Radio Davos: Day 4

What do you get if you bring together two dozen heads of state, 56O leaders of  the world’s biggest companies, scientists, campaigners and academics from around the world? We listen back on some of the highlights from the Davos Agenda Week.   IbHr6wtAw5ZHWRxbp2bM 

Iron Man Robert Downey Jr explains why he’s now a green venture capitalist, and what we should say to climate change deniers. Ravi Velloor, associate editor of The Straits Times joins us to look ahead to the action on the final day of the Davos Agenda. Plus: Forum President Borge ... Show More

Ryan Heath, Senior Editor at POLITICO, joins us to look ahead at a day focusing on the environment when John Kerry, US President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, is due to speak. We also interview Mark Carney, the former central banker who is finding ways to make big finance combat cli ... Show More

What next for this oil rich country which is experiencing a cost of living crisis and debate over its high levels of public spending? Jonny Dymond is joined online by a panel of leading Norwegian politicians and activists taking questions from the public across the country.The pa ... Show More

In our International News Review, Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys are joined by Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, Mclarty Associates and Tami Overby, Senior Director, McLarty Associates, Former Senior VP for Asia, US Chamber of Commerce to discuss World leader ... Show More

Creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet has been the vision and mission of the World Bank Group since October 2023. But what does it mean for people and planet? We’ve just wrapped up our series of podcasts exploring these crucial questions, and in this episode we bri ... Show More

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Arm's CEO Rene Haas told Bloomberg that whoever wins the next election, further restrictions on skilled migration will hurt growth. (2) The Prime Minister is due to answer questions at t ... Show More

Sir Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen will on Thursday finalise plans for a new defence pact, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has accused the IMF and World Bank of “mission creep” and Boeing reported lower than expected losses. Plus, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk looks ... Show More

Global hunger has hit a new high. The United Nations says nearly 300 million people faced acute hunger last year. And the outlook for 2025 is bleak due to wars and cuts in aid. So which countries are experiencing the worst of the global food crisis? And who are the most vulnerabl ... Show More

At the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump suspended most U.S. foreign aid, causing vast confusion and concern around the world. One affected program was PEPFAR, the bipartisan initiative that works to fight HIV/AIDS globally. WSJ’s Nicholas Bariyo from Uganda and Michael M ... Show More

Bridgewater Associates is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, and one of the most unusual. Its founder, Ray Dalio, has retired and moved on to other things, such as deep sea submarines. Can the new chief executive keep the group’s legendary returns going? Today on the sh ... Show More

In today’s episode, we cover the US ‘Atlantic’ national security breach, plus Japan dissolving the Unification Church, Greenland hitting back at Donald Trump, and Germany’s new parliament meeting for the first time, and a major national security breach in the US. Watch weeks epis ... Show More

Understanding the new world order is a moving target. In this episode Rick engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group. Bremmer, a prominent political scientist and author, delves into the complexities of the shifting g ... Show More