Ski fields in Saudi Arabia? Not the most natural combination to spring to mind... but the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman wants to change that. And he’s allocated $500 billion of the country’s oil wealth to make it happen. Neom is the main project in Saudi Arabia’s efforts to modernise the country. It’s the ambition for a city of more than a million people, one of the largest hydrogen plants in the world, a raft of futuristic technology… and a ski resort. And it's all built on a patch of desert in the North East of Saudi Arabia near the Egypt and Jordan borders. Today Darcy and Sascha talk about the plan for Neom, and ask the question - can $500 billion dollars build you a ski resort in the middle of the desert?
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