[B-SIDE Podcast] China: Duterte’s Achilles’ heel

https://open.spotify.com/episode/59vaNiUEOrGUCXROYazPdg Political analyst Robin Michael Garcia talks about issues affecting Philippine attitudes toward China, among them the coronavirus pandemic and the increasing tension in the...

[B-SIDE Podcast] The university of the future: Philippine tertiary education amid the pandemic

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5knqMbZXGlFSOu5DN1ysWc Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The academic year is about to start. Universities and colleges are shifting to remote learning as physical classrooms all...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Creating despite COVID: The entertainment industry and the pandemic

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2leS1w5heWpmzxUkZEZ6Zf Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side We’ve been consuming a lot more content since the pandemic left us housebound. Filmmakers are streaming their films on...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Saving the Philippine startup ecosystem

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Ga2ZWDak1TADeMjk87Slc According to James Lette, executive director of Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN), much of the Philippine startup ecosystem is close to the point of...

[B-Side Podcast] Hitting the gym: how the local fitness industry is dealing with the...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/685yxi2eZsIZHiXDYpsBSD Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The local fitness industry was booming before the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic hit, with international chains and small...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Flying blind: Making the case for a surveillance and monitoring system

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yZAmQUGz6QjlQ55jXhRVb Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Without a sentinel surveillance system, tech entrepreneurs Paul Rivera and Danny Castonguay believe that the country is flying blind...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Private equity in light of the pandemic

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MfEDifVO0sKVXFkCzu1wv Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Bain & Company, a management consulting firm based in the United States, said that the Philippines might benefit in...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Artificial intelligence: the key to a thriving post-pandemic economy

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QYK6sxokTsbp5vvKzBHlY Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the key to helping the Philippine economy get back on its feet. Without sufficient...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Remote medical imaging and COVID-19 detection

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1E0b13KJYSXm1AAtuZJGjd Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Health experts are still learning how the coronavirus attacks the human body. What they do know is that COVID-19...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Lack of preparation threatens Philippine agriculture sector

https://open.spotify.com/episode/781xGLdNuQPSSCaYjFIrQO Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side COVID-19 has exposed how fragile the agriculture sector is. Local farmers are among the hardest hit by the pandemic...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Q1 GDP: Not a pretty picture

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WlDVSTHL7CQKrcG0ofwOu?si=JILR7pTlQiCCstXNFizK8A Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The COVID-19 pandemic ended a 21-year growth streak in the Philippine economy as strict lockdown measures aimed at containing...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Navigating the ‘next normal,’ according to McKinsey and Company

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LlCRQcbIoG8MIrCkRZxOz?si=DNTdl6GRSPKdQbJwkgsDPg Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side After two months in lockdown, Philippine cities are slowly opening up to a new reality, Management consulting firm McKinsey and...