I'm Rory Stewart and I grew up wanting to be a hero and I'm still fascinated by the ideas of heroism.

In my new series, I'm taking in the long sweep of history from Achilles to Zelensky and asking, what is a hero?

Simply doing your job, being a decent human being.

A true hero is someone who just kind of shines by

their own light and that light is to be recognized by others. The long history of heroism with me,

Rory Stewart. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.

Hello morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money.

Food prices are going up at the fastest rate for a year and a half,

according to new data from the British Retail Consortium.

We'll dig into the numbers and ask a farmer why prices are on the rise.

Elsewhere, President Trump has said he's firing one of the US central bank's top decision

makers will hear why the shocked escalation in his row with the Federal Reserve could have

ramifications for the global economy as well as the American one.

And when was the last time you bought all rented a musical instrument?

We're going to take a look at why it might be getting harder to do that at high street stores.

Wake up to Money with Will Bain.

Yeah, morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Tuesday, the 26th of August.

Just gone 5 o'clock in the morning.

We're with you this morning.

Thanks for being back with us.

Great to have your company live again on the program for the first time this week. And we've

got lots to chat about because once again, President Trump has intervened overnight in

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