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The perfect way to start the day in Europe is with Monocle’s morning news programme. Join Monocle 24’s editors, presenters and guests as they set the agenda in international news and business. Winner Best News & Politics Radio Show in the 2015 Mixcloud Online Radio Awards.
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The Entrepreneurs 30 min listen
Hong Kong design survey
Section D 30 min listen
Why would you read a manuscript?
Culture with Robert Bound 30 min listen
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Sets the agenda in Asia and considers what’s been dominating the day in Europe and North America. The programme is sometimes co-hosted out of our Toronto and New York bureaux and features regular interviews with special guests both there and across the Americas, as well as experts and analysts at our studios in London.
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Monocle 24’s Paul Osbourne discusses Brexit developments and drama with Sean Kemp, former deputy head of press for the UK’s coalition government.
The Globalist 8 min listen
It’s a term that has suddenly become commonplace but is it entirely accurate?
The Monocle Daily 10 min listen
Should our political leaders ever negotiate with terrorist groups?
Midori House 18 min listen
Renaud Thillaye and Guy De Launey discuss the re-emergence and consequences of political populism in the West, from Brexit to Trump.
The Cinema Show 6 min listen
The Menu 9 min listen
The Urbanist 4 min listen
The Monocle Weekly 14 min listen
The Entrepreneurs 8 min listen
The Foreign Desk 4 min listen
Section D 3 min listen
The Menu 8 min listen
Georgina Godwin speaks to research scientist, author and broadcaster Baroness Susan Greenfield, whose latest book, ‘A day in the Life of a Brain’, presents a new way to think about how public becomes private. We learn about her fascinating career.
Meet the Writers 51 30 min listen
This month on our podcast review we discuss the return of ‘The Bugle’ after John Oliver’s departure. Plus: NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ hits The White House and we embed ourselves in the eerie world of ‘Night Vale’.
The Monocle Arts Review 438 15 min listen
The relocation of London’s Design Museum marks a significant expansion for the institution. It’s moving from a former banana warehouse in Shad Thames to the Grade II-listed former Commonwealth Institute Building in Kensington. John Pawson, the architect who led the design team behind the project, and the museum’s deputy director Alice Black took Monocle’s Henry Rees-Sheridan on a tour to explain the thinking behind the relaunch.
Section D 266 8 min listen
British chocolate brand Prestat has been making delicious delights for more than a century and former fans include the Queen Mother and that literary lover of all things chocolate, Roald Dahl. But after more than 100 years of ups and downs and a succession of colourful owners, the company aims to attract the next generation of fans. We visit the factory and sit down with chairman Nick Crean.
The Entrepreneurs 233 10 min listen
Touching down in Brazil, we take a closer look at what makes the country’s voracious readers leaf through their favourite magazines. Plus: as the Olympic Games draw closer, we ask how the nation’s daily newspapers are covering the difficulties the country is facing today.
The Stack 180 28 min listen
Alongside the team behind Monocle 24’s ‘The Urbanist’, we’re trekking through a metropolitan maze as we explore how cities are depicted on screen. We hear from ‘Detroit Free Press’ on how its city has been given the cinematic treatment, while much-praised film-maker Mark Cousins discusses his relationship with Belfast ahead of his upcoming artistic documentary. Plus: secrets and myths behind the closed doors of New York’s Dakota building.
The Cinema Show 9 29 min listen
Fighting the establishment is more than just a figure of speech in the countries that once made up Yugoslavia. As communism gave way to klepto-capitalism, many urban amenities were ransacked for the personal profit of the well-connected. But over the past five years the Ministry of Space – a collective of architects, artists and urbanists – has battled to reclaim public spaces and reconnect citizens with development decisions.
The Urbanist 222 7 min listen
Interior designer and Firmdale Hotels co-founder Kit Kemp talks us through her new book, ‘Every Room Tells a Story’.
Section D 215 6 min listen
Julia Jacklin
The Sessions at Midori House 16 min listen
Music: Georgie Rogers
The Monocle Arts Review 15 min listen
Do we need protest songs now more than ever?
Culture with Robert Bound 27 min listen
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
Ian Rankin
Meet the Writers 30 min listen
Jonathan Safran Foer: part two
Donald Trump won. So, what next?
The Foreign Desk 30 min listen
How funny is the presidential race?
Culture with Robert Bound 28 min listen
What President Clinton (or Trump) will mean for the Middle East
The Global Election 30 min listen
TV: Italy
The Monocle Arts Review 20 min listen
TV: Alice Vincent
TV: John Doyle
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