Meet the first black woman to own a billion-dollar company

October 6, 2026 · 17 min

We meet Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder of ActOne Group. She arrived in Los Angeles with just $900 borrowed from her mother and went on to build a multi-billion-dollar business, becoming the first Black woman to own and run a billion-dollar…
Follow the money: Why does chocolate cost so much?

October 5, 2026 · 17 min

The El Nino in 2023 had a detrimental impact on the cocoa harvest in West Africa, prices quadrupled and businesses reacted. Chocolate prices skyrocketed around the world, chocolate makers were reducing their cocoa content and in some…
Listen again: Bonds, heroes or villains?

October 4, 2026 · 18 min

With the cost of government debt reaching its highest for several decades, we're giving you another chance to hear our exploration of how the world became so dependent on bonds, those IOUs from governments and firms that helped build the…
Taking stock: How evicting an 87-year-old woman in Spain disrupted the debate on housing

October 1, 2026 · 25 min

Protests in Spain about 87-year-old Mariacarmen Abascal's eviction from social housing reignited the housing affordability debate globally, as inflation ticks up and career prospects for the young have been impacted by the rise in AI. We…
Power Players: Can AI really regulate itself?

September 30, 2026 · 22 min

The AI race is speeding up: and so are the warnings about where it could lead. After President Trump met AI leaders to discuss how to make the technology safer without slowing America's progress, Michelle, Will and Rahul ask: can the AI…
From blogger to billionaire, Canva's co-founder on what failures at Google Wave taught him

September 29, 2026 · 21 min

Who studies law but then forgets to apply for any graduate jobs because they've started blogging about web design and JavaScript? Cameron Adams, the billionaire co-founder of design app Canva. He did eventually land a coveted job at Google…
Follow the money: Why does an Oktoberfest beer cost €16?

September 28, 2026 · 19 min

A litre of beer at Munich’s Oktoberfest costs nearly €16; almost four times what a litre cost in 1991 after adjusting for inflation. We follow the money behind the famous Maß, from the Munich brewery that supplies it, through the tent and…
Can Route 66 towns survive on nostalgia?

September 27, 2026 · 19 min

We're heading west along America's famed Route 66. As the road celebrates its 100th birthday, Victoria Craig finds out whether the pull of neon-drenched nostalgia is still attracting visitors and whether new investment can secure the…