Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the 麻豆社.
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Hack my brain
Boxing Day 2019
Facebook and Elon Musk are among those investigating brain probes for mind reading
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Will flying taxis ever take off?
Christmas Day 2019
Will giant drones one day ferry us all through the heavens all on our way to work?
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Smart cities: Big Data's watching you
Christmas Eve 2019
From Shenzhen to Toronto, city streets are becoming a valuable source of big data
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Smart cities: How Barcelona learned to listen
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Smart sensors can improve citizens' lives, especially when residents are put in charge
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How 24/7 life is rewiring our brains
Fri 20 Dec 2019
A group of artists look at how our modern hyper-connected lives are affecting our sleep
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Have you paid your taxes?
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Tax evasion is rife, from Bolivia to Greece, but are we taxing the wrong things?
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Brexit: What happens next?
Mon 16 Dec 2019
Three experts on the next steps for Boris Johnson, Britain and the EU
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The death of expertise
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Why do so many people think they know best? Is it putting dolts in charge of government?
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Old city v new city
Thu 12 Dec 2019
Should we conserve historic neighbourhoods when new homes are desperately needed?
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Surviving the surveillance state
Wed 11 Dec 2019
How facial recognition works, how it's spreading everywhere, and how it can be fooled
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Delivering in the gig economy
Tue 10 Dec 2019
How online shopping is fuelling insecure work for delivery drivers
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A machine to break down all language barriers
Fri 6 Dec 2019
The technology developers say can immediately translate any language into any other
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How 'cheap' English is conquering the world
Thu 5 Dec 2019
English language has become a basic skill that kids are picking up in surprising places
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Taking football global
Wed 4 Dec 2019
The pitfalls when soccer tries to break into the US and Asian markets
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China moves from imitator to innovator
Mon 2 Dec 2019
Chinese tech giants are gaining ground, but can they truly go global?
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Meetings, meetings everywhere...
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Meetings are the bane of many an office worker's life, so why are we having more of them?
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The sea they plan to cover in turbines
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Offshore wind power is about to hit the big time in northern Europe
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How to change your career
Wed 27 Nov 2019
A criminal turned athlete and a journalist turned teacher on the art of the career switch
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What happened to austerity?
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Do promises of increased government spending in the UK mean the end of benefits cuts?
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Cryptocurrency's new frontier
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Cryptocurrency mining is booming across parts of the former Soviet Union
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Why Americans are loving trade unions again
Fri 22 Nov 2019
US public support for trade unions is at its highest for years
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Mental health in Africa
Thu 21 Nov 2019
One of the continent's most neglected issues is finally getting some attention
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The fight over the Parthenon Marbles
Wed 20 Nov 2019
How Greece hopes to regain the ancient sculptures from the British Museum
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Africa's tech hub explosion
Tue 19 Nov 2019
What impact has it had on the continent's tech startup scene?
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Live long and prosper?
Fri 15 Nov 2019
The longevity industry aims to let us all become healthy, active centenarians
