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Has Coronavirus killed the nightclub?
Nightclubs around the world are struggling to survive with social distancing guidelines
21 Sep 2020,17 mins
Business Weekly: 19/09/2020
The US Elections: What’s at stake?
19 Sep 2020,49 mins
US Elections: California burning
The West Coast wildfires have lifted climate change to the top of the campaign agenda
18 Sep 2020,17 mins
US Elections: The end of Reaganomics?
Will the elections usher in a sea-change in economic thinking?
17 Sep 2020,17 mins
US Elections: Immigrants welcome?
President Trump's immigrant crackdown is popular with his base, less so with businesses
16 Sep 2020,17 mins
US Elections: What it means for healthcare
How voters' decision in November could affect their coverage
15 Sep 2020,17 mins
US Elections: The view from Beijing
Would China policy differ all that much under a Biden or Trump presidency?
14 Sep 2020,17 mins
Business Weekly: 12/09/2020
Resurrecting dead viruses and and raising curtains in theatres once again.
12 Sep 2020,49 mins
Biotech: The future of materials
Can spider silk and grasshopper rubber wean us off our addiction to oil-based plastics?
11 Sep 2020,17 mins
Biotech: How can it stay safe?
GM microbes promise a new industrial revolution - but the technology also poses dangers
10 Sep 2020,17 mins
The economics of banning alcohol
Does prohibition ever work?
09 Sep 2020,17 mins
Democracy for sale?
Journalist Peter Geoghegan on the many ways in which private money is corrupting politics
08 Sep 2020,17 mins
Why doesn’t the economy care about older women?
Many women over 60 are finding new pursuits and business ventures
07 Sep 2020,17 mins
Business Weekly: 05/09/2020
Avoiding slave labour in supply chains
05 Sep 2020,49 mins
Africa's malware problem
Many Africans are buying Chinese-made smartphones that steal their information
04 Sep 2020,17 mins
Would you buy a T-shirt made with slave labour?
How can firms keep Uighur forced labour out of their supply chains?
03 Sep 2020,17 mins
Can Western universities survive without China?
Some universities fear they have become too financially dependent on Chinese students
02 Sep 2020,17 mins
Restaurants adapting to survive
Eateries around the world are adapting to survive, but how much longer can they last?
01 Sep 2020,17 mins
Boredom: The secret to creativity?
Why being bored might be good for us
31 Aug 2020,17 mins
Business Weekly: 29/08/2020
The mining giant Rio Tinto comes under fire for the destruction of archeological sites
29 Aug 2020,49 mins
Biotech: The future of farming
We hear from those who argue biotechnology is about to disrupt agriculture for good
28 Aug 2020,17 mins
Biotech: The future of food
How technology is re-engineering the food on our plate
27 Aug 2020,17 mins
Romance scamming: A global industry
Who is running online romance scams.... and who is falling for them?
26 Aug 2020,17 mins
Education in Africa
Is the continent looking at a lost generation of students because of Covid-19?
25 Aug 2020,17 mins
A nudge in the right direction
Can a nudge - or a shove - persuade us to act for the common good?
24 Aug 2020,17 mins
Business Weekly: 22/08/2020
As strike action escalates in Belarus, what is the future for the former Soviet republic?
22 Aug 2020,49 mins
Will TikTok find a US buyer?
President Trump has given the Chinese firm a deadline to sell off its US operations
21 Aug 2020,17 mins
Sudan: Dealing with Covid and Sanctions
Relief efforts are impeded by Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism
20 Aug 2020,17 mins
Breaking the silence in Belarus
President Alexander Lukashenko is facing ever stronger resistance
19 Aug 2020,17 mins
African women and Covid
Is the virus hitting the economic opportunities of women in Africa the hardest?
18 Aug 2020,17 mins