Smart Consumer

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Spending and stuff from the team at You and Yours.


Episode Date
Coronavirus: Advice for parents coping with the kids being at home now the schools are closing their doors.
Mar 19, 2020
Getting your finances under control in your twenties.
Mar 12, 2020
How beauty influencers encourage us to buy and wear more Makeup
Feb 26, 2020
Eating in or dining out....what do you want for breakfast?
Feb 19, 2020
Why don't people see working as a waiter as a career - and why as diners do we dismiss them?
Feb 14, 2020
Overdrafts - the new charges and how to avoid them
Feb 07, 2020
What should we eat to stay healthy?
Jan 31, 2020
Should you spend more than £1,000 on an electric bike?
Jan 24, 2020
Mindful drinking for the sober curious - could you give up alcohol?
Jan 17, 2020
Failed diets and body shaming - can you combine wellbeing and weight loss?
Jan 10, 2020
Your guide to the fitness and wellness trends for 2020; including intuitive exercise, biohacking and the latest fitness tech.
Dec 20, 2019
Young couples discuss the difficulties and cost of long distance relationships.
Dec 13, 2019
How to keep the cost of car insurance down for younger drivers.
Dec 06, 2019
Letting the train take the strain; would you go on a foreign holiday by train instead of plane?
Nov 29, 2019
Great for instagram and wellbeing, but will a plant purify the air?
Nov 22, 2019
Young entrepreneurs - have you got what it takes to run a successful business?
Nov 15, 2019
The people living in tiny rental spaces and what can be done about it
Nov 08, 2019
The things you need to think of if you're planning to take a career break to travel or work abroad.
Oct 31, 2019
Why are we so aggressive and mean to learner drivers?
Oct 25, 2019
Two former gamblers discuss how the industry breaks the rules and fails to protect vulnerable people
Oct 17, 2019
The IPAs in the cartoon cans....who are they REALLY aimed at? The beers so on message they might be aiming too low
Oct 10, 2019
How Britain's towns and cities are trying to clean up the air we breathe
Oct 03, 2019
Does it pay to take a gap year?
Sep 27, 2019
Second-Hand Clothes
Sep 20, 2019
How can online shopping and home delivery be less harmful to the environment?
Sep 13, 2019
Dating Differently
Sep 06, 2019
How to afford university
Aug 30, 2019
Stag and Hen do...or don't?
Aug 23, 2019
How to be better at saving money
Aug 16, 2019
The young interns who're tired of working for nothing
Aug 09, 2019
Why Love Island style dental veneers might not be the best idea
Aug 02, 2019
Everything you need to know about tattoos
Jul 26, 2019
Credit cards and how to avoid a cycle of debt
Jul 19, 2019
The new trend for cruise ship holidays amongst young people
Jul 12, 2019
How "virtual reality" technology is helping to treat trauma and anxiety
Jul 05, 2019
The truth about sunscreens - from SPF dilemmas to reef-friendly labels
Jun 28, 2019
With more GP's quitting what's the future for General Practice?
Jun 21, 2019
Everything you need to know about music festivals and how to survive them with Mark Radcliffe and some young people!
Jun 14, 2019
Mortgage mishaps and how to avoid them
Jun 07, 2019
Students talk to us about life, money and what proposals to cut the cost of university fees mean to them
May 31, 2019
The young climate change activists persuading us to change our behaviour
May 24, 2019
Recycling crisp packets - the impossible dream? And could you give up clothes buying for a year?
May 17, 2019
Folding Phones and Renting Clothes
May 10, 2019
The new instagram trend for "Shelfies" and how they help with mindfulness
May 03, 2019
Gambling addiction and IVF.
Apr 25, 2019
Why gaming's good for you
Apr 19, 2019
What to do if your energy company folds and the secret to baking bread.
Apr 11, 2019
Joe Lycett and Tiny Houses
Apr 05, 2019
Rising rents on the high street and the latest technology designed to slow down our cars.
Mar 27, 2019
Recycling coffee cups and brexit tales
Mar 15, 2019
Signs of Life
Mar 08, 2019
Equal pay and junk food
Mar 01, 2019
Dangerous tyres and Dads looking like Lads
Feb 21, 2019
Organ Donation and Vampire Shopping
Feb 15, 2019
Veganism and Drive-Thrus
Feb 08, 2019
Key fob car theft and protecting children online
Jan 31, 2019
Life after care
Jan 24, 2019
Decluttering with Marie Kondo and cassette tapes
Jan 18, 2019
Will Self on Universal Credit; and Professional Bridesmaids
Jan 11, 2019
Sugar Babies - more finance than romance?
Dec 31, 2018
Bobbi Brown and the beauty industry
Dec 27, 2018
Paying for Christmas, Staying Brand Loyal and NOT Running for Charity
Dec 20, 2018
Special Educational Needs, Stammering, Starless Cars and No Brexit Content!
Dec 13, 2018
Eating, Earning and Education
Dec 06, 2018
Pensions, Schooling and Junk Food
Nov 29, 2018
Universal Credit and electric planes
Nov 23, 2018
Bank Blunder and Solar Rip-Off
Nov 16, 2018
Faster Music and Avon
Nov 09, 2018
Noise nuisance and teenagers vaping
Nov 01, 2018
Eco-friendly shopping and Xylitol
Oct 25, 2018
Adoption and the global sleep industry
Oct 17, 2018
Why fewer young people drink alcohol and lost property on planes
Oct 12, 2018
Traidcraft and music for dementia
Oct 04, 2018
Finding Love After Bereavement
Sep 27, 2018
Looking scruffy, flying cars and the price of alcohol.
Sep 20, 2018
Two-Timing on Tinder
Sep 14, 2018
The Crippling Cost of Childcare
Sep 06, 2018
Antiques Roadshow You & Yours Podcast Special
Aug 31, 2018
Preserving your digital music collection and dealing with debt collectors
Aug 27, 2018
High Street Botox and Luxury Straws
Aug 17, 2018
Getting in Bind over Japanese Knotweed
Aug 09, 2018
70 years of the album: charting its history
Aug 03, 2018
Celebrating the Vox Pop
Jul 26, 2018
What's your best memory of "Now that's what I call music"?
Jul 19, 2018
When have you been given a second chance?
Jul 12, 2018
Why would you spend £5000 on a new TV???
Jul 05, 2018
Is pop past its peak for music fans?
Jun 29, 2018
Disability benefits and World Cup travel
Jun 22, 2018
You and Yours Podcast - Carers, Open University, A&E lists
Jun 14, 2018
You and Yours Podcast - Learner drivers, train timetables and online photos
Jun 07, 2018
Future transport: behind the scenes
Jun 01, 2018
Voice activation and the record number of failing care homes.
May 18, 2018
The £50 rubbish bag and the £30 million garden
May 10, 2018
I-phone batteries and dogs banged up
May 03, 2018
Loan sharks and long boring books
Apr 26, 2018
Modern Dating and Cashback Websites
Apr 20, 2018
Illicit Drinks and CD Sales
Apr 13, 2018
Behind the scenes on the You and Yours debt special
Apr 05, 2018
Maternity services and renting out your own car
Mar 29, 2018
Romance fraud and the holiday destination that doesn't want more tourists
Mar 23, 2018
Fake Food & The Fear of Finding Out
Mar 16, 2018
The You and Yours Coffee Break. What are you eating and who are going to you watch?
Mar 08, 2018
M&S Knickers and Houseplants for Millennials
Mar 02, 2018
You and Yours Podcast: Older workers and living by the seaside
Feb 23, 2018
The Cost Of Dementia Care; The History Of Saving And Borrowing
Feb 16, 2018
You and Yours Podcast - Care Homes, Interest-only Mortgages, Wine Deals and Annoying Mice
Feb 08, 2018
Homelessness and Microadventures
Feb 02, 2018
Veganism and Fraud
Jan 25, 2018
You and Yours Podcast - Life Drawing, Driverless Cars and the Sex Pistols
Jan 18, 2018
Switching off DAB, switching on smart meters and switching to holidays with an edge
Jan 12, 2018
You & Yours PODCAST 5/01/18 :'Miracle Spice' and Fitness Dreams
Jan 05, 2018
You and Yours Best Bits of the Consumer Week
Dec 29, 2017
Christmas debt and the gift of time
Dec 22, 2017
Impulse buying and Christmas decor trends
Dec 14, 2017
Live streaming; Clothes you never wear
Dec 08, 2017
Cannabis cafes; The Archers; Facebook memorial profiles
Nov 30, 2017
Cutting down on the booze; Car hire complaints
Nov 23, 2017
YYHighlights:Pet choices and cookery books
Nov 16, 2017
Mary Portas; DIY for Young People; Best Christmas Presents
Nov 10, 2017
Should the NHS fund IVF treatment? Film memorabilia
Nov 02, 2017
Dumb 'smart' meters and plastic oceans
Oct 26, 2017
Surviving mental health problems; the great squirrel battle for survival and michaelmas goose
Oct 05, 2017
Elderly drivers and Tourism
Sep 22, 2017
How a scheme to declutter streets ended in tragedy and drinking water, is bottled really better than tap?
Sep 15, 2017
We mark 10 years of contactless card payments and how charity crowdfunding websites are a magnet for criminals
Sep 08, 2017
Ryanair and microchipped skin.
Sep 05, 2017