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Monocle on Saturday

Don’t miss the week’s most interesting stories from around the world. Join Georgina Godwin every week on Monocle on Saturday to delve into the latest global news and culture, with reports from regular guests in Monocle’s London studio and our international correspondents.

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Trump and the EU, Arco Madrid and Adelaide Writers’ Week: EU and far-right politics expert Marta Lorimer joins Emma Nelson to discuss how the bloc can respond to Donald Trump’s new foreign policy. Plus: Monocle’s Robert Bound speaks to the co-founders of the Kyiv and Miami-based Voloshyn Gallery at Spanish art fair Arco Madrid. Finally, Georgina Godwin heads to Adelaide Writers’ Week for the final leg of her literary travels. 

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2498 Mar 2025
32 min

Trump and the EU, Arco Madrid and Adelaide Writers’ Week 

EU and far-right politics expert Marta Lorimer joins Emma Nelson to discuss how the bloc can respond to Donald Trump’s new foreign policy. Plus: Monocle’s Robert Bound speaks to the co-founders of the Kyiv and Miami-based Voloshyn Gallery at Spanish art fair Arco Madrid. Finally, Georgina Godwin heads to Adelaide Writers’ Week for the final leg of her literary travels. 

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2481 Mar 2025
35 min

Trump-Zelensky talks collapse, Ubud Writers Festival and Oscar buzz 

How did yesterday’s talks between Zelensky and Trump go so wrong? International journalist Nina dos Santos joins Emma Nelson to unpack the disastrous meeting, plus more of the week’s news and culture. Then: Georgina Godwin continues her literary tour of Asia and film critic Karen Krizanovich speaks to Fernando Augusto Pacheco ahead of tomorrow’s Academy Awards.

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24722 Feb 2025
33 min

German election and a literary tour of Asia 

Ahead of Germany’s federal election on Sunday, we hear from a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Sudha David-Wilp, at the Munich Security Conference. Plus, communications consultant Simon Brooke joins Emma Nelson for a look at the week’s news and culture stories while Georgina Godwin continues her literary tour of Asia, including a stop at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

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24615 Feb 2025
37 min

Weekly news-and-culture update 

Emma Nelson and Yassmin Abdel-Magied take a closer look at the week’s key global stories and cultural moments. Plus: Georgina Godwin brings us the latest from Weligama, Sri Lanka. We also speak to Di Speirs about the BBC National Short Story Award 2025.

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2458 Feb 2025
31 min

News-and-culture brief 

Emma Nelson and Terry Stiastny break down the week’s top global stories and cultural highlights. Plus: Georgina Godwin brings us the latest from Galle, Sri Lanka.

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2441 Feb 2025
30 min

Weekly news-and-culture brief 

Emma Nelson and Alex von Tunzelmann explore the week’s top global stories and cultural highlights. Plus: Georgina Godwin brings us the latest from Jaipur.

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24325 Jan 2025
33 min

News-and-culture round-up 

Emma Nelson and Stephen Dalziel explore the week’s top global stories and cultural highlights. Plus: WEF insights from Hub Culture’s Stan Stalnaker and the latest from Georgina Godwin in Kolkata.

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24218 Jan 2025
33 min

News and culture round-up 

Georgina Godwin and Charles Hecker discuss the week’s top global stories, delve into cultural highlights and a chat with Peter Florence about his two exciting initiatives: The Conversation and European Festivals Forest.  

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24111 Jan 2025
32 min

News and culture roundup 

Georgina Godwin is joined by Vincent McAviney to discuss the week’s highlights and share stories from the international papers.nn 

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2404 Jan 2025
32 min

Monocle on Saturday 

A fast-paced round-up of the week’s news and culture, hosted by Georgina Godwin from Midori House in London.

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23928 Dec 2024
32 min

Monocle on Saturday 

A fast-paced round-up of the week’s news and culture, hosted by Georgina Godwin from Midori House in London. 

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23821 Dec 2024
30 min

News and culture round-up 

Join Georgina Godwin and Charles Hecker reflect on the week’s top news stories and cultural highlights. Plus: an engaging conversation with Ferdia Lennon, the winner of the prestigious Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Comic Fiction Prize.  

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23714 Dec 2024
35 min

Monocle on Saturday: Christmas market special 

Join Georgina Godwin, Tyler Brûlé, and Latika Bourke for a roundup of the week’s news and culture in this Christmas special, broadcast live from our festive market. Plus: a conversation with Monocle’s Paris bureau chief, Simon Bouvier.nn 

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2367 Dec 2024
32 min

The week in news and culture 

Join Georgina Godwin and Charles Hecker for a round-up of the week’s news and culture. Plus: a conversation with Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, writer and director of ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’.

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23423 Nov 2024
33 min

Trump’s diet overhaul, the power of craftsmanship and the $6.2m banana 

Former first lady Melania Trump and future US health secretary, RFK Jr, are teaming up to improve the president-elect’s diet. Then, Europe prepares for Trump tariffs and Cop29 discussions go into overtime. Join regular Monocle Radio commentator Vincent McAviney and Georgina Godwin for these stories and more of the week’s news and culture. Plus: arts specialist Issabella Orlando explores how crafted goods from homewares to clothing can inspire us to consume less, value more and forge lasting connections with the things we own. 

 

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