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Money. Power. Business. And the absurd systems holding everything together.

Load Bearing is Freakonomics meets global business—with less reverence and more real life. It investigates the hidden incentives, unusual people and questionable decisions shaping business and modern life. Every episode starts with a question. The guest helps investigate it.

Most business podcasts discuss success once it has become a tidy story. Load Bearing is about what actually happened: the risks, near-disasters, impossible decisions, questionable coping mechanisms and the people quietly holding everything together off-camera.

Hosted by Sheelam Chadha—an entrepreneur, investor, commercial real-estate executive, mother and professional carrier of far too many things.

She has bought and sold some very large buildings. Hooray. And some small ones—not to discriminate. But the world is not just about bricks.

Sharp questions. Global perspectives. Dry humour. Important subjects and inappropriate levels of honesty—with occasional interruptions from actual children.

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  • Alberta Referendum: Why the Separation Fight Isn't Over | Duane Bratt

    Alberta Referendum: Why the Separation Fight Isn't Over | Duane Bratt
    Oct 16 2026
    Alberta's referendum on Monday 19 October: will Albertans vote to remain in Canada, or to begin the legal process for a binding separation referendum? And Quebec has just elected the separatist Parti Québécois. Political scientist Duane Bratt (Mount Royal University, co-editor of Blue Storm) explains what is really on the ballot, who is behind Alberta separatism, the meetings with US officials, Danielle Smith's balancing act, and why he thinks Canada will hold together, but the movement isn't going away. Hosted by Sheelam Chadha, who grew up in Calgary and lives in Brussels. Duane Bratt's books: Blue Storm: The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney (University of Calgary Press, 2023, co-editor); Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta (2019, co-editor). Recorded 15 October 2026, four days before the vote. Music in the trailer: O Canada, performed by the United States Navy Band (public domain); In the Hall of the Mountain King, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.
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    52 min
  • I Exposed the Wirecard Scandal. Would I Do It Again? | Pav Gill

    I Exposed the Wirecard Scandal. Would I Do It Again? | Pav Gill
    Oct 13 2026
    Wirecard whistleblower Pav Gill asks whether he would do it again, knowing what exposing the scandal would cost him. In this exclusive interview with Load Bearing, the former head of legal Asia-Pacific at Wirecard joins host Sheelam Chadha to discuss the evidence his mother helped get to the Financial Times. He recalls being asked to travel to Jakarta and receiving anonymous calls warning: "Don't go, you won't come back." They discuss BaFin's short-selling ban and pursuit of FT journalists, EY's inability to confirm €1.9bn in cash on 18 June 2020, and Wirecard's insolvency filing a week later, on 25 June. Former CEO Markus Braun is accused of fraud and denies the charges; his Munich trial has no verdict, with closing arguments planned for November 2026. Jan Marsalek remains a fugitive and has not been convicted. Pav also discusses Confide, the governance and whistleblowing software company he now runs, and a September 2026 study examining AI agents that blow the whistle on each other. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbxMlQrQG2U Pav Gill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavgill/ · Confide: https://confide.ai · Load Bearing: https://loadbearingpodcast.com Music: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    40 min
  • UK Mum-and-Dad Landlords Are Selling. Who's Buying? | Ashley Osborne

    UK Mum-and-Dad Landlords Are Selling. Who's Buying? | Ashley Osborne
    Oct 9 2026
    Is the UK government pushing small landlords out of the rental market? Ashley Osborne, founder of PRSim and former head of UK residential at Colliers, says governments want to replace mum-and-dad landlords with large institutional owners, and that the rental crisis is not going to be solved. We talk about the UK tax changes that squeezed buy-to-let, why developers have stalled, where London money is going, and why Abu Dhabi is drawing "plan B" investors. Chapters 0:00 Opening 1:17 Meet Ashley Osborne 3:52 Governments want small landlords out 9:04 The 2016 tax changes 14:49 Developers, institutions and VAT 20:01 Dubai and Abu Dhabi 24:24 Plan B investors leaving London 29:28 Rent caps in Abu Dhabi 35:20 Zero personal tax 40:59 "It's not going to be solved" 46:15 Who will own the buildings 47:12 Would you rather own or rent? Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KTfaYD3TzrU Music: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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    47 min
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