2025-07-16
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Good Bad Billionaire is back for a brand new season.
And this time, we're shaking things up on the podcast,
looking back on the lives and fortunes of US industry titans.
From one of the founders of the American retail giant Walmart, Sam Walton.
To the aviator, filmmaker, property tycoon,
playboy and original eccentric billionaire, Howard Hughes.
Simon and I are asking if they were good, bad or just another billionaire.
That's Good Bad Dead Billionaire from the BBC World Service.
With me, Zing Zing.
And me, Simon Jack.
Listen now, search for Good Bad... billionaire wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
When I was in China four weeks ago, I took up my typical stable of reds, cabernet, charades.
I also took up some chardonnay, I took some pinot noir,
I took some sparkling wine, and would you believe they were the hits.
And if you've got a laboo-boo door,
clip to your handbag how you've helped to create a $40 billion giant.
First though, another day, another trade deal from President Trump, this time with Indonesia.
US firms will enjoy tariff-free access to the Southeast Asian economy.
In return, tariffs on Indonesian goods will be set at 19%,