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21 March 2025

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology…

21 March 2025

Europe’s response to the plan for peacekeepers in Ukraine and developments surrounding the potential ceasefire with Russia. Then: the International Olympic Committee votes in a new president and the South Pacific looks to…

20 March 2025

We report from San Francisco as Monocle’s Christopher Lord speaks with some of the key players and devotees of the city’s downtown – an area that has most keenly felt the effects of the post-pandemic lull. The city’s mayor…

20 March 2025

We’re live from our Paris studio with panellists Michele Barbero and Florence Martin-Kessler to discuss the EU’s leaders summit in Brussels, why the pension debate in France will never go away and why King Charles III is…

20 March 2025

As Canada strengthens ties with Europe’s defence industry, Monocle’s Toronto correspondent, Tomos Lewis, joins Chris Cermak to discuss rumours that Canadians now want to officially join the bloc. Plus: the death toll mounts…

20 March 2025

As the US and Ukrainian presidents speak for the first time since their awkward meeting at the White House, we look at what progress can be made to end the war with Russia. Then: former president of the Philippines Rodrigo…

19 March 2025

On this special edition we’re joined by Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, along with your favourite Monocle editors and a host of industry experts in celebrating the opening of our new shop and café on Rue Bacha…

19 March 2025

Live from our new studios in Paris, we bring you the latest on the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. Then: ‘Konfekt’ editor Sophie Grove shares her favourite stories from the latest issue and the designers of our…

19 March 2025

As our guests flock to 16 Rue Bachaumont for our first Paris-based broadcast of ‘The Globalist’, we’ll discuss the EU’s response to the call between Trump and Putin, Macron’s visit to Berlin, Printemps’ American debut and…

18 March 2025

Live for the first time from our 16 Rue Bachaumont studio in Paris, Emma Nelson is joined by Monocle’s Paris bureau chief, Simon Bouvier, and journalist Colette Davidson. We discuss whether Trump can be the world’s negot…

18 March 2025

As Israel launches the deadliest attack on Gaza since the ceasefire began, Nada AlTaher and Hannah McCarthy join Andrew Mueller to discuss the effects of the strikes. Plus: the US considers recognising Crimea as Russian,…

18 March 2025

As Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin continue to negotiate a potential ceasefire in Ukraine over the phone, what concessions are on the table? Plus: why gemstones are a sparkling investment choice and is Switzerland’s neut…

17 March 2025

As Washington and Moscow confirm that private talks about a potential ceasefire in Ukraine will go ahead later this week, we discuss the reaction from Europe. Elsewhere, we ask about Voice of America, as Donald Trump’s move…

17 March 2025

As tensions rise in the region, foreign ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the future of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Syria. Plus: Mark Carney snubs the US on his first international trip, why Leipzig is Germany’s fastest growing…

17 March 2025

As US strikes on Yemen continue, Julie Norman joins Emma Nelson to discuss why this plan might lead to further escalation. Plus, the latest conditions for a ceasefire from Russia, a flick through the international papers…