In The Balance

Schedule
88.5-1
Saturday
3:30 am
88.3
Saturday
3:30 am

Lesley Curwen and Justin Rowlatt get behind the headlines to find out what's really going on in this changing global economy.

Are we heading for disaster or prosperity?

Join our panel of guests for an easily digestible insight into how it all started - and where it's going to finish.

But it's not all serious analysis.

Management consultant turned comic, Colm O'Regan, will be giving his alternative view of the week's events and our guests reveal who's up and who's down in the world of international finance.

In The Balance

Arts & Culture

NPR

Composing Game Soundtracks That Move 'Faster Than Light'

Sound designer Ben Prunty integrates audio into some of the most popular independent video games. He figures out how to make sounds that match the feel of the game and build tension at the perfect moments in action-packed adventures.

Food

NPR

School Pulls All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.

Politics

NPR

Boehner And Cruz, And Lew Too: Voices On The Shutdown

With a government shutdown nearing its second week, there were no signs of a new deal in Washington Sunday. But several leaders are speaking out about the impasse, even as they look ahead to the next battle: an Oct. 17 deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

Technology

NPR

Composing Game Soundtracks That Move 'Faster Than Light'

Sound designer Ben Prunty integrates audio into some of the most popular independent video games. He figures out how to make sounds that match the feel of the game and build tension at the perfect moments in action-packed adventures.