Talking Features

In this week’s Talking Money, Poppy was joined by Matt Dronfield the Managing Director of Debt Free Advice todiscuss the recent rise of interest rates and what this means for households.

In this week's Talking Travel, Rory talks about the strange phenomenon that could result in one in seven street parking spaces disappearing forever in the UK's cities – the advent of increasingly larger new cars. 

In this week's Talking Life, Kieran discusses a hidden health gap facing women across the UK - millions are iron deficient, and many have no idea. He is joined by Dr Gary Smyth, Medical Director at Randox Health, to discuss these findings and point women who think they may be one of the unlucky ones towards potential solutions.

In this week’s Talking Tech, Rory is joined by the CEO of the non-profit coding school Code Your Future to talk about what hope there is for junior software engineers entering the workforce, in a world where AI is largely taking over entry-level coding roles.

In this week's Talking Health, Kieran discusses Patient Choice - the legal right to request to be seen at independent or distant hospitals with shorter wait times for NHS surgeries. He is joined by Joy Cullen, a patient who used Patient Choice to be seen more quickly. He is also joined by Joe Attwood, Head of Clinical Services at Practice Plus Hospital Birmingham. PPH Birmingham is celebrating its 2nd anniversary. During this time, the independent hospital has seen over two thousand NHS patients.

In this week’s Talking Money, Poppy was joined by Richard Grimster, Partner, and Head of Tax at Price Bailey.

In this week's Talking Travel, Poppy discusses real filming locations behind spooky and Halloween films, from Hocus Pocusin Salem and Ghostbusters in New York to UK spots like Oakley Court, Osea Island and Elstree Studios.

In this week's Talking Life, Kieran is joined by Simon Nash, a Pet Sustainability Expert at Cat's Best. They discuss the environmental impact of our pets, which pet is the worst for the environment, and what steps can be taken to minimise their carbon pawprint. 

In this week’s Talking Tech, Kieran questions the standard password wisdom we all dutifully follow. He tells the story of the man who came up with the advice and, years later, rescinded it. It turns out much of what we were taught may have left us less safe, not more. He looks at how the advice went astray, and what actually keeps you secure today.

In this week’s Talking Health, Kieran takes on ultra-processed food, the reigning villain of the modern diet. He asks where the foods came from, what the label actually means, how the category may harm us, and why the breakfast cereal in your cupboard is counted alongside the crisps.