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The Late Edition, episode 75
10 February 2012
The outlook for the Chinese economy. Plus, we meet an expert on “smart drugs” and the athlete running from Pole to Pole for charity.
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10 February 2012
The outlook for the Chinese economy. Plus, we meet an expert on “smart drugs” and the athlete running from Pole to Pole for charity.
7 November 2018
Every year the Royal British Legion, a charity that supports members and veterans of the British armed forces, raises money by selling poppies in remembrance of those who have died during service. Andrew Mueller explores…
2 November 2014
Wealthy individuals’ support for charity has endured even through the toughest economic times, particularly in the US. How are modern attitudes to philanthropy maintaining this rich history?
11 June 2014
Alice Jefferson of disaster-relief charity ShelterBox assesses the crisis in Iraq, we unpick a family row engulfing Front National in France, and profile the most prolific ‘beenapper’ in California.
21 June 2018
The Grammy-winning, Broadway-performing, avocado-farming, charity-running musician Jason Mraz plays tracks new and old and chats about his upcoming album ‘Know’.
15 August 2013
We wonder what Cairo can do – if anything – to avoid civil war, ask the general director of Médecins Sans Frontières why the international charity is closing all operations in Somalia and assess the gravity of electoral…
3 March 2013
The skill of urban yodelling is tackled by Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound, we meet outgoing US Transport Secretary Ray La Hood, and hear how charity War Child is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
19 December 2012
Sophie Grove visits the UK’s oldest salmon smokery just 100 metres from London’s Olympic stadium, we chat with the co-founders of a Chicago window-cleaning business, and discuss the branding of charities with our friends…
6 April 2019
Waterstone utterly changed the cultural landscape in Britain by opening bookshops staffed by book lovers on most major high streets in the country. Knighted for his contribution to charity as well as publishing, he’s also…
25 January 2018
Jeffrey Howard and Joy Lo Dico review Emmanuel Macron’s pro-European delivery at Davos, Donald Trump’s much-anticipated interview with the Russia inquiry and the extraordinary fallout following ‘The Financial Times’ inve…
4 September 2020
Jill and Steve Henry are the founders of Meander, an Edinburgh-based outerwear brand. The idea for their minimalist and multifunctional pieces came after a charity ride from London to Paris, which inspired their mission to…
30 November 2016
The younger generations have a unique perspective on what constitutes quality of life and what kind of impact they want their careers to have. Here we sit down with four entrepreneurs who have decided not to pursue personal…
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