Tom Sutcliffe looks at both the reality of police life and its portrayal. The playwright Roy Williams's latest drama is set in a police station in Kingston, Jamaica, revealing a world of corruption and intrigue. TV writer Sam Bain, of Peep Show fame, talks about Babylon, a drama which take a wry look at modern policing. The former police officer Christian Plowman explains what life was like undercover, and the criminologist Jennifer Brown looks back at the history of policing in the UK. Producer: Katy Hickman.
World Book Club - Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses
Bestselling British writer Malorie Blackman talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults Noughts and Crosses.
A gripping modern-day tale of star-crossed lovers which aims to challenge our perceptions of race, power and truth, Noughts and Crosses is set in an alternative world where whites are the oppressed underclass and blacks are all-powerful and, often, all corrupt. An excited audience of all ages gathers to discuss the novel with Malorie Blackman.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Freedom in Numbers
How many people in the world live in freedom? The BBC's Freedom 2014 season got Tim Harford and the More or Less team wondering about this. It's actually pretty hard to put a number on freedom, so Tim begins by looking at something more quantifiable: how many people live in a democracy? And are people in democracies happier? Tim Harford looks at the numbers with Simon Baptist from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Plus, he examines the price of a cup of coffee, and whether Ruth Alexander can be persuaded to pay for his. This programme was first broadcast live on the BBC World Service on 01 April 2014 from the Media Caf? at BBC New Broadcasting House in London.
Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 04.04.2014
March jobs numbers come in light. The debate over high frequency trading rages on Wall Street. And Google pulls off an unusual stock split. We analyze the latest from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, GrubHub and share 3 stocks on our radar. Plus Twitter co-founder Biz Stone shares what it’s like to negotiate with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and why Wyle E. Coyote is an inspiring business leader.
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Cato Daily Podcast - A Centennial Monetary Commission
The Federal Reserve's record over the past century includes the Great Depression, the Great Inflation and the Financial Crisis in 2008. Is it time for a monetary commission to examine the Fed's record in greater detail?Event: The Fed’s 100th Anniversary and the Case for a Centennial Monetary Commission
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Cato Daily Podcast - Wind Down Fannie and Freddie
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributed mightily to the financial crisis. The bailouts delivered to Fannie and Freddie were much larger than those received by many other financial firms, but opposition remains to winding the two firms down.
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TLDR - #20 – Silence
Update: Vulfpeck received an email from Spotify asking the band to remove "Sleepify" from Spotify. See our update here.
A band called Vulfpeck has asked fans to stream an entire album of silence on Spotify while they sleep, so the band can use the royalties to tour without charging for their shows. So far, the scheme has worked. We talk to Vulfpeck's Jack Stratton about hustling as a musician on the internet.
Cato Daily Podcast - Free Speech and Aggregate Contribution Limits
Contributions to candidates as individual acts don't corrupt the political process, so what about contributions overall?
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Money Girl - 200 MG Strategies to Build Wealth on a Budget
Learn how to become rich by slowly growing your wealth over time. Get four strategies to build your personal fortune and create financial
security even if you're on a budget.