Introducing… The Bottom Line

The Bottom Line

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Business

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

The definitive business podcast from the BBC. Each week host Evan Davis is joined by company bosses, entrepreneurs and industry experts, who lift the lid on how the world of business really works, and what it’s like to be in charge. From managing AI to managing millennials, from supermarkets to supercharging a new product, the panel tackles the big issues, big challenges, or big questions facing their industry. And they share stories of success and failure along the way, revealing the personalities and human dramas behind some of our best-known brands. The Bottom Line also has a spin-off series – Decisions That Made Me – of one-on-one interviews with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the pivotal moments in their careers. These shorter episodes take a deep dive into the moments of opportunity, risk, or crisis that have defined some of the UK’s best-known business figures. Podcasts are published every Thursday. The Bottom Line is a BBC Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Evan Davis, host of BBC Radio 4's business podcast, The Bottom Line.
0:08.3	Now, because you've taken the time out of your busy day to listen to this little episode,
0:12.3	I'm going to guess that you're interested in who we are and what we do.
0:15.9	So let me briefly explain.
0:18.3	Think of this little episode as being a memo on the bottom line, an audio memo,
0:22.3	all the key points, everything you need to know, and nothing else.
0:28.6	Every Thursday, the bottom line drops a new episode. The podcast is all about business.
0:34.4	In each episode, I'm joined by company bosses, founders and industry experts. They
0:39.1	lift the lid on how things really work in their business and explain what it's like to be in
0:44.3	charge. Success, failure and everything in between. Four day week didn't solve all our
0:50.0	problems, but it surfaced all of them. And I thought that was a really good statement.
0:55.8	It's all about big issues, big challenges and big questions facing industry. Like recently,
1:01.9	we've talked about the impact of a four-day week. We've discussed the rise of robots in food
1:06.8	delivery. And even what's the best way to hold a meeting or give feedback to your team.
1:12.4	There's a really good book which has the brilliant title. Thanks for the feedback, brackets,
1:16.0	even when it's off base, unfair, poorly delivered and frankly, you're not in the mood.
1:20.3	I do really enjoy recording the bottom line pod, alongside my daily BBC Radio 4 show, PM, recording it is one of the highlights
1:29.5	of my week. I always want the conversations to be warm and candid, as though you're eavesdropping
1:35.6	on a chat in a pub, rather than desperately trying to stay awake in a management meeting.
1:40.9	I went to chat GPT, and I said, list 10 distinguished alumni.
1:46.2	It came out with 10 names.
1:47.4	I wasn't on the list.
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