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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

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    Business Daily meets: ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo

    Business Daily meets: ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo

    Founded in 1901, the International Labour Organisation works with governments of over 180 countries, to help promote internationally recognised labour rights. In all of its 105 year-history, Gilbert F. Houngbo is the first African to be in charge of the UN agency.
    In this programme, the ILO leader talks to Rahul Tandon about what he's doing to try to tackle some of the biggest global challenges the world currently faces - from unemployment, to migration, to artificial intelligence.
    And we hear about Mr Houngbo's own journey; from a rural upbringing, to studying in Canada, and how he felt when he was asked to serve as Prime Minister of Togo.
    (Picture: Gilbert F. Houngbo. Credit: Violaine Martin/ILO)
    Presenter: Rahul Tandon
    Producer: Amber Mehmood and Olie D'Albertanson

    • 18 min
    Is tidal power a viable energy source?

    Is tidal power a viable energy source?

    The Pentland Firth is the strait that lies between the far north of mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands.
    It's a wild area with some of the fastest tides in the world, where the power of the sea is being harnessed by tidal turbines sitting on the sea bed.
    But this type of green energy is still very expensive to generate - so what is the future of tidal and wave power?
    We explore some of the ground breaking projects being developed in the region and speak to companies who are trying to reduce costs to make the energy more viable.
    Produced and presented by Theo Leggett
    (Image: A MeyGen turbine being installed on the sea bed. Credit: MeyGen)

    • 18 min
    The billion-dollar rise of Padel

    The billion-dollar rise of Padel

    Padel is a fast-growing sport, attracting investment from celebrities and major brands. What is it about the game that makes it so attractive?
    We hear from professional players of the sport, and head to Sweden, where the Padel boom, and subsequent bust, might hold some lessons for other countries.
    (Image: Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo plays Padel during an event in Singapore, 2023. Credit: Getty Images)
    Presented and produced by Daniel Rosney

    • 18 min
    How do you keep food cold?

    How do you keep food cold?

    Up to 40% of food in Africa and India is wasted because of a lack of what's called "the cold chain" - the infrastructure keeping food chilled and fresh, from farm to fork.
    Many small-scale farmers have no access to any kind of refrigeration, meaning they're losing income and wasting food that could otherwise be sold.
    Devina Gupta meets the entrepreneur who is building pay-as-you-go solar powered cold rooms in India, and hears from farmers, traders and experts on how we can keep food cold as the population grows and the planet warms up.
    (Picture: A farmer carries a crate of mangoes from an orchard on the outskirts of Bangalore. Credit: Getty Images)
    Presenter: Devina Gupta
    Producer: Lexy O'Connor

    • 18 min
    Will high interest rates be cut soon?

    Will high interest rates be cut soon?

    The past few years have been marked by two economic trends that have affected pretty much everyone on the planet.
    The first is the cost of living crisis that followed the Covid pandemic and was made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That saw prices in the shops soar - in many countries they rose by their fastest pace for four decades.
    The attempt to stamp out this inflation is the second of those big economic trends, as central banks aggressively increased the cost of borrowing. Millions of households and businesses saw the cost of home and company loans shoot up.
    But the action taken by central banks does seem to have worked in curbing inflation, and now financial markets predict that interest rates in the United States and Europe will be cut this year. But will they reduce them soon?
    (Picture: Federal Reserve Building in Washington, DC, United States. Credit: Getty Images)
    Presented and produced by Rob Young

    • 18 min
    Business Daily meets: Leigh Steinberg

    Business Daily meets: Leigh Steinberg

    Lawyer Leigh Steinberg had no big dream to become a sports agent. He was a huge sports fan, but the job was not something he was aspiring to – more something that he stumbled across.
    Today, he's built up a career representing more than 300 professional athletes across a range of disciplines: from big money-making sports like football and basketball, to Olympic gymnastics; building sporting careers worth billions of dollars.
    His influence in sport is so influential that he's often credited as the real-life inspiration for the sports agent in the film Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise.
    We speak to Leigh Steinberg about how he started his career as an agent, how he builds a brand around a sports star, and how he's succeeded in such a competitive environment - overcoming some personal struggles along the way. And - how he responds when members of the public approach him with the famous phrase, "Show me the money".
    (Picture: Leigh Steinberg. Credit: Getty Images)
    Presenter: Roger Hearing
    Producers: Matt Lines and Hannah Mullane

    • 18 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
478 Ratings

478 Ratings

SAARKÉSH ,

Rethinking the Future, PARTIALLY

As a futurist & technologist, I found this episode to offer a half-baked vision of what could be a possible path for humanity without any consideration to the required economical model.
Thank you for your engaging podcast.

PWR WMN ,

The fight for pocket parity

What a nice surprise it was to hear an in depth episode about something that never gets talked about but that all women experience: pocket inequality! We started an entire brand because of this issue and now our company PWR WMN (@pwr_wmn & www.pwrwmn.shop) makes blazers for women with REAL pockets that also celebrate her individuality! Thank you for speaking on this little talked about issue!

Mariann!! ,

Love it!

It’s definitely worth your time if you are trying to stay informed.

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