10 August 2019
Episode 407
01 hour
Highlights from the past seven days on Monocle 24 presented by Ben Rylan and Fernando Augusto Pacheco. This week we take a deep dive into Lil Nas X’s US record-breaking number-one single “Old Town Road”. We learn how British entrepreneur George Frost created one of the UK’s top rum brands in just a few years. And Swiss pop singer Vendredi Sur Mer performs live.
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