Smart Consumer Episodes Episode guide
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M&S Knickers and Houseplants for Millennials
The You and Yours listener who got M&S to reverse their redesign of her favourite pants
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Looking scruffy, flying cars and the price of alcohol.
Why looking scruffy is in fashion and why flying cars might be taking off soon.
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Loan sharks and long boring books
New plans to crack down on loan sharks. The long dense novels you can't quite finish.
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Live streaming; Clothes you never wear
Sites that pay users to live-stream their lives and the clothes we buy but never wear
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Life after care
An interview with You and Yours listener Tina Upson, on life after caring for her Mum.
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Letting the train take the strain; would you go on a foreign holiday by train instead of plane?
Smart Consumer- Holidays by Rail with Kevin Mousley and the Man in Seat 61
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Key fob car theft and protecting children online
Cars with key fobs are at increased risk of theft and how to keep children safe online
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Joe Lycett and Tiny Houses
Comedian Joe Lycett talks about his new consumer TV show and the new - but tiny - houses
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Is pop past its peak for music fans?
The pop stars struggling to sell out arenas and the mysterious world of Google AdWords.
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Impulse buying and Christmas decor trends
Software to stop you making late-night online purchases, and the latest Christmas decor.
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Illicit Drinks and CD Sales
Could the sugar tax lead to illicit full-sugar drink imports? And how CDs are coming back
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Iceland's boss and sandwiches
This week we hear from Iceland's managing director on how to they're fighting back and...
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I-phone batteries and dogs banged up
I-Phones batteries row, why life's tough for older renters and good dogs treated as bad
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How to keep the cost of car insurance down for younger drivers.
Mike Young presents the Smart Consumer podcast.
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How to be better at saving money
The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle
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How to afford university
The Smart Consumer podcast with Louisa Adams and Tom Allingham from Save The Student.
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How can online shopping and home delivery be less harmful to the environment?
The Smart Consumer podcast with Beatrice Pickup
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How Britain's towns and cities are trying to clean up the air we breathe
The Smart Consumer podcast with Mike Young
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How beauty influencers encourage us to buy and wear more Makeup
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas and Louisa Adams
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How a scheme to declutter streets ended in tragedy and drinking water, is bottled really better than tap?
The You and Yours podcast presented by Peter White and Shari Vahl
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How "virtual reality" technology is helping to treat trauma and anxiety
Jay Unger and Louisa Adams hear how the NHS is starting to use VR to treat anxiety
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House Prices, Debt Levels and Perfect Life Pictures.
House prices in REAL terms, who's to blame for our debt and perfect life pictures.
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Homelessness and Microadventures
We talk about the rise in homelessness and find out why smaller trips might be the best.
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High Street Botox and Luxury Straws
A major retailer is offering botox and fillers for 拢99 - but not everyone's happy.
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Great for instagram and wellbeing, but will a plant purify the air?
The truth about houseplants from the Smart Consumer podcast
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Getting your finances under control in your twenties.
The Smart Consumer Podcast's Mike Young on the financial pressures on twenty-somethings.
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Getting in Bind over Japanese Knotweed
Should mortgage companies really worry about Japanese Knotweed?
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Gambling addiction and IVF.
The gambler who confronted the betting industry. Do fertility treatments exploit people?
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Future transport: behind the scenes
Richard Branson, Zoox cars and speedy scooters.
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Folding Phones and Renting Clothes
What went wrong with the launch of Samsung's latest phone - the Galaxy Fold?
