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Welcome to the Alphabet Accounting Podcast – brought to you by Warwick Business School.
Join Professor Lisa Weaver and Associate Professor Jodie Lucas as they take you on an A–Z journey through the essential concepts and terminology used throughout the BSc Accounting & Finance degree.
Each episode unpacks a key word or phrase explaining what it means, why it matters, and how it connects to real-world accounting and financial decision-making. Whether you're a current student, preparing to apply, or just curious about the language of finance, this podcast will help demystify the subject one letter at a time.
To find out more about our BSc Accounting & Finance degree visit: https://www.wbs.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/accounting-and-finance/
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S1 Episode 0 - Welcome to Alphabet Accounting
Welcome to the Alphabet Accounting Podcast – brought to you by Warwick Business School.Join Professor Lisa Weaver and Associate Professor Jodie Lucas as they take you on an A–Z journey through the…
S1E1 Episode 1 - Letter A (Part 1)
In this episode, we will be covering Assets and Amortisation. Assets: What is an Asset? We'll be including non-current assets and current asset examples.Amortisation: We'll explore the definition of…
S1E2 Episode 2 - Letter A (Part 2)
In this episode, we will be discussing the Accruals Concept, Accounting Period and Accounting Estimates. Accruals Concept: What is meant by this fundamental concept? And we'll provide an example of…
S1E3 Episode 3 - Letter A (Part 3)
In this episode, we explain ARGA, Authorised Shared Capital and one of our favourite words, Audit. ARGA: Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA), who they are and what ARGA does.Audit: an…
S1E4 Episode 4 - Letter B (Part 1)
We move on to our next letter, starting things off with Balance Sheet, Biological Assets and Brands. Balance Sheet: aka Statement of Financial Position. The statement is briefly explained.Biological…
S1E5 Episode 5 - Letter B (Part 2)
We have quite a few words on this one, starting with Bad Debts then Big Bath provisions. To round out the episode, we combine discussions on Bank Overdraft and Borrowing Costs.Bad Debts: definition…
S1E6 Episode 6 - Letter C (Part 1)
In part 1 of our Cs, we have Capital Expenditure (or CapEx for short), Carrying Value and Current Assets. We then explain all things credit with a review of Creditor, Credit Control and Credit Note.…
S1E7 Episode 7 - Letter C (Part 2)
In part 2 of Letter C, we unpick what is meant be Cost of Sales, Carried Down/Brought Down and explain what a Contingent Liability and Contingent Asset are.
S1E8 Episode 8 - Letter C (Part 3)
In part 3, we begin by decoding the Cash Flow Statement and then understanding why Cash Doesn't Equal Profit. Stay tuned for a speedy exploration of Cash Equivalents and insights into Consolidation…
S1E9 Episode 9 - Letter C (Part 4)
In our final episode on C, we look at 4 more words and phrases. We start with a thorough discussion about Corporate Governance before a shorter one on the Companies Act. After that, we look at…
S1E10 Episode 10 - Letter D (Part 1)
In this episode, we will be covering Directors, Director's Remuneration, Disclosure Notes and finally Double Entry Bookkeeping.
S1E11 Episode 11 - Letter D (Part 2)
In this episode, we will be discussing Depreciation, Derecognition, Deferred income/revenue and Dividends.
S1E12 Episode 12 - Letter D (Part 3)
This episode is jam-packed with Ds, as we cover Directly Attributable Costs, Decommissioning Costs, Debt, Debtor and Discounted Cash Flow, then we finish off with a short chat on Debenture Loans.
S1E13 Episode 13 - Letter E (Part 1)
Moving on from D and straight into our first episode on E. We chat about Earnings Per Share, EBITDA, and Equity. We then have some really quick discussions on Economic Life, Estimates, and lastly…
S1E14 Episode 14 - Letter E (Part 2)
In this second Letter E episode, we cover several E-based phrases including Exceptional Items/Extraordinary Items, Effective Interest, Exposure Draft and lastly External Auditor.
S1E15 Episode 15 - Letter F (Part 1)
Carrying on to Letter F now, we begin by looking at inventory, including Finished Goods and then First In/First Out or FIFO. We then talk about an incredibly important topic, Fraud and Faithful…
S1E16 Episode 16 - Letter F (Part 2)
What would the letter F be without a look at phrases with the term 'Finance' in them? We start with clarifying Financial Assets and Financial Analysis. We then have a couple more discussions around…
S1E17 Episode 17 - Letter G (Part 1)
Moving swiftly on, we have part 1 for Letter G. In this episode, we explore Gearing, Gap, Going Concern and then a quick chat about Groups.
S1E18 Episode 18 - Letter G (Part 2)
Moving forward to part 2 on G. We first tackle Government Grants before looking at a rather new set of terms to do with sustainability; Greenwashing and Green-dazzling. To conclude we explore all…
S1E19 Episode 19 - Letter H (Part 1)
Rather than our usual in-person recording, we jumped online for some H words, so the sound is a bit different this time!In part 1, we look at Honest/Honesty, Horizontal Analysis and Hedging…
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Alphabet Accounting Podcast has published 43 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.
Alphabet Accounting Podcast is currently dormant with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 11m.
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