City A.M. Unregulated: Notes on (surviving) a scandal January 11, 2017 For our first podcast of 2017, we're joined by PR guru Paul Blanchard to discuss scandals – both avoiding and surviving them. He talks about what to do if you find yourself faced with the increasingly common scenario of a social media storm, and why sometimes the best course of action is to do nothing [...]
Eight podcasts to make you better at your job December 28, 2016 There’s a podcast for everything, but not all programmes are created equal. Here are some of the best to download for your commute – and which could even make you better at your job. Planet Money A podcast about economics hardly sounds like it will set the world alight but this offering from America’s National [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: How to write a Christmas number one December 21, 2016 It's the City A.M. Christmas special – and we're staying with our professional development roots, by telling you how to make your millions by writing a Christmas number one. Providing their tips on writing your festive smash hit are Tony Mortimer, founding member of East 17 and the man who wrote classic Christmas tune Stay Another Day, [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Behind the scenes on Dragons’ Den, with Rob Law and Kirsty Henshaw December 14, 2016 Dragons' Den: it's nerve-wracking enough if you get investment – but what happens if you're rejected? We're joined by Trunki founder Rob Law, who was spectacularly rejected by the Dragons but whose product has gone on to become a ubiquitous sight in airports everywhere, and Kirsty Henshaw, whose business, Kirsty's, got backing from Peter Jones [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Caution – do not listen to this podcast if you are of a nervous disposition December 7, 2016 Economist Jim Rickards correctly predicted the last financial crisis, the outcome of the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election. Now he is predicting an economic downturn of massive proportions. Here, Rickards talks his new book, Road to Ruin, explains when we can expect the next global economic shock – and details why the global elite [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: The weird world of esports December 1, 2016 Can watching other people play video games ever go mainstream? This week City A.M.'s sports business reporter, Joe Hall, takes the reins to look into the UK's flourishing esports industry. Joe is at the Gfinity esports Arena for the launch of a new white paper. He's joined by Jo Twist, the chief executive of UK [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: The art of professional idling, with Tom Hodgkinson November 24, 2016 Entrepreneur and professional idler Tom Hodgkinson talks about how he turned The Idler into more than just a magazine, and explains why laziness is an important part of creativity. Also the author of Business for Bohemians, Hodgkinson explains why our obsession with productivity is getting us down – and why he is passionate about spreadsheets. [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: How I Made.com it – Julien Callede, the man behind the internet’s hippest furniture brand November 16, 2016 When Julien Callede was standing on the platform at Gare du Nord in February 2010 with a one-way ticket to London in his hand, he had no idea he was about to launch one of the internet's best-known furniture brands. Five years and several new markets later, he explains why he chose the UK to [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Baroness Michelle Mone on mentoring, making money and her new venture November 10, 2016 This week the team is joined by the lingerie tycoon Baroness Michelle Mone, as she shares the story of her meteoric rise from Glasgow's East End to the House of Lords. After selling off 80 per cent of her Ultimo lingerie brand and rumours of retirement, Michelle shows no signs of slowing down, throwing herself into [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: If I could just tell you one thing – Innocent co-founder Richard Reed November 3, 2016 This week we're joined at the London School of Economics by Richard Reed, the co-founder of Innocent, to talk about his new book, If I Could Just Tell You One Thing, a compendium of advice from 62 of the world's best-known thought leaders. He talks about why he and his co-founders launched Innocent Drinks – and why [...]