Podcasts

Sarah Pennells is joined by Mike Edwards, founder of the DIY Doctor, Michael Holmes, property expert for The Homebuilding & Renovating Show and chair of NaCSBA (The National Custom & Self Build Association) and Simon Warpole, home insurance expert at Aviva, to talk about the practical repairs you can do to your home, and how to cut costs, as well as making sure you're covered by insurance for any DIY disasters!

An increasing number of people are choosing to live together, rather than get married or form a civil partnership. But, while it’s becoming more commonplace, the legal status of cohabiting couples remains something of a mystery to most of us. Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Mary Marvel of Advicenow and Law for Life, Paula Myers, a lawyer with Irwin Mitchell, and over the phone by Christine Webber, a writer, broadcaster and psychotherapist, to discuss the various different issues moving in with a partner can have, and how best to deal with them.

If you started university in England in September 2012 or later, you’ll come under the new tuition fees and student loan regime. That means you’re likely to have graduated with tens of thousands of pounds of debt. So how do you start to go about paying that back? Sarah Pennells is joined by our Young Money Champion, James Connington from the Telegraph’s Personal Finance Team, James Seymour from the Complete University Guide and Ani Bailey from NASMA, the National Association of Student Money Advisers, to share tips and advice on how to tackle rising interest rates on hefty student loans.

Episode two of Share Food. This week Sue Dougan is joined by Sarah Alcock, Digital Content and Social Media Editor at Sainsbury's magazine, to discuss changing breakfast habits, free from foods, how to get the most out of your freezer and all things gin. Sue is joined by a host of guests to help give you tips and get you excited about getting in the kitchen.

The Entrepreneur Show takes a look at interesting businesses and talks to the people behind them. Whether you already run your own business or are thinking about taking the plunge, we'll bring you everything you need to guide your business from concept to success.

Share’s Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher joins Georgie to discuss the news of the day…Top on the agenda, consumers’ confidence, rents, new homes, RBS. Consuming Issues goes out with Georgie Frost every day from 9 to 12 on Share Radio

Let's now team up with the Financial Times for "Serious Money with Claer Barrett". Claer is personal finance editor at the F.T. and put's together tomorrows FT Money section. This week Claer and host of Investment Perspectives – Ed Mitchell, discuss Prince, pension-planning and much more!

Helal Miah, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre joins Ed Mitchell on the line to discuss the latest business stories and a preview of next week – today’s chat includes BP, GSK, Lloyds, WPP, with the forward look being on Shell, BT & much more.

It's time once again for This is Money. Editor Simon Lambert and personal finance editor Rachel Rickard-Strauss join Georgie in the studio to discuss the biggest stories they've been looking at this week. On our show today; What has gone so wrong for BHS and Austin Reed? And one year on from its record high, the UK’s headline FTSE 100 Index has fallen by around 10%...What happened? All this and more on This is Money, presented in partnership with NS&I.

For thousands of years, gold has been used as money, and a haven in times of financial uncertainty. And if you want an argument for buying some as a hedge against disaster, look no further than the US portfolio manager James Rickards. His new book: "The New Case For Gold", explains why he thinks the gold price will rise to $10,000 an ounce.