2025-06-20
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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.
Hello, this is The Explanation from the BBC World Service, recorded on the 18th of June.
I'm John Simpson and you're listening to Unspun World.
where we go behind the headlines with the BBC's unmatched correspondence to find out what's really going on.
On this week's programme,
could Israel's attacks on Iran end up toppling the regime of the Ayatollahs?
Once the regime is not able to maintain its grip on power, anything could happen.
How effective can gatherings of Western leaders like the G7 in Canada be in dealing with crises like the war between Israel and Iran?
The benefit of these kind of events is that world leaders can talk to Donald Trump face to face and just try and get some sense of what's going on in his head.