Money

AI scams, cohabiting and student loans

We hear from a victim who had £165,000 stolen by scammers after seeing a fake AI video

06 Jun 2026,·24 mins

Question Time: Get life insurance young, as its cheaper? Keep my bank account but get switchers’ bonus? When to STOP investing?

Martin on life insurance in your 20s, navigating the tax system & investing timelines.

08 Jun 2026,·46 mins

Microsoft UK&I Chief Executive - Darren Hardman

Microsoft UK&I boss Darren Hardman speaks to Wake Up to Money.

08 Jun 2026,·52 mins

Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France

Looking into the numbers behind claims of attacks on churches

06 Jun 2026,·8 mins

Who’s behind Sierra Leone’s illegal fishing problem?

We try to ascertain who is behind it and what the country's government is doing to help

08 Jun 2026,·17 mins

Trainer Wars

What goes into making a pair of trainers and why are some of them so expensive to buy?

04 Jun 2026,·36 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

#42 Hinge CEO: The Cost of Living Crunch Is Changing How We Date

Jackie Jantos on AI-assisted dating, Gen Z loneliness and the rise of the daytime date.

03 Jun 2026,·57 mins

Is the FIFA World Cup boosting the US job market?

Football World Cup fever helps create more jobs than expected

05 Jun 2026,·26 mins

Markets Rattled by Tech Sell-Off and Middle East Tensions

Global markets tumble as investors react to a tech sell-off and Middlen East tensions

08 Jun 2026,·8 mins

Empowering businesswomen: Anisha Vasani

Anisha Vasani tells Harleen Nottay how she became a bridal stylist and wedding consultant.

08 Jun 2026,·30 mins

The Fiscal Fallout

Felicity Hannah chairs a discussion asking what will Covid cost the nation’s economy.

28 Aug 2021,·24 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

Hollie and Jay

Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings.

29 Aug 2020,·24 mins

Monsters

Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.

30 Mar 2011,·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

Wills and Inheritance Tax

Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.

29 Apr 2015,·30 mins

Two 'New Philanthropies'

Hugh contrasts the role of philanthropy today with that of the middle of the 20th century.

26 Dec 2011,·30 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

Sixties and Beyond

Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.

24 Aug 2016,·28 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

What has changed 10 years after 2012 Delhi bus rape?

Have reforms in India's rape laws since Delhi gang rape in 2012 really worked?

25 Nov 2022,·26 mins

Is Your House TV-Ready?

How your house could end up on TV and make you money.

30 Jan 2026,·5 mins

Cinderella

Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.

29 Aug 2014,·15 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 2

Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.

04 Oct 2011,·45 mins

Having A Plan

A step by step guide to starting a business, starting with the business plan

05 Apr 2000,·13 mins