Old Newscast: The Global Financial Crash, 2008 (Part 2)
How the Lehman Brothers collapse sparked the global financial crisis
April 22, 2025
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Old Newscast: The Global Financial Crash, 2008 (Part 2)
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<p>Today, we’re going to look back what happened after the collapse of Lehman Brothers - which sparked the global financial crisis. </p><p>Adam is joined by economics editor, Faisal Islam and columnist at the FT, Gillian Tett.</p><p>You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.</p><p>You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9</p><p>New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1</p><p>Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack MacLaren with Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.</p>
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