my private podcast channel
Congress makes a deal. Google hits a new high. Chipotle heats up. And Apple makes a fashionable addition. Our analysts discuss those stories and share three stocks on their radar. Plus, Motley Fool columnist Morgan Housel talks about why you should invest like a psychopath.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Start the Week Stephanie Flanders asks the head of the British Red Cross, Sir Nick Young, whether the charity's principle of neutrality is still as relevant today as it was 150 years ago. The journalist Lindsey Hilsum has reported on the major international conflicts and atrocities in the last few decades and wrestles with the moral complexities of being neutral and impartial. Making judgements about who deserves to be helped and how many, concerns the economist Paul Collier, as he attempts to defuse the explosive subject of immigration. And the Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng proposes selling working visas to the highest bidder. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Understand why credit-based insurance scores are used and how to improve them. Get the Money Girl book at http://MoneyGirlBook.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys link-up with comedians Laura Crawford and Adam Murray, to discuss the drudgery of crappy jobs. This episode's side tangents include the PBS Kids program Caillou, the repeated missed opportunities for wordplay in church signs, and Rivers' grandmother's funeral (don't worry, it's funny!). Also featured in this episode: A delightful Moth-style live story about a misbehavin' "pussy bone" from Rivers' friend, Caroline. Follow Adam on Twitter @Atom_Murray. Follow Laura on Twitter @CrawfordComic. Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod Rivers is @RiversLangley Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
Tom Sutcliffe discusses the role and place of contemporary art in today's global, digital world with the artist Grayson Perry. While the Director of Tate Britain Penelope Curtis looks back to a time when images held such power and caused such outrage that they had to be destroyed, in an exhibition on iconoclasm. Philip Davis offers a defence of the value of reading serious literature. And Nicholas Lovell looks at the money that artists can make, using the internet to change the way they relate to their fans. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Tim Harford tells the story of the Hawthorne Experiments, one of the most famous social studies of the Twentieth Century. The finding ? that workers are more productive if they are given attention - became known as the Hawthorne Effect. And he hears how the original data are now casting doubt on the legendary results. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.