Smart Consumer Podcast

English, Financial News, 1 season, 126 episodes, 2 days, 50 minutes

Smart Consumer Podcast

English, Financial News, 1 season, 126 episodes, 2 days, 50 minutes

About

Spending and stuff from the team at You and Yours.

Coronavirus: Advice for parents coping with the kids being at home now the schools are closing their doors.

Mike Young presents The Smart Consumer Podcast.

3/19/2020 • 18 minutes, 36 seconds

Getting your finances under control in your twenties.

The Smart Consumer Podcast's Mike Young on the financial pressures on twenty-somethings.

3/12/2020 • 25 minutes, 30 seconds

How beauty influencers encourage us to buy and wear more Makeup

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas and Louisa Adams

2/26/2020 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds

Eating in or dining out....what do you want for breakfast?

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Pete Wilson. Cereals or fry-ups - what wins at breakfast?

2/19/2020 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds

Why don't people see working as a waiter as a career - and why as diners do we dismiss them?

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Pete Wilson. Why is it so hard to keep restaurant staff?

2/14/2020 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds

Overdrafts - the new charges and how to avoid them

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Louisa Adams and Iona Bain from the Young Money Blog.

2/7/2020 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds

What should we eat to stay healthy?

The Smart Consumer podcast with Winifred Robinson

1/31/2020 • 25 minutes, 15 seconds

Should you spend more than £1,000 on an electric bike?

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Jon Douglas.

1/24/2020 • 20 minutes, 1 second

Mindful drinking for the sober curious - could you give up alcohol?

Smart Consumer with Laura Willoughby of Club Soda and Professor David Nutt

1/17/2020 • 18 minutes, 43 seconds

Failed diets and body shaming - can you combine wellbeing and weight loss?

The Smart Consumer podcast with Frankie Haynes, Shahroo Izadi and Man V Fat.

1/10/2020 • 21 minutes, 37 seconds

Your guide to the fitness and wellness trends for 2020; including intuitive exercise, biohacking and the latest fitness tech.

with Tally Rye, Jessica Salter, Louisa Adams and Natalie Donovan

12/20/2019 • 28 minutes, 10 seconds

Young couples discuss the difficulties and cost of long distance relationships.

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Tara Holmes and Louisa Adams.

12/13/2019 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds

How to keep the cost of car insurance down for younger drivers.

Mike Young presents the Smart Consumer podcast.

12/6/2019 • 25 minutes, 5 seconds

Letting the train take the strain; would you go on a foreign holiday by train instead of plane?

Smart Consumer- Holidays by Rail with Kevin Mousley and the Man in Seat 61

11/29/2019 • 27 minutes, 44 seconds

Great for instagram and wellbeing, but will a plant purify the air?

The truth about houseplants from the Smart Consumer podcast

11/22/2019 • 14 minutes, 57 seconds

Young entrepreneurs - have you got what it takes to run a successful business?

The Smart Consumer podcast with Natalie Donovan, The Mindful Chef and Abigail Wastie

11/15/2019 • 14 minutes, 18 seconds

The people living in tiny rental spaces and what can be done about it

The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban, Kitty Drake and Medina Grillo

11/8/2019 • 19 minutes, 22 seconds

The things you need to think of if you're planning to take a career break to travel or work abroad.

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Tara Holmes and Beatrice Pickup.

10/31/2019 • 20 minutes, 35 seconds

Why are we so aggressive and mean to learner drivers?

Smart Consumer podcast with Lydia Thomas and Simon Hoban

10/25/2019 • 17 minutes, 4 seconds

Two former gamblers discuss how the industry breaks the rules and fails to protect vulnerable people

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas, Craig and Alex.

10/17/2019 • 24 minutes, 22 seconds

The IPAs in the cartoon cans....who are they REALLY aimed at? The beers so on message they might be aiming too low

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Pete Wilson and Beatrice Pickup.

10/10/2019 • 20 minutes, 12 seconds

How Britain's towns and cities are trying to clean up the air we breathe

The Smart Consumer podcast with Mike Young

10/3/2019 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds

Does it pay to take a gap year?

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Tara Holmes.

9/27/2019 • 20 minutes, 11 seconds

Second-Hand Clothes

Smart Consumer with Simon Hoban on the boom in second-hand clothes

9/20/2019 • 26 minutes, 21 seconds

How can online shopping and home delivery be less harmful to the environment?

The Smart Consumer podcast with Beatrice Pickup

9/13/2019 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds

Dating Differently

Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban

9/6/2019 • 20 minutes, 28 seconds

How to afford university

The Smart Consumer podcast with Louisa Adams and Tom Allingham from Save The Student.

8/30/2019 • 27 minutes, 18 seconds

Stag and Hen do...or don't?

The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle

8/23/2019 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds

How to be better at saving money

The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle

8/16/2019 • 14 minutes, 53 seconds

The young interns who're tired of working for nothing

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Jess Quayle and Craig Henderson

8/9/2019 • 15 minutes, 35 seconds

Why Love Island style dental veneers might not be the best idea

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas and Louisa Adams

8/2/2019 • 17 minutes, 24 seconds

Everything you need to know about tattoos

The Smart Consumer podcast with tattoo artist Lee Clements and YouTuber Lucie Parfitt.

7/26/2019 • 19 minutes, 1 second

Credit cards and how to avoid a cycle of debt

The Smart Consumer podcast with Jess Quayle and Iona Bain from the Young Money Blog.

7/19/2019 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds

The new trend for cruise ship holidays amongst young people

The Smart Consumer podcast takes to the seas with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle

7/12/2019 • 20 minutes, 17 seconds

How "virtual reality" technology is helping to treat trauma and anxiety

Jay Unger and Louisa Adams hear how the NHS is starting to use VR to treat anxiety

7/5/2019 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds

The truth about sunscreens - from SPF dilemmas to reef-friendly labels

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Sali Hughes and Dr Andrew Birnie

6/28/2019 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds

With more GP's quitting what's the future for General Practice?

Kevin Mousley speaks to GP's young and experienced.

6/21/2019 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds

Everything you need to know about music festivals and how to survive them with Mark Radcliffe and some young people!

Festivals and how to survive them with Kevin Mousley and Mark Radcliffe

6/14/2019 • 20 minutes, 9 seconds

Mortgage mishaps and how to avoid them

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle.

6/7/2019 • 19 minutes, 25 seconds

Students talk to us about life, money and what proposals to cut the cost of university fees mean to them

The Smart Consumer Podcast: Kevin Mousley and Tara Holmes discuss student finance

5/31/2019 • 19 minutes, 32 seconds

The young climate change activists persuading us to change our behaviour

The Smart Consumer Podcast with Jess Quayle and Lydia Thomas

5/24/2019 • 17 minutes, 23 seconds

Recycling crisp packets - the impossible dream? And could you give up clothes buying for a year?

The You and Yours podcast with Simon Hoban and Louisa Adams

5/17/2019 • 25 minutes, 28 seconds

Folding Phones and Renting Clothes

What went wrong with the launch of Samsung's latest phone - the Galaxy Fold?

5/10/2019 • 22 minutes, 28 seconds

The new instagram trend for "Shelfies" and how they help with mindfulness

The You and Yours podcast with Jess Quayle and Lydia Thomas

5/3/2019 • 19 minutes, 4 seconds

Gambling addiction and IVF.

The gambler who confronted the betting industry. Do fertility treatments exploit people?

4/25/2019 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds

Why gaming's good for you

The You and Yours podcast with Jess Quayle and Simon Hoban

4/19/2019 • 27 minutes, 1 second

What to do if your energy company folds and the secret to baking bread.

The You and Yours podcast with Shari Vahl and Jess Quayle

4/11/2019 • 25 minutes, 44 seconds

Joe Lycett and Tiny Houses

Comedian Joe Lycett talks about his new consumer TV show and the new - but tiny - houses

4/5/2019 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds

Rising rents on the high street and the latest technology designed to slow down our cars.

The impact of rising high street rents on retailers. New tech aiming to boost car safety.

3/27/2019 • 21 minutes, 25 seconds

Recycling coffee cups and brexit tales

Are reusable cups making a difference and the child told by a schoolmate to go home.

3/15/2019 • 17 minutes, 30 seconds

Signs of Life

What your intensive care doctor is really thinking - Dr Aoife Abbey

3/8/2019 • 15 minutes, 16 seconds

Equal pay and junk food

Calling time on takeaways and the supermarket war on pay.

3/1/2019 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds

Dangerous tyres and Dads looking like Lads

Mother ramps up pressure on the government over dangerous tyres on public vehicles

2/21/2019 • 28 minutes, 52 seconds

Organ Donation and Vampire Shopping

Reaction to a law change in England and Scotland which will affect how organs are donated

2/15/2019 • 28 minutes, 41 seconds

Veganism and Drive-Thrus

Are you sticking to vegan diet? And, why Drive-Thrus are becoming more popular.

2/8/2019 • 31 minutes, 45 seconds

Key fob car theft and protecting children online

Cars with key fobs are at increased risk of theft and how to keep children safe online

1/31/2019 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds

Life after care

An interview with You and Yours listener Tina Upson, on life after caring for her Mum.

1/24/2019 • 25 minutes, 12 seconds

Decluttering with Marie Kondo and cassette tapes

How the Netflix series with Marie Kondo is inspiring you to to declutter.

1/18/2019 • 34 minutes, 59 seconds

Will Self on Universal Credit; and Professional Bridesmaids

The author Will Self talks about supporting two friends struggling with Universal Credit

1/11/2019 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds

Sugar Babies - more finance than romance?

The women who use websites for "elevated dating" - finding a sugar daddy

12/31/2018 • 16 minutes, 14 seconds

Bobbi Brown and the beauty industry

Interview with Bobbi Brown about the booming beauty industry and social media influencers

12/27/2018 • 34 minutes, 52 seconds

Paying for Christmas, Staying Brand Loyal and NOT Running for Charity

How do you pay for Christmas, does brand loyalty cost you and NOT running for charity.

12/20/2018 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds

Special Educational Needs, Stammering, Starless Cars and No Brexit Content!

Special education needs, managing a stammer, cars that fail safety tests, why no Brexit?

12/13/2018 • 31 minutes, 46 seconds

Eating, Earning and Education

Overweight children and parents not spotting it, how to earn enough and university essays

12/6/2018 • 16 minutes, 41 seconds

Pensions, Schooling and Junk Food

Pension problems for women, schooling with special needs and banning junk food adverts.

11/29/2018 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds

Universal Credit and electric planes

How delays to Universal Credit payment led woman to sex work.

11/23/2018 • 19 minutes, 49 seconds

Bank Blunder and Solar Rip-Off

The fraud victim ridiculed by his bank and salesman recorded mid rip off!

11/16/2018 • 41 minutes, 56 seconds

Faster Music and Avon

Research shows that music performances are getting faster and the changing face of Avon.

11/9/2018 • 25 minutes, 36 seconds

Noise nuisance and teenagers vaping

The council refusing to tackle noise nuisance and the appeal of vaping to teenagers

11/1/2018 • 22 minutes, 1 second

Eco-friendly shopping and Xylitol

Warnings for dog owners about a sugar substitute that is toxic for dogs.

10/25/2018 • 34 minutes, 27 seconds

Adoption and the global sleep industry

How adoption changes lives and the novel products promising you a better night's sleep

10/17/2018 • 27 minutes, 16 seconds

Why fewer young people drink alcohol and lost property on planes

Young people avoiding alcohol... and the obstacle course that is airline lost property

10/12/2018 • 20 minutes, 2 seconds

Traidcraft and music for dementia

The future of Traidcraft and the power of music in helping people with dementia

10/4/2018 • 25 minutes, 35 seconds

Finding Love After Bereavement

On your side in a world of scams, frauds and rip-offs. The best in consumer journalism.

9/27/2018 • 14 minutes, 55 seconds

Looking scruffy, flying cars and the price of alcohol.

Why looking scruffy is in fashion and why flying cars might be taking off soon.

9/20/2018 • 18 minutes, 3 seconds

Two-Timing on Tinder

The people in relationships using dating apps. Also: the financial crisis ten years on.

9/14/2018 • 21 minutes, 40 seconds

The Crippling Cost of Childcare

How Much!?! The Cost of Childcare. Also: McDonald's test fake meat.

9/6/2018 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds

Antiques Roadshow You & Yours Podcast Special

Antiques Roadshow; The Bank of Mum and Dad; Online Shopping

8/31/2018 • 31 minutes, 3 seconds

Preserving your digital music collection and dealing with debt collectors

A row over what to wear on a flight, debt problems and avoiding losing your digital music

8/27/2018 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds

High Street Botox and Luxury Straws

A major retailer is offering botox and fillers for £99 - but not everyone's happy.

8/17/2018 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds

Getting in Bind over Japanese Knotweed

Should mortgage companies really worry about Japanese Knotweed?

8/9/2018 • 32 minutes, 16 seconds

70 years of the album: charting its history

Winifred Robinson's album memories + What's really important in a relationship?

8/3/2018 • 29 minutes, 22 seconds

Celebrating the Vox Pop

The joy of the vox pop and the rules for running a "survey says.. story

7/26/2018 • 30 minutes, 46 seconds

What's your best memory of "Now that's what I call music"?

Compilation album Now hits the big 100, canned wine and the boss of Tesla.

7/19/2018 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds

When have you been given a second chance?

Getting a second chance at life, finding a coat to fit and becoming a social media star.

7/12/2018 • 17 minutes, 29 seconds

Why would you spend £5000 on a new TV???

LGBT, Big TVs and Dating sites

7/5/2018 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds

Is pop past its peak for music fans?

The pop stars struggling to sell out arenas and the mysterious world of Google AdWords.

6/29/2018 • 17 minutes, 15 seconds

Disability benefits and World Cup travel

Is the new benefit system "disastrous" and can you get to the football on the cheap?

6/22/2018 • 27 minutes, 39 seconds

You and Yours Podcast - Carers, Open University, A&E lists

Caring for carers, Open University at 50 and frequent visitors to Accident and Emergency.

6/14/2018 • 29 minutes, 16 seconds

You and Yours Podcast - Learner drivers, train timetables and online photos

Why Learner drivers are going on motorways. Also, train travel woes and online photos.

6/7/2018 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds

Future transport: behind the scenes

Richard Branson, Zoox cars and speedy scooters.

6/1/2018 • 26 minutes, 46 seconds

Voice activation and the record number of failing care homes.

The voice activation assistant that won't play Radio 4 and why care homes are failing.

5/18/2018 • 19 minutes, 17 seconds

The £50 rubbish bag and the £30 million garden

The Welsh residents charged £50 for a roll of rubbish bags and the RHS plants £30m garden

5/10/2018 • 28 minutes, 51 seconds

I-phone batteries and dogs banged up

I-Phones batteries row, why life's tough for older renters and good dogs treated as bad

5/3/2018 • 26 minutes, 58 seconds

Loan sharks and long boring books

New plans to crack down on loan sharks. The long dense novels you can't quite finish.

4/26/2018 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds

Modern Dating and Cashback Websites

The rules of modern dating and we talk to the boss of one of the big cashback websites

4/20/2018 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds

Illicit Drinks and CD Sales

Could the sugar tax lead to illicit full-sugar drink imports? And how CDs are coming back

4/13/2018 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds

Behind the scenes on the You and Yours debt special

Mental health, Michael Sheen, and 25 year old shirts

4/5/2018 • 23 minutes, 1 second

Maternity services and renting out your own car

Experiences of maternity services. Renting out your own car. Sharing a home with friends.

3/29/2018 • 26 minutes, 21 seconds

Romance fraud and the holiday destination that doesn't want more tourists

How to spot romance fraud and the city that wants to be less attractive to tourists

3/23/2018 • 19 minutes

Fake Food & The Fear of Finding Out

The criminals adulterating food at industrial scale and combating the fear of finding out

3/16/2018 • 21 minutes, 35 seconds

The You and Yours Coffee Break. What are you eating and who are going to you watch?

The You and Yours Coffee Break: calorie counting, second hand tickets and a new toy craze

3/8/2018 • 16 minutes, 4 seconds

M&S Knickers and Houseplants for Millennials

The You and Yours listener who got M&S to reverse their redesign of her favourite pants

3/2/2018 • 26 minutes, 30 seconds

You and Yours Podcast: Older workers and living by the seaside

Changing the way we work for an ageing population and what's it like living in Blackpool?

2/23/2018 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds

The Cost Of Dementia Care; The History Of Saving And Borrowing

A personal story of the cost of dementia care. The history of saving and borrowing.

2/16/2018 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds

You and Yours Podcast - Care Homes, Interest-only Mortgages, Wine Deals and Annoying Mice

Life in a care home, interest-only mortgages, supermarket wine deals and clicking mice.

2/8/2018 • 20 minutes, 26 seconds

Homelessness and Microadventures

We talk about the rise in homelessness and find out why smaller trips might be the best.

2/2/2018 • 28 minutes, 41 seconds

Veganism and Fraud

Taking up veganism for January and why we're over confident about spotting scams.

1/25/2018 • 17 minutes, 23 seconds

You and Yours Podcast - Life Drawing, Driverless Cars and the Sex Pistols

Driverless cars, life-drawing, Iceland ditches the plastic and the Sex Pistols.

1/18/2018 • 30 minutes, 14 seconds

Switching off DAB, switching on smart meters and switching to holidays with an edge

Turning off FM radio. When will we all have smart meters and holidays with a dark edge.

1/12/2018 • 21 minutes, 57 seconds

You & Yours PODCAST 5/01/18 :'Miracle Spice' and Fitness Dreams

You & Yours Podcast 5/01/18: exposing, explaining and entertaining

1/5/2018 • 20 minutes, 11 seconds

You and Yours Best Bits of the Consumer Week

The man who travels the world tuning pianos and one Hollywood's top animal trainers.

12/29/2017 • 20 minutes, 18 seconds

Christmas debt and the gift of time

How to avoid Christmas spending debt, plus David Cassidy and the gift of time.

12/22/2017 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds

Impulse buying and Christmas decor trends

Software to stop you making late-night online purchases, and the latest Christmas decor.

12/14/2017 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds

Live streaming; Clothes you never wear

Sites that pay users to live-stream their lives and the clothes we buy but never wear

12/8/2017 • 30 minutes, 28 seconds

Cannabis cafes; The Archers; Facebook memorial profiles

Hear about You and Yours' involvement in the latest The Archers storyline.

11/30/2017 • 30 minutes, 36 seconds

Cutting down on the booze; Car hire complaints

Are you cutting down on how much alcohol you drink? Car hire complaints.

11/23/2017 • 28 minutes, 41 seconds

YYHighlights:Pet choices and cookery books

Why Delia Smith reckons the cook book is dead. And bringing a pet into your life.

11/16/2017 • 27 minutes, 33 seconds

Mary Portas; DIY for Young People; Best Christmas Presents

Shopping guru Mary Portas on Britain's high street. Your very best Christmas present.

11/10/2017 • 26 minutes, 7 seconds

Should the NHS fund IVF treatment? Film memorabilia

Should the NHS fund IVF treatment? 25 years of texting. Film memorabilia.

11/2/2017 • 26 minutes, 19 seconds

Dumb 'smart' meters and plastic oceans

Why 2nd generation smart meters aren't that smart and the sea-bin that eats plastic

10/26/2017 • 30 minutes, 45 seconds

Surviving mental health problems; the great squirrel battle for survival and michaelmas goose