The Beef with Brazilian Beef

The global trucking industry is currently facing a significant challenge with a growing shortage of professional drivers. This situation extends beyond individual countries, impacting global commerce and logistics. As this crisis deepens, its effects on supply chains and the broa ...  Show more

The intersection of technology and legal complexities brings to the forefront a notable drama between a consumer electronics giant and a medical tech innovator. Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega discuss the patent dispute between Apple and Masimo. Beginning in 2020, this legal batt ...  Show more

The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest but this crucial carbon sink is facing increased deforestation. Land clearing for mining or agriculture has increased under Brazil's president Jair Bolsanaro. But the world needs the Amazon jungle to keep absorbing carbon if more ambit ...  Show more

The Amazon rainforest is perhaps the world's greatest single environmental asset. For years the accepted wisdom has been that the remorseless tide of destruction there is unstoppable. Justin Rowlatt travels to Brazil to question this conventional account and finds that over the l ...  Show more

Animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to global climate emissions. But what about hunting? Does shooting and eating wild game skirt the complicated ethics and emissions connected with eating factory farmed animals? In this episode, a vegetarian-turned-hunter bring ...  Show more

Cattle are part of Uruguay’s DNA. There are around 4 cows to every one of their tiny 3.5 million population of people and beef is their main export. But how do they compete against their mighty, better known neighbours; Argentina and Brazil? In this week’s Assignment Jane Chamber ...  Show more