The Bottom Line Episodes Episode guide
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13/02/2025
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show, with insight from the people at the top.
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06/02/2025
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show, with insight from the people at the top.
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Robots On the Doorstep: Is This The Future Of Food Delivery?
Evan Davis talks to Ahti Heinla, co-founder of robot delivery firm Starship Technologies.
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Unbossing: Can We Work Without Managers?
Evan explores what happens to companies that decide to operate without managers.
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A Four Day Week: Less Work for More People?
Evan Davis explores if working four eight-hour days could benefit employees and bosses.
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Decisions That Made Me: Sir John Hegarty (The Garage Soho, Founder)
Evan Davis speaks with the advertising legend about his career advice.
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Networking: Will It Actually Help Me Get a Job?
Evan gets tips on finding a new job and hears how the process of getting one has changed.
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Decisions That Made Me: Dana Denis-Smith (Obelisk Support, CEO)
The law firm founder on finding career clarity at the top of a mountain.
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Ideas: How To Turn Your Dreams Into Business Reality
The inspiration, the pitch, the timing - what makes a business idea live or die?
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Marketing: How Effective Is Fear In Advertising?
Why do advertising agencies use fear to get us to part with our money?
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Google: The Couple That Took On The Tech Giant
How a British small business cost the tech giant more than 拢2bn.
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Evacuation: How to Rescue a Business From a War Zone
Can you get staff out of danger and still keep the show on the road?
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Debt: Do Collectors Deserve Their Bad Reputation?
The reality of a profession we never want to encounter, but couldn't do without.
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Side Hustles: What's It Like Balancing Two Jobs At Once?
Everyone seems to have one... We find out the truth about side hustles.
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New Tech: How Smart Is the Smart Energy System?
The new home tech that could be key to keeping the lights on as we switch to renewables.
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The Bottom Line (unofficial) Business Awards
Debating the highs and lows of the business landscape in the last year.
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The business of private schools
The business of private education: how it works, how much money is made and where it goes.
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Being the new broom
Stepping into the top role: learning from business leaders.
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The Business of Dying
Final farewells - how does the industry work?
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Is copyright going wrong?
Is copyright law working to secure returns for creators?
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Is work getting more intense?
Has a rise in flexible working lead to an increase in overwork, stress and burnout?
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Hype
Why do some brands go viral, and how much hype is too much?
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Electric Cars: Made in China?
Could the UK soon be awash with cheap EVs from the industry's global superpower?
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In the eye of a crisis
Evan makes up crisis management scenarios to see how CEOs handle a business emergency.
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Rethinking retirement
Should we think about stepping down the career ladder as we approach pension age?
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Where's the life in nightlife?
Why are so many nightclubs closing, and what might replace them?
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Navigating the Say-Do Gap
How do businesses cope with the misalignment between consumers' intentions and actions?
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Feedback
Tips on how to dish it out, and how to take it.
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Meat
We're told we need to eat a lot less of it, so how is the industry responding?
