Original Broadcast: Gadgets and Gizmos
Steve Caplin explains how US scientists have found an impressive way of trapping CO2 while Australian boffins have worked out how to generate electricity from polystyrene. Airbus are to increase internal baggage space on planes by 60%. An AI version of Michael Parkinson will soon be hosting a new chat show. The largest prime number has been discovered. Steve explains how to conquer "Hi Dad" text fraud. There's a clever crowd-funded camera for kids that will project the images. And Russian judges have fined Google $20 decillion, many times the size of the global economy.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Political commentator Mike Indian fillets Rachel Reeves' first Budget, with a massive increase in taxes, in large part to be paid by business, particularly through an increase in their National Insurance contributions. While the public sector will be getting considerably more money, it is important for the government to make the state more efficient. It is Mike's view that Reeves will be raising taxes more further down the line. He also looks at the Tory leadership contest but believes the new leader will not only not become PM but won't even be the leader in two years' time. As for the US election, the polls are tight – as always – and if there isn't a clear, outright win, we can expect a protracted and bitter aftermath.
Guests: Mike Indian
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her first Budget. This recording is unabridged and without additional comment.
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Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has called for an overhaul of copyright legislation to recognise the broad span of human creativity. It is indeed time to re-align the balance between sharing knowledge and ring-fencing ownership, but the quid pro quo is to provide mass participation in the wealth creation made possible by Generative Artificial Intelligence. John Maynard Keynes' experience of the two world wars of the 20th century showed how complacent attitudes amongst the wealthy led to these tragedies, and Gillian Tett has drawn a parallel with today's cocktail of globalisation, capitalism and rapid technological development. The Achilles' heel is still acute wealth polarisation, but mass participation could provide a way forward. Background music: 'Intellect' by Yung Logos
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Original Broadcast: This is Money
Are private sector retirement plans being put at risk in order to help strengthen public-sector gold-plated pensions? Georgie Frost discusses this and other topics with Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, including a couple of irritating taxes, where interest rates will be next year and whether you should get a LISA if you already own a home. Plus, they identify some key property hotspots.
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
In the EV maker’s latest vehicle safety report, autopilot showed one crash for every 7 million miles driven. The U.S. average is one crash for every 700,000 miles. David Meier and Ricky Mulvey discuss Tesla returning to growth, expectations for full self driving and humanoid robots, and Peloton’s deal with Costco. Then, 16 minutes in, Anand Chokkavelu hosts Matt Frankel and Jason Moser on Scoreboard covering Empire State Realty Trust. Scoreboard is available to members of any Motley Fool service in the video library: https://www.fool.com/premium/news-and-analysis/media. Companies discussed: TSLA, PTON, ESRT. Host - Ricky Mulvey; Guests - David Meier, Anand Chokkavelu, Matt Frankel, Jason Moser
Guests: David Meier,Anand Chokkavelu,Matt Frankel,Jason Moser
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
The coffee chain drops some bad news early, while General Motors takes a victory lap. Kirsten Guerra and Mary Long discuss Starbucks’ bitter earnings, Brian Niccols’ barista-focused turnaround plan, and surprising beats from an old automaker. Then, 16 minutes in, Tim Beyers and Mary Long discuss Instacart’s “Caper Cart” technology and advertising business. Companies discussed: SBUX, GM, CART. Host - Mary Long; Guests - Kirsten Guerra, Tim Beyers
Guests: Kirsten Guerra,Tim Beyers
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As George Santayana said, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it': and Adam Cox shows in this episode how that can also apply to personal relationships. He uses timeline therapy to help you re-visit previous relationships, and how they could have led to different choices. You can't change the past — but you can build resources through experience and perspectives to extract lessons for the future, in order to avoid history repeating itself.
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University says the UK has to worry, not just about the top 1% who pay 29% of income tax leaving, but also young talent. They – the future high earners – are being tempted by offers from countries like Italy and Portugal. With an ageing population we could face an ever declining economic pie and get into a doom loop. Tim also considers why business (and indeed unions) have largely lost their voice and rarely speak up to defend their interests. With no robust argument we end up with soggy thinking and it's unhealthy. And he looks at how the science and economics of plastic recycling has not been properly thought through, producing unintended consequences, as so often with political short-termism.
Guests: Professor Tim Evans
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
James Cameron-Wilson reports that box office takings are up 23%. #1 is the animated The Wild Robot from the creator of How To Train Your Dragon. #3 is The Apprentice, about the property-developing years of Donald Trump. Despite two excellent central performances, it's a dreary and underwhelming affair, which isn't particularly entertaining. The Crime is Mine from the versatile and prolific film director François Ozon is a farcical trifle set in 1930s Paris which is sweet but no Muscatel. On Sky Cinema, The Radleys is a vampire drama set in Whitby with Kelly Macdonald and Damien Lewis. But with an uncertain tone and no link to real life, it most resembles an episode of Grange Hill.
Guests: James Cameron-Wilson
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