Episodes

  • Is remote working to blame for weak junior hiring, SpaceX & Anthropic IPOs and Robotaxis
    Jun 5 2026

    This week on Taking Stock, Susan speaks to Larissa Feeney, CEO Kinore Finance & Business Services, about whether remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring.

    Three of the most valuable private companies in the world are set to make their stock market debuts. Ronan Reid, Non-Executive Director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Group joins Susan to discuss.

    Plus, Russell Vickers, Co-founder and CEO of Future Mobility Campus Ireland joins Susan to discuss how close we really are to a future where cars drive themselves.

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    50 mins
  • The economics of failure & the benefits and pitfalls of wearables
    May 29 2026

    This week on Taking Stock, Susan looks at the economics of failure and asks - have we completely misunderstood the importance of not getting it right? Emma Howard, Economics Lecturer at TU Dublin; Bernie Bulkin, author of 'Why Start-ups Fail'; and Kevin O’Loughlin, CEO Of Nostra, join Susan to discuss.

    Plus, the science, economics, and pitfalls of using wearable technologies with Stephen O Rourke, Clinical Specialist & Musculoskeletal Chartered Physiotherapist at the Mater University Hospital.

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    44 mins
  • Netflix Tourism and the end of Low-Cost Travel
    May 22 2026

    This week on Taking Stock Susan looks at the effect that hit tv shows are having on tourist destinations like Paris and Belfast, when she talks to Travel Writer Joan Scales. Susan also talks to Peter Campbell of the Financial Times about how Low-Cost airfares might be under threat given all that's going on in the world. Plus, China Expert Leo Austin talks to Susan about the strange status of Taiwan and why the country is so important for the security of the globe.

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    47 mins
  • Flexibility over pay, R&D tax credits, and 'How to Win a Trade War'
    May 15 2026

    This week on Taking Stock, Susan is joined by Gillian Knight to talk about how recruitment is changing and how people want non-monetary benefits these days.

    Darragh Gaffney, Head of R&D Incentives at Leyton Ireland, explains the R&D tax credit, and how it is being used as a tool to encourage and incentivise R&D in Ireland.

    Plus, Soumaya Keynes, economics columnist for the Financial Times, on her new book ‘’How to Win a Trade War’.

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    48 mins
  • The war on markets, Europe’s new quartet and Musk Vs Altman
    May 8 2026

    This week on Taking Stock, Susan is joined in studio by author, columnist and OBE Gillian Tett, who looks at how global markets are surging despite war.

    Susan speaks to Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager of Colorado State University about how Europe needs to forge a new and old alliance in the age of Trumpism.

    Plus, Christ Stokel-Walker looks at the showdown between the world’s biggest tech bros.

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    50 mins
  • The Death of the Petrodollar, healthcare economics and board fatigue
    May 1 2026

    This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton hears how the ‘petrodollar’ came into being and why its days might be numbered, when she talks to Brendan Greeley who is the author of the upcoming book ‘The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money’

    Susan also talks to Rana Foroohar, associate Editor at the Financial Times, who tells us how healthcare is driving the US Economy for all the wrong reasons.

    Plus, Susan talks to Shefaly M Yogendras who is the author of a new book ‘Uncharted Spaces’ which challenges boards to become braver, bolder and more inclusive.

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    48 mins
  • World Cup woes, the terror of Claude and the UK woo Europe
    Apr 24 2026

    This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Stephanie Stacey of the Financial Times about why this Summer's World Cup isn't generating the business or ticket sales that many were expecting. Political Economist Will Hutton tells us that the UK are on the road back to a much closer relationship with Europe. Plus, a new AI tool called 'Claude' is sending shock waves across financial institutions and Susan talks to Matteo Wong of the Atlantic about its possible outcomes.

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    47 mins
  • Prue Leith on her long and winding road to business success
    Apr 17 2026

    This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Prue Leith about her business life and times, her writing and 'The Great British Bake Off'. Susan also chats to journalist and writer Harry Wallop about what he sees as the 'tyranny' of too many meetings in the modern workplace. Plus, DC Cahalane of Sure Valley Ventures talks about the state of the venture capital market in Ireland.

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    51 mins