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Latest Episodes
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Gavin MacFadyen and Xenia Dormandy explain the global ripples of a US government shutdown. We also take stock of the media this week from the UK to Egypt, visit an Iranian art exhibition in New York and meet film critic Jason Solomons for coffee and conversation at the Monocle Café.
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Robert Fox and Dr James D Boys discuss the piracy charges against Greenpeace activists in Russia, give an update on the US government shutdown, and Fernando Augusto Pacheco gets a primer on Japanese erotic art.
13
Rachel Shabi and Shashank Joshi read between the lines of Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN speech, we review a new media project in the Netherlands that ditches the concept of a news agenda, and we meet author Nicholas Lovell at the Monocle Café.
12
John Owen and Brett Mason discuss the Washington shutdown, we pick apart the viciousness of the media in the UK and Australia, and talk photography with our neighbours at London’s Atlas Gallery.
11
George Brock of London’s City University and Matthew Jamison of RUSI discuss the state of US investigative journalism, Marlborough Contemporary gallery director Andrew Renton meets us in the Monocle Café, and we visit a think-tank in Austria run by under-40s.
10
John Everard and Stewart Purvis discuss a week of high-stakes diplomacy, we head to the Monocle Café with Dr David Lewis for a chat on the psychology of shopping, and meet the curator of the fifth Brazilian Film Festival in London.
9
Alessio Patalano and Brett Mason discuss Shinzo Abe’s political fortunes and diplomatic gambles, we meet British pop-artist David Spiller at the Monocle Café, and our man in Santiago explores a countercultural emporium in Chile.
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Defence specialist Robert Fox and RUSI fellow Matthew Jamison ask if there’s an “Obama Doctrine” within US foreign policy, Monocle editor Andrew Tuck chats with Peruvian restaurateur and music promoter Martin Morales at the Monocle Café, and we talk economics with Daniel Alpert, author of the new book “The Age…
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Xenia Dormandy and Dr James D Boys read between the lines of the UN General Assembly speeches, we meet the founders of the London Film Academy, and Caleb Lauer reports from an international tattoo convention in Istanbul.
6
Jane Kinninmont and Greg Beitchman discuss the Al-Shabaab siege of the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi and also analyse Sunday’s Peshawar church attack. Plus, we talk ethical design with Yves Béhar, and chat with author Nigel Hollis about why brand image really does matter.
