Night Waves - Big Business

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4.2 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2013

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Has "business become a dirty word?" Stefan Stern and Linda Yueh join Samira Ahmed to look at whether business has separated itself from society and lost the confidence of its customers. Acclaimed children's author Meg Rosoff discusses one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year - Alexander Payne's Nebraska. And Samira will also be discussing art and the Middle East with the British Museum's Venetia Porter, the critic Godfrey Barker, and Saudi Arabia's best known artist, Abdulnasser Gharem.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps
0:21.2	that it's a long time ago, right? It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream
0:26.1	van plays music when it's out of ice cream. Listen to evil genius on BBC sounds. This is a download
0:32.8	from the BBC. For more information and our terms of use, go to BBC.co.uk slash radio three.
0:40.9	On tonight's night waves, bling and business, we explore how and why big money from the Gulf Arab States is transforming the art world.
0:49.3	And as even a former Tory Prime Minister rails against the immorality of energy companies.
0:54.6	Has business become a dirty word?
0:56.9	But we start with a great American road trip movie.
0:59.9	Yes, another one.
1:01.1	And it's in black and white too.
1:02.7	Nebraska is the latest film from director Alexander Payne,
1:06.2	who made the Oscar winning Sideways and the descendants.
1:09.2	Bruce Stern won the top acting prize at Cannes for
1:11.7	his portrayal of an aging farmer and Korean war veteran from Montana with the early signs of dementia
1:17.2	who's convinced he's won the lottery in Nebraska, much to the frustration of his wife and sons.
1:23.6	Come on. Let me take you home. Going to Lincoln. It's the last thing I do.
1:45.3	I don't care what you people think. Listen to me, you didn't win anything. It's a complete scam. So you've got to stop this, okay? I'm running out of time. You don't even have a suitcase. I'm not staying there. Dad, I can't let you go. It's none of your business. Yes, it is. I'm your son. Well, then why don't you check me?
1:44.3	I can't just drop everything and It's none of your business. Yes, it is. I'm your son. Well, then why don't you take me?
1:46.2	I can't just drop everything and drive to Lincoln, Nebraska.
1:48.9	Oh, what else you got going on?
1:52.1	Bruce Stern as Woody and Will Forte as his son, David.
1:55.7	David indulges his desire, taking him on a road trip to his small town routes,
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