Jan 12

GLP-1 weight regain and doctors forced out of Gaza

The class of GLP-1 agonist drugs including Ozempic gained a wide reputation for weight loss in 2025. However, it's well established that weight regain is a common result after people stop their doses. We report on new research which aims to quantify what is happening in the here- ... Show More

31m 42s

Jan 9

Could a Ministry for the Future solve the climate crisis? | Kim Stanley Robinson interview

This episode is available in video form on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1cGrD47eZSk American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson joins Kamran Abbasi to discuss climate disaster, the need for political imagination, and science fiction's vision for health. Kim Stanley Robinson ... Show More

42m 44s

Dec 29

Christmas 2025 - neologisms, longevity and unexpected research

It’s time for 2025’s festive fun! Practicing medicine can be a very visceral experience - and the English language can’t always adequately capture the sights, sounds, smells. So Matt Morgan, intensivist and BMJ columnist, is creating medical neologisms, and joins us to share a fe ... Show More

53m 51s

Oct 2023

Are the IMF and World Bank good or bad for Africa?

Since the second world war, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have attempted to help countries in financial difficulties by providing low interest loans. This week the two Bretton Woods institutions have been holding their annual meetings in the Moroccan to ... Show More

18m 15s

Aug 2022

Is the IMF Still Relevant?

As countries grappled with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years, many turned to global financial agencies for support, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. But in some cases, at least, the agencies’ playbook of reforms and auste ... Show More

27m 23s

Apr 2023

World funders under pressure

The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are beginning in Washington - the major global financial institutions are gathering at a time of profound concern about the problem of persistent inflation, and concern about the health of the banking syste ... Show More

26m 27s

Oct 2022

IMF says a third of the global economy will be in recession next year

The International Monetary Fund has warned that "the worst is yet to come" and next year may feel like a recession. It blames the war in Ukraine and rising prices worldwide. The BBC’s Business Correspondent Michelle Fleury joins us from the IMF in Washington DC. Meanwhile, the do ... Show More

27m 49s

Mar 2023

Deja vu? Another weekend of bank turmoil

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the global banking sector — the embattled lender Credit Suisse was purchased by fellow Swiss rival UBS for a motley sum of around $3 billion. University of Michigan professor Erik Gordon explains what that means amid the wider unease about th ... Show More

6m 41s

Mar 2023

Should I be worried about all the bank failures?

Are we in the middle of a financial crisis? Today’s show breaks down the latest bank crises — from Credit Suisse to First Republic. Read more: Another week, another banking calamity.  On Sunday, Swiss banking giant UBS ca ... Show More

18m 31s

Oct 2017

World Bank/IMF Meetings Special: 25 Percent of World Not Enjoying a Strong Recovery, Lagarde Says

Live from the World Bank/IMF Meetings in Washington DC. Christine Lagarde, IMF's managing director, says the IMF has repeatedly said corporate tax reform was needed in the U.S. Prior to that, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says the World Bank is talking with the U.S. about inf ... Show More

22m 42s

Dec 2019

SG #198: Banken und Finanzen in Deutschland

Die Stadt Frankfurt am Main ist das Finanzzentrum Deutschlands. Hier haben die großen Banken ihre Zentrale. Es wird höchste Zeit, dieses Thema mal anzupacken, auch wenn Wirtschaft und Finanzen eher trocken sind. Wenn ein Thema trocken ist bedeutet das, dass es nicht sehr spannend ... Show More

8m 43s

The World Bank - trust funds