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Why the Price Cap rise is voluntary! £87bn of lost pensions & accounts. Reclaim student loans
Martin explains what the future holds for your energy bills and how to reclaim lost money.
04 Jun 2026,·63 mins
The Festivals of Britain
Sean hears how rising costs are creating an uncertain future for Britain's festivals.
04 Jun 2026,·24 mins
Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes
Tim Harford investigates migration and housing, Welsh literacy, and bond market drama
03 Jun 2026,·28 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
Civil Service Pension Debacle and Cheaper Energy?
Union calls for Capita to lose its contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme
30 May 2026,·24 mins
Can Trump's latest tariff plan on 60 countries stick?
US cites forced labour concerns as the reason for its latest levies on trading partners
03 Jun 2026,·26 mins
Has the World Cup broken dynamic pricing?
As dynamic pricing expands, so does the backlash
04 Jun 2026,·17 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
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
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 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
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
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
The Parenting Coach: Aman Kaur
Aman Kaur tells Harleen Nottay how she became The Parenting Coach.
01 Jun 2026,·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
Episode 5
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
02 Aug 2024,·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
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
Going for Growth
How might the most important idea for business change and adapt in the next decade?
31 Jan 2025,·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
18. Series 1 Debrief
What we've learnt throughout the series.
10 Feb 2020,·24 mins
Is Your House TV-Ready?
How your house could end up on TV and make you money.
30 Jan 2026,·5 mins
Turkey - Beyond the Silk Road
Jim O'Neill asks if Turkey's future still depends on its advantageous location.
09 Jan 2014,·42 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
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Still in Business
How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far.
24 Sep 2020,·28 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
