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BBC journalist Mike Rudin and expert Joe Uscinski discuss the Soros conspiracy theory, while Snopes founder David Mikkelson talks about debunking fake news. They cover the impact of conspiracy theories, the role of social media, and challenges in fact-checking online misinformation.

Truck drivers and the robots that could replace them. Jahd Khalil visits a truck stop in the US state of Virginia to find out why there's a chronic shortage of truckers in the US. Robert Brown from the robotics company TuSimple and Greg Hastings, associate partner at McKinsey & Co, tell Manuela Saragosa why long-distance driving is exactly the kind of job suited to robots.(Photo: A truck stop on the US-Mexico border, Credit: Getty Images)

Clare Seek, who runs a Repair Café in Portsmouth, and other experts discuss the challenges of fixing electronics. They highlight the global movement for consumers' right to repair, the environmental impact of limited repair options, and the hazardous dismantling of e-waste in Ghana. The podcast emphasizes the importance of sustainable solutions, accessible repair knowledge, and advocating for a more responsible consumption culture.

Dr. Richard Blackburn, a chemistry professor at Leeds University, discusses sustainable fabric options like materials from mushrooms and banana leaves. The podcast explores innovative fabrics such as MycoTEX made from fungal mycelium. It highlights the environmental impact of cotton and polyester, emphasizing the need for eco-friendly alternatives in the garment industry.

Shanghai-based journalist Liyan Ma, business strategy consultant Shaun Rein, and economist Linda Yueh discuss China's growing debt problem, the impact of consumer credit on the younger generation, and the challenges faced by the government in regulating shadow banking. The podcast explores the dichotomy of China's economic growth amidst celebrations and protests, emphasizing the need to address the mounting debt crisis to prevent severe economic repercussions.

Rachel Johnson and Philip Hammond discuss concerns about financiers influencing Brexit outcomes through currency speculation. Interviews with experts explore market positioning, impact of Brexit on currency values, and the transparency of short positions in the currency markets.

How WeWork's Adam Neumann lost his job after a disastrous attempt to list the company on the stock market. Manuela Saragosa speaks to the Wall Street Journal's Eliot Brown about the charisma of Adam Neumann and how it helped raise billions from investors, and to Andre Spicer from the Cass Business School about the cult of the founder-CEO. Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, explains why WeWork's IPO failure should be a lesson to the markets.(Photo: Adam Neumann, Credit: Getty Images)

Ed Butler speaks to Professor Tom Crowther from the Swiss university ETH Zurich, who says planting billions of trees around the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle climate change. Marcelo Guimaraes, chairman of Mahogany Roraima, a commercial timber and reforestation plantation in the northern Amazon rainforest, discusses how that would work in practice. (Photo: A tree in a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest, Credit: Getty Images)

What is our ethical duty to eliminate carbon emissions? Was Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg right to express such anger at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York this week?Justin Rowlatt asks leading moral philosopher Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, whether someone driving a petrol- fuelled car can really be held responsible for increasing the risk of drought in Africa. And why should we give up taking long-haul flights, if the tiny amount of carbon emissions that saves will make practically no difference in the grand scheme of things?Plus climatologist Emily Shuckburgh explains why she is not despondent about climate change - despite seeing the effects first-hand on polar research trips - and how a new institute she is heading at Cambridge University is generating a lot of excitement among academics.Producer: Laurence Knight(Picture: Dead cow in drought-struck Kenya; Credit: muendo/Getty Images)

Just how bad will it get if the world fails to get to grips with climate change?On day two of the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, Justin Rowlatt speaks to David Wallace-Wells, author of the apocalyptic book Uninhabitable Earth, which lays out the dire predictions of climatologists for the coming decades if humanity continues to put ever more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere unabated.Yet despite the potentially terrifying outlook, it remains very difficult to motivate politicians and the public to take meaningful action to cut emissions. Why is that, and how might that change? Kelly Fielding is a social psychologist at the University of Queensland in Australia, and has some of the answers.Producer: Laurence Knight(Picture: Dead bumblebee from the cover of Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells; Credit: FXseydlbast/Getty Images)