ICR050: Behind the scenes & guest interview highlights

This week in episode 50 of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin takes a behind the scenes look at producing the podcast and shares some highlights from previous guest interviews.

There’s also a roundup of the latest personal finance and investing news.

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In the personal finance and investing new roundup this week:

-UK price inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), has stayed at -0.1% for the year to October, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

-National Savings and Investments (NS&I) are cutting interest rates for savers in their Direct ISA on Monday.

-The chickens could finally be coming home to roost at the High Street bank HBOS, after a new report says regulators should consider banning ten of the former executives from ever working again in financial services.

-Young people are likely to be poorer than their parents at every step of their lives, according to a new study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Main topic

Because this is episode 50, a milestone episode of the Informed Choice Podcast, the main topic today is all about the making of this podcast.

So no personal finance or investing content this week, instead, a behind the scenes look at how we have prepared, recorded and edited this podcast each week for the past 50 weeks.

Also a bit of a look back at some of the most popular episodes.

–Episode 002: Sue Whitbread

–Episode 003: Justin King

–Episode 006: Simonne Gnessen

–Episode 011: Abraham Okusanya

–Episode 017: Carl Richards & Dee Searle

–Episode 018: Rachel Vahey

–Episode 024: Paul Claireaux

–Episode 025: Michelle Hoskin

–Episode 042: David Sinclair

–Episode 044: Chris Daems

–Episode 046: Nick Britton