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Latest Episodes
Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part two
Join us for a Boxing Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from British film director…
Christmas Day special
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and editor-in-chief, Andrew Tuck, join Tom Edwards, Robert Bound and Gillian Dobias to swap presents, survey the festivities around the world and share their Christmas wishes.
Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part one
Join us for a Christmas Eve special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from Oscar-winning director Susanne…
Monday 23 December
A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from Midori House in London by Emma Nelson.
Congressional tensions in the US and our favourite films of 2024
The US lurches towards a government shutdown as president-elect Donald Trump torpedoes a bipartisan spending bill. Plus: the EU takes the UK to court. Then: the best films of 2024 and what to eat…
Is Italy Europe’s stability?
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, presents her budget to parliament and her image of Italy as a stable, fiscally responsible country in the EU. Plus, the UK becomes the first country outside the Asia-Pacific…
Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks and Justin Trudeau’s precarious future
Officials say that an Israel-Hamas ceasefire could be close as negotiations continue. Plus: we check in with the uncertain political futures of Brazil’s Lula and Canada’s Trudeau. Then: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins…
Examining the world’s overlooked war
Germany’s election campaign begins – but what could its next government look like? Then we turn to Sudan to get the latest from the ground and learn how foreign powers are engaging with the…
The world weighs in on Syria and South Korea begins impeachment trial
How are international powers weighing the new power dynamic in Syria? Then: we head to Seoul as president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial begins. Plus: we discuss the Anthropocene, a proposed geological epoch.
France’s new prime minister
Emmanuel Macron names François Bayrou as the country’s new prime minister. Will he last longer than Michel Barnier? We ask our Paris bureau chief, Simon Bouvier. Then: Chanel has a new artistic director and…
