Have we been living on the cheap?
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On Wednesday inflation in the UK hit 9% - the highest since the early 1980s.
A few weeks before in Brussels, Diederik Samsom, the Head of Cabinet in the European Commission, said the age of cheap living in Europe was over and that the cost of living crunch is not a temporary setback - but our new future. Is he right? And if so, what does that future look like?
This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.
Guest: Bruno Waterfield, Brussels Correspondent, The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: BBC, Sky News, ABC News, CNN, AFP, Parliament TV, Bruegel, TED Talk, On Demand News.
This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Are you looking for a new podcast? |
| 0:01.8 | Why not listen to my podcast, Nudge? |
| 0:03.9 | The UK's most popular marketing show. |
| 0:06.2 | It's all about behavioral science, |
| 0:08.1 | which is the study of how people make decisions. |
| 0:10.8 | Listen, and you'll learn the surprising psychology |
| 0:13.4 | behind movie trailers, |
| 0:14.5 | whether subliminal ads work if brainstorming is BS, |
| 0:18.2 | and why ads that rhyme stand the test of time. |
| 0:21.4 | Do feel free to ignore me, but I would love it |
| 0:23.7 | if you joined the 300,000 smart people |
| 0:26.5 | who tune into Nudge. |
| 0:27.9 | That's Nudge, give it a listen after this. |
| 0:39.5 | On Monday afternoon, |
| 0:40.7 | on the committee corridor of the Palace of Westminster, |
| 0:43.6 | a Treasury Select Committee meeting |
| 0:45.7 | got an alarming prediction from a normally calm source. |
| 0:50.5 | I'm afraid the one that I'm going to sound, |
| 0:53.5 | I guess, rather apocalyptic about is food. |
| 0:56.9 | It's not just I have to tell you a major worry |
| 0:59.4 | for this country, it is a major worry |
| 1:01.0 | for the developing world as well. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Times, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Times and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.