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Credit Card Debt and Civil Service Pensions
Calls for stronger rules protect people from getting into persistent credit card debt.
07 Feb 2026,·24 mins
Should you overpay your mortgage or save – and how to make it work? And no ‘no standing charges’ tariffs
Martin Lewis on whether you should use savings to overpay your mortgage.
05 Feb 2026,·60 mins
Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius?
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
07 Feb 2026,·8 mins
Dynamic Pricing: Who Profits?
How do businesses use it, and how much does it benefit the customer?
05 Feb 2026,·34 mins
It's all downhill from here
Will Bain finds out what success in the Winter Olympics means for UK sport.
06 Feb 2026,·51 mins
#24 Gousto CEO: The UK's Food System is Broken.
Timo Boldt, founder and CEO of Gousto, believes Britain’s food system is broken.
05 Feb 2026,·39 mins
The EU gets tough with TikTok
The EU's told TikTok to change its 'addictive design' or face fines
06 Feb 2026,·26 mins
Is Poland’s “economic miracle” for real?
The country's economy is expected to be the fastest-growing in Europe this year
09 Feb 2026,·16 mins
07 Feb 2026,·26 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 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
Going for Growth
How might the most important idea for business change and adapt in the next decade?
31 Jan 2025,·14 mins
Is Your House TV-Ready?
How your house could end up on TV and make you money.
30 Jan 2026,·5 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.
12 Feb 2021,·28 mins
Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
04 Mar 2022,·14 mins
Jashaan Gill
Jashaan Gill talks to Harleen Nottay about how he headlined New York Fashion Week.
02 Feb 2026,·30 mins
E-Commerce - The Future
What might happen to e-commerce over the next few years
14 Mar 2002,·13 mins
Christmas Special: Live music, Surviving retail, Finding a job
Sean, Reggie and Fran get together and catch up with previous guests.
21 Dec 2020,·56 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
Terrorism
How do militants move their funds around the world to finance violent activity?
15 Jan 2006,·22 mins
The Shift
Martin Wolf of the FT examines how global economics needs to adapt in an uncertain world.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
How much does the state of our teeth depend on what's in our bank balance?
19 Jul 2018,·53 mins
Your Money in Shanghai
Credit card mania is on the rise in China but are people living beyond their means?
13 Nov 2013,·44 mins
Sixties and Beyond
Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.
24 Aug 2016,·28 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
