The Monocle Weekly

The Monocle Weekly

This week, in Edition 121 of The Monocle Weekly, we speak to Icelandic president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to find out why he's opened the doors of his residence to a few lucky tourists and why other Icelanders should be doing the same. Then Monocle's Asia defence correspondent Trefor Moss is in the studio to discuss Rio de Janeiro's decision to use military drone spy planes to keep the city safe for the 2014 World Cup. And, since it's the last day of London's Frieze Art Fair, we sent our own Thea Urdal to catch up with American photographer Taryn Simon. To end the show, it's our foreign editor Steve Bloomfield on why taking a friend on a work trip isn't so bad.

Download Edition 121 (mp3)


MPU


Credits

Producer: Dawn Trump
Editor & Sound Engineer: Chris Sharp
Photographer: Andrew Urwin

Tyler Brule
Tyler Brûlé

Editor in chief

Andrew Tuck
Andrew Tuck

Editor

Robert Bound
Robert Bound

Culture editor

Trefor Moss
Trefor Moss

Asia defence correspondent

Hosted by editor in chief Tyler Brûlé, The Monocle Weekly is a mix of smart discussion, previews, field reports and feature interviews. From our studio in London and our bureaux in Tokyo and New York, Monocle's editors focus on the stories shaping the week ahead.

Culture editor Robert Bound is a regular with his weekly playlist of artists established and obscure and editor Andrew Tuck is at hand to moderate debates and pull in contributions from our correspondents in far flung corners of the world.