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,05 Jan 2015,28 mins

Is Germany preparing for a Greek exit from the Euro?

World Business Report

Available for over a year

German press reports suggest Berlin thinks Europe could cope without Greece in the euro. Ahead of Greece's general election later this month, we ask how likely a 'Grexit' is, and assess its implications with Andreas Andreanopolos, a former Greek development minister, and the noted British economist Roger Bootle. Also in the programme, Marilyn Monroe has been revealed as the new face of Max Factor. We hear from Lorna Hawtin of the advertising agency TBWA how dead icons can be an advertiser's best friend. Plus we hear about life as an immigrant in Long Island, New York. And, do lean, fit leaders make for lean, fit companies? Our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway ponders whether gym bunnies make good bosses.

Programme Website
More episodes