near-50-percent jump in fourth-quarter profits, Goldman Sachs adding ITV to its conviction list, and Nintendo releasing its long-awaited new console on the 3rd of March.

In My Experience: where we take a look at interesting and inspiring career stories. This week it's Paul Oberschneider, who's living proof that the route to success is not a straight-line. His journey took him from rural Illinois to life in the fast lane as a Wall Street trader, before losing almost everything to addictions and alcoholism.

The Share Radio Evening Show teams up with the FT Money Editor Claer Barratt to talk Serious Money - the personal finance and investment highlights of her FT Money section. On this edition, Claer and Share Radio's Simon Rose talk about the quiz which determines your financial personality type based on the way you spend your money. They discuss Merryn Sommerset Webb's column on Jeremy Corbyn's plan for a pay cap and the fantasy stockpicking competition run by the FT's staff.

This is The Magazine Review, Share Radio's look at the top political and financial stories of the week under the forensic eye of expert guests. Today's brains are Columnist and Author Tim Price, Manager of the VT Price Value Portfolio and Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute Sam Bowman.

Ian Forrest, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre, reviews this week's stock market activity with Share Radio's Simon Rose. They take a look back at Morrisons, Sainsbury's, and M&S. They also look ahead to Rio Tinto, Burberry, and Royal Mail.

A former British ambassador to Russia has revealed he played a significant role in bringing the Donald Trump 'dirty dossier' to the attention of the American intelligence services. The dossier claims Russia has compromising material about Mr Trump. The US president-elect says the damaging claims made in the unverified report about him are "phony allegations" put together by "political opponents and a failed spy". With Share Radio's Simon Rose to discuss all of the day's political news is Cas Mudde, Associate Professor at Department of International Affairs, The University of Georgia.

Welcome to the This is Money and Share Radio podcast, brought to you in partnership with NS&I. This week we ask just how high the FTSE could go in 2017. With the New Year bull run still in full swing is now the time to invest or could the current record be too good to be true? Meanwhile the FTSE might be rising but the pound continues to slump to its lowest levels since the 2008 crisis. Good news for exporters at least whilst even Mark Carney’s admitting Brexit won’t be quite as bad for the country. So just where does all this leave the devaluing pound in your pocket? To find out Georgie Frost is joined by Editor Simon Lambert and Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus. Also on this week’s agenda they look at the latest retail figures, Halifax’s statistics on first time buyers and the new powers allowing the tax man to spy on your online activity. This is Money is presented by Georgie Frost in partnership with NS&I.

The number of first-time home buyers in the UK surged to its highest level since the start of the financial crisis in 2016, despite the average cost of a first home surpassing the £200,000 mark for the first time ever. A report published by Halifax shows that 7.3% more buyers entered the market last year. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher spoke to Charlie Campbell, Investment Analyst at Liberum Capital, for more on this.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has accused Fiat Chrysler of using software that allows cheating on its diesel emissions. The news comes only a day after Volkswagen, involved in a cheating scandal last year, reached an agreement to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay a $4.3bn criminal fine to the US government. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined on the line by David Bailey, Professor of Industry at Aston Business School, for more analysis.