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Cool profits in a hot market
As the UK sizzles, Sean Farrington hears how A/C sales have spiked alongside temperatures
27 May 2026,·52 mins
Big Energy Bill Hikes Coming: Should You Fix Now, Even If You’re Already Fixed?
Martin explains what the future holds for your energy bills.
21 May 2026,·59 mins
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?
Tim Harford explores healthy life expectancy, HS2 costs, VAT cuts and his marathon time
27 May 2026,·28 mins
Carers' Pensions and Face-to-Face Banking
How caring for a loved one can impact your pension.
23 May 2026,·25 mins
Prediction markets: are they fuelling insider trading?
Betting on future events is on the rise, but regulators are starting to crack down
28 May 2026,·17 mins
'Draft' US- Iran deal lowers oil price
Reports of a 'draft deal' between US and Iran sends oil prices down.
27 May 2026,·26 mins
#41 Barratt Redrow CEO: Bricklaying Robots & Echoes of 2008
David Thomas on bricklaying robots, rising costs and a lost generation of home buyers.
27 May 2026,·48 mins
BBC Caring Matters Week
Pav Kaur tells Harleen Nottay how she juggles being a make-up artist and full time carer.
25 May 2026,·30 mins
27 May 2026,·27 mins
Series 1
Coffins Full of Car Keys
Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.
29 Aug 2018,·26 mins
Entrepreneurs: Your Questions Answered
Three top entrepreneurs answer your questions about starting and managing a business.
05 Mar 2026,·36 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
18. Series 1 Debrief
What we've learnt throughout the series.
10 Feb 2020,·24 mins
The pub is dead! Long live the micropub!
British pubs have been closing down but a new type of pub - the micropub - is popping up.
15 Feb 2020,·26 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
04 Mar 2022,·14 mins
Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
22 Jul 2021,·18 mins
Going for Growth
How might the most important idea for business change and adapt in the next decade?
31 Jan 2025,·14 mins
Episode 5
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
02 Aug 2024,·14 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Cheap British Beer
The story of money and humanity reaches a run on the punt and the rise of M-PESA.
15 Nov 2024,·14 mins
When Geeks Took Over Poker
Tim Harford tells the story of Chris Ferguson, who applied game theory to poker, and won.
13 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
Botswana: God Wants You to Be Wealthy
The country's relatively strong economy has created a new breed of consumer
25 Jan 2006,·22 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Episode 4
Michael Robinson explores how to fix Britain's broken housing market.
24 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Still in Business
How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far.
24 Sep 2020,·28 mins
Career changes: Taking the leap
Love Island's Jay Younger looks at the transferable skills that have helped him at work.
26 Sep 2022,·27 mins
