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Radio Davos
Radio Davos
World Economic Forum

How do we solve the world’s biggest challenges? From climate change to inequality; the rise of big tech and rapid changes in... more

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A music superstar, romance fraud, and life-changing advice: highlights from the Forum's podcasts in 2024

One of the biggest names in music talks about AI and human soul. The victim of the 'Tinder Swindler' highlights... more

19 Dec 2024 · 38 minutes
Talks on creating a "Paris Treaty for plastics" just stalled - here's why, and what happens next

UN negotiations that were supposed to produce global rules on plastics have stalled, with no agreement on the scope of... more

12 Dec 2024 · 28 minutes
Why are humans going back to the Moon, and is there really life on Mars?

Space is back! No longer the reserve of a couple of superpowers, an increasing number of countries are getting involved,... more

21 Nov 2024 · 49 minutes
Top of the tech: the 10 innovations set to change your life

What are 'elastocalorics' or 'reconfigurable intelligent surfaces'? In a few years' time these emerging technologies may have transformed the way... more

24 Oct 2024 · 56 minutes
Can climate action survive geopolitical upheaval?

Wars, trade tensions and elections around the world are testing humanity's ability to tackle climate change. Two experts from the... more

10 Oct 2024 · 45 minutes
Slow growth and the cost of debt: the World Bank's Chief Economist on the global outlook

"The global economy - it's a complicated picture, in the sense that it's doing better than we expected just six... more

25 Sep 2024 · 33 minutes
This Is Not Financial Advice: navigating the jungle of online investing

A new, critically acclaimed documentary follows the fortunes of online investors, including one who made - and lost - $3... more

19 Sep 2024 · 39 minutes
What role do investors have in ensuring AI is safe?

As investors pour money into companies developing or deploying artificial intelligence, what are the steps they should be taking to... more

12 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
Breathe! The cities working together on air pollution and climate change

How can cities - with ever growing populations - tackle air deadly pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Breathe Cities... more

04 Sep 2024 · 22 minutes
'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health

Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and... more

29 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival

Theatre director Jude Kelly founded the Women of the World (WOW) Festival almost two decades ago to spur conversations about... more

22 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
Meeting in the metaverse: Actor Rainn Wilson joins us on the virtual polar ice

What's Dwight from The Office doing in the metaverse? Actor Rainn Wilson joins us in avatar form to check out... more

15 Aug 2024 · 32 minutes
AI vs Art: Will AI rip the soul out of music, movies and art, or help express our humanity?

For half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world.... more

08 Aug 2024 · 40 minutes
How do we ensure the green transition doesn't penalise the poorest?

Going green - in energy, agriculture, industry and elsewhere - will have costs and benefits, so how can we ensure... more

01 Aug 2024 · 27 minutes
How chemicals companies are joining forces to become more sustainable

Incubated at the World Economic Forum, the Global Impact Coalition (GIC) is an organisation that pools the resources of major... more

25 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
"The Centre Must Hold" - what role can centrist politics play in a polarised world?

As populists are on the rise in many countries, how should the moderates respond? We hear from Yair Zivan, the... more

18 Jul 2024 · 38 minutes
No laughing matter: Can comedy help us tackle climate change?

Climate change is an extremely serious issue, but can comedy help us cope with - and communicate about - it?... more

11 Jul 2024 · 31 minutes
More than just a toothache: how to tackle the huge costs of poor oral health

What’s the health condition that affects us all, but is often seen as an add-on for healthcare - and how... more

04 Jul 2024 · 22 minutes
Globalisation is in transition - not retreat, says this analyst of global trade

Deglobalization, reglobalization, decoupling, de-risking, reshoring friend-shoring, export bans, tariffs and sanctions - is global trade going into reverse, or simply... more

25 Jun 2024 · 26 minutes
The long game: how to understand China and how it sees its role in the world

As the World Economic Forum convenes the 'Annual Meeting of the New Champions' in China, this expert helps us better... more

20 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
Why we need a sprint towards gender parity: the Global Gender Gap Report 2024

The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic... more

18 Jun 2024 · 16 minutes
What are the 'positive tipping points' that could help us accelerate out of climate disaster?

Climate 'tipping points' are the dangerous phenomena that could suddenly make climate change even worse than it is already: melting... more

06 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health

Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and... more

29 May 2024 · 37 minutes
Tourism is bouncing back - but can we make travel sustainable?

With the pandemic well behind us, international travel has bounced back. The World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index,... more

21 May 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Tinder Swindler: how 'romance fraud' became a multi-billion dollar cybercrime

The Netflix documentary 'The Tinder Swindler' is a mind-boggling case of so-called 'romance fraud' in which a charming, handsome -... more

16 May 2024 · 41 minutes
Spatial computing: why the future of the internet is 3D

'Spatial computing', 'blended reality', 'the metaverse'. For those of us who still use screens and keyboards to access the digital... more

09 May 2024 · 36 minutes
Where are the innovations that can make mining more sustainable?

Mining is an industry that many of us probably rarely think about, but one that provides the raw materials for... more

29 Apr 2024 · 32 minutes
Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero

What are the new technologies that can help us reach net zero? And how do we bring them to scale... more

25 Apr 2024 · 45 minutes
Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics

In a polarised world, with the most powerful nations and the UN unable to prevent or end many wars, could... more

18 Apr 2024 · 36 minutes
It's cheaper to save the world than destroy it: author Akshat Rathi on Climate Capitalism

“Climate Capitalism is an antidote to the dominant narrative that because we’ve ignored the climate crisis for so long, it... more

09 Apr 2024 · 26 minutes
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Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero
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What are the new technologies that can help us reach net zero? And how do we bring them to scale fast enough?... more