#15: Why Is All The News So Negative? And Wha...

House prices have soared across the world, rising far faster than wages and locking many people out of home ownership. This episode looks at why cheap credit, global investors, short-term rentals, and slow building have pushed prices ever higher. It also asks whether governments ...  Show more

For decades, Saudi Arabia was ruled by ageing princes, until one young royal began changing the system from within. This episode tells the story of Mohammed bin Salman, and how he rose rapidly to become Saudi Arabia’s most powerful figure. Saudi royal family is huge; succession o ...  Show more

World News in 7 minutes. Monday 21st December 2020.Transcript here: send7.org/transcriptsToday: French PM isolates. UK tier 4. Afghanistan explosion. India PM Sikh Farmers. Ethiopia reward. Nigeria abductions. US Biden climate team. Chile President fined. Wildfire infection sprea ...  Show more

SEND7 Podcast - https://www.send7.org/⁠ ⁠Listen to SEND7 on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5o2ikpvomNa3bbe2CFcv06⁠ We now have access to so much information and news that it can be difficult to distinguish between real and fake, information and misinformation, a ...  Show more

World News in 7 minutes. Wednesday 25th November 2020.Transcript here: send7.org/transcriptsToday: US Biden new cabinet. Colombia prisoner deaths. Ethiopia racial massacre. Burkina Faso slow results. UK Germany Spain vaccine timetables. Scotland free periods. China criticises Pop ...  Show more

World News in 7 minutes. Friday 4th December 2020.Transcript here: send7.org/transcriptsToday: UK vaccines. France mosques. Afghanistan Taliban agreement. Bangladesh Rohingya island. Turkey COVID rise. US Attorney General OKs election. Brazil robbery. CAR no Bozize. Zimbabwe rest ...  Show more