The basics
Understand: The Economy – BBC
This 16-part BBC podcast series goes back to basics to discuss the economy. Each episode breaks down a different topic, covering everything from GDP to pensions and the energy market.
Money 101 – BBC
The premise of the BBC podcast Money 101 is simple: help people learn about money. Whether that’s buying property, debt or understanding credit scores, presenter Bea Duncan aims to clear up the confusion of everyday finance questions.
Topical finance
Unhedged – FT
Unhedged is a Financial Times podcast that discusses the big headlines and what is happening in finance right now. The bite-sized 20-minute episodes are released twice weekly and include interviews with FT’s leading market experts.
The Rest is Money
The Rest is Money discusses everything business and finance, including who’s making money and who’s spending it. Their topics include the ‘Economics of Happiness’ and ‘How to Fix Education’.
Mortgage and property
The Property Pod – The Property Hub
The Property Hub has produced The Property Pod. Each week they discuss property investment and how it’s affected by what is going on in the news, plus a different property topic each week.
Mortgage Insider – Barclays
The Mortgage Insider delves into economics, financial services and the week’s top headlines, all through the lens of the mortgage market. With industry-leading guests, they discuss everything from ‘What mortgage brokers really need to know about AI’ to ‘What is next for buy-to-let?’.
Personal finance
Making Money
The weekly podcast Making Money discusses a new topic each week around how to build your long-term wealth. They teach strategies, tips and even the psychology of money to help with investing, mortgages and pensions.
Merryn Talks Money – Bloomberg
Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb presents Merryn Talks Money. In each episode, she speaks with an industry expert to discuss different aspects of the economy.
Planet Money – NPR
U.S. broadcasting organisation NPR created a podcast that claims listeners can give them any topic and they can tie it back to the economy. Episodes include topics like ‘Can money buy happiness?’ and ‘Is AI overrated or underrated?’ They choose topical issues (finance-related or not) and link them back to economic principles in a way that’s easy to understand.