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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: The monopolistic problems of the NHS

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: The monopolistic problems of the NHS
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University considers recent NHS scandals and wonders whether the monopolistic nature of medicine is largely to blame. He also considers how culture wars are replacing class wars and what this might mean for British politics and the debate over legalisation of cannabis. Finally, he considers whether Brexit might lead to more and better immigration.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Simon Rose

Business of Film: Hereditary

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

Business of Film: Hereditary
With the UK box office already suffering from the effects of the World Cup, James Cameron-Wilson reviews the new horror film Hereditary. He also discusses the DVD release of I, Tonya, a film he recommends strongly, with a raft of extras that make the film more fascinating still.
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James Cameron Wilson


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Peter Urwin

Economist Questions: Is Political Polling in Crisis?

Peter Urwin
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Economist Questions

Economist Questions: Is Political Polling in Crisis?
In this interview, Peter Urwin considers the ‘collective failures’ suffered by the polling industry in recent years; from their inability to predict the 2015 British general election outcome, to Brexit, to Trump. Joining him is Professor Patrick Sturgis, who discusses findings from his chairing of the British Polling Council/Market Research Society Inquiry into the 2015 General Election Polls; and in his role as Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Political Polling and Digital Media. They explore whether the same mistakes are being made by Pollsters across these different ‘failures', and whether it is getting harder to predict outcomes. Plus, they ask whether analysis of social media presents an opportunity to help capture voter sentiment – or is the media industry part of the problem?
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Professor Patrick Sturgis


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Pothole-fixing drones

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Pothole-fixing drones
Steve Caplin casts his eye over pothole-fixing drones, a robot chef, vegan-friendly fake meat, carrots impersonating avocados, an app to solve quadratic equations, a new pocket tool he's dying to have and the plane where you won't be able to see out of the windows IF you're in first class.
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Steve Caplin


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Kate Andrews

IEA: A History of Fake News

Kate Andrews
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IEA show

IEA: A History of Fake News
“Fake news” has been sweeping the nation – or has it? Today we’re joined by Kate Andrews, News Editor at the IEA and Head of Education Dr Steve Davies. Steve argues that, unlike what many in the mainstream media would have you believe, “fake news” is nothing new. In fact, trawling through history, we see that “Fake news” has been around in innumerable ways, shapes and forms, for centuries – even millennia. There is no one kind of fake news, and Kate and Steve examine some of the major distinctions between them, particularly in regards to intention and trust in mainstream. Finally, they examine how to spot fake news – and what we can all do to halt its dissemination and create a higher standard of debate.
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Dr Steve Davies


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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: The Life Coach Industry

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: The Life Coach Industry
Adam Cox speaks to mentor and business coach, Denise Mortimer, about why many women are looking online and to social channels to create businesses later on in life. While the barriers to entry are low, Denise explains that it’s never been so important to carve a niche based on genuine value in order to create visibility in the online space. More and more people are becoming life coaches, but do we really need coaches when so much self-help content is free and widely available?
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Denise Mortimer


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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: The Mind Flow Surfer

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: The Mind Flow Surfer
Adam Cox talks to Saadia Valasarie Sultan, an entrepreneur who walked away from a family business worth millions to pursue her passion. Saadia has founded Mind Flow Surfer: a business that uses applied psychology techniques to create rapid change in clients. She is an avid believer in consciously living life in an emotional state that is most conducive to achieving success – both personally and professionally. From morning meditation to thinking about the future in specific ways, she provides mindset tips to unlock the potential she says we all have within us.
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Saadia Valasarie Sultan


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Simon Rose

Motley Fool Money: Comcast vs. Disney

Simon Rose
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Comcast vs. Disney
Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? Well join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio, direct from Washington DC, for news, views and analysis of the US stocks that matter. In this week's show: AT&T completes its acquisition of Time Warner; Comcast increases its offer for 21st Century Fox’s assets, setting the stage for a battle with Disney; Etsy shares soar on a hike in fees; And IHOP flips pancakes for burgers.
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Chris Hill


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Georgie Frost

This is Money: Has the housing market stalled? And the truth about that unreleased Paddington Bear 50p coin on eBay

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This is Money: Has the housing market stalled? And the truth about that unreleased Paddington Bear 50p coin on eBay
Another month and another set of mixed messages about the state of the housing market is revealed. First-time buyers who have a deposit and home movers in the North are doing fine. But London is on the ropes and second and third movers are staying put, bringing the market to a standstill. In this week’s This is Money podcast, editor Simon Lambert, assistant editor Rachel Rickard Straus and money broadcaster Georgie Frost get into the aural attic to unbox the facts. The villain of the piece, they agree, is stamp duty. It used to be a 1% tax on purchases but it got tweaked into a giant cash cow for the Treasury by successive Chancellors. Stamp duty is stalling the market and needs to change but how? Also on the show: Paddington Bear 50p Gate.
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Simon Lambert, Rachel Rickard-Straus


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Simon Rose

The Week That Was: Ashtead

Simon Rose
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The Week That Was

The Week That Was: Ashtead
Graham Spooner of The Share Centre looks at recent figures from Ashtead, Ferguson and the Berkeley Group, as well as looking at market reaction to the mounting trade wars. He also looks ahead to forthcoming numbers from Carnival, Whitbread and Tullow Oil.
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Graham Spooner


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