Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,07 Oct 2013,28 mins

US shutdown: the Republican stance

World Business Report

Available for over a year

With the US government shutdown a week old, we ask who's to blame. Also Japan Airlines decides to buy planes from Airbus rather than Boeing - is this the Dreamliner nightmare? And our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway says rather than worry about whether you're getting enough 'likes' on Facebook just learn to deal with your cyber insecurities.

Programme Website
More episodes