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Savers, can you use gilts to earn 8%? | Standing charge to be scrapped & budget preview
Gilts, energy standing charges, Budget clues, student finance, Star Wars... and singing.
22 Oct 2026,·47 mins
To EV or not to EV?
Will Bain discusses the government's ZEV mandate.
23 Oct 2026,·53 mins
Money Box Live: Veterans' Finances
How can leaving the armed forces affect your finances?
21 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Unlocking the North
How do you get good economic growth going across every postcode in the north of England?
22 Oct 2026,·41 mins
Taking stock: What French protests, Netflix data and the Alberta referendum reveal
What do protests, job cuts and a referendum tell us about a changing world?
23 Oct 2026,·24 mins
The New Narcos
8. The Red Notebook
A red notebook in the back of a car might finally reveal the killer in Almere.
01 Oct 2026,·33 mins
AI Spending Fears Hit Global Stock Markets
US and Asian stock markets come under pressure as investors worry about AI spending
23 Oct 2026,·8 mins
Renault CEO: French Unrest & Europe's Moment of Reckoning
Francois Provost on the Chinese threat to carmakers, UK/ EU ties & French unrest.
19 Oct 2026,·35 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
Brexit, trade and Trump
What's in store for 2020?
21 Dec 2019,·26 mins
Birds, Bees and Business - Why Nature Matters (With The Wildlife Trusts and Landsec)
Deborah's barefoot walk, The Wildlife Trusts and one of the country's biggest landlords
14 Apr 2023,·46 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
How to find your cheapest petrol station
A new development on Google apps means you can find the cheapest petrol station near you.
08 Oct 2026,·8 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
Washing Machine Project
Navjot Sawhney chats to Harleen Nottay about his work with The Washing Machine Project.
19 Oct 2026,·30 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
Economic Growth
Martha Kearney and Dharshini David go back to the economic basics.
28 Oct 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
Terrorism
How do militants move their funds around the world to finance violent activity?
15 Jan 2006,·22 mins
Episode 2
Robert Peston explores the alarmingly widening gap between rich and poor since the 1980s.
10 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Going for Growth
How might the most important idea for business change and adapt in the next decade?
31 Jan 2025,·14 mins
Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
04 Mar 2022,·14 mins
Stephanie Flanders continues her search for growth in Britain's economy.
22 Mar 2011,·30 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
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
Sophia and Chris
Two women compare coping with the cost of living, 50 years apart.
20 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Episode 4
In the wake of Covid-19, what does the future hold?
02 Oct 2020,·28 mins
