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Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.

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Monocle’s Christopher Cermak joins Andrew Mueller from Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th president of the US. Then: what’s on the agenda for Japan, India, Australia and the US at the Quad meeting? Plus: the World Economic Forum at Davos continues.

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3525	21 Jan 2025 58 min	Trump’s inauguration Monocle’s Christopher Cermak joins Andrew Mueller from Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th president of the US. Then: what’s on the agenda for Japan, India, Australia and the US at the Quad meeting? Plus: the World Economic Forum at Davos continues.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3524	20 Jan 2025 57 min	Hostages released, Trump’s inauguration and WEF As the first three Israeli hostages are released, Yossi Mekelberg joins Andrew Mueller to discuss this turning point for the region. Plus: Trump’s inauguration, the latest from The Vatican and a look ahead to the World Economic Forum, live from Zürich.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3523	17 Jan 2025 58 min	Biden’s final days in the Oval Office and the Iran-Russia partnership Julie Norman joins Emma Nelson to discuss US president Joe Biden’s final days in the Oval Office. Plus: presidents Putin and Pezeshkian of Russia and Iran sign a historic partnership treaty, then we explore Southeast Asia’s biggest international art fair, Art SG, and look back at the life and legacy of director David Lynch.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3522	16 Jan 2025 1 hour 3 min	Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal reached As the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is agreed after 15 months of war, Ksenia Svetlova and Yossi Mekelberg join Emma Nelson to discuss. Plus: Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial continues post arrest, the ECR hands over leadership and we flick through ‘Greece: The Monocle Handbook’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3521	15 Jan 2025 58 min	François Bayrou’s first policy speech and Poschiavo’s gold medal France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, gives his first key policy speech and Poschiavo receives the 2025 Wakker Prize. Also on the programme: why K-Pop group NewJeans are embroiled in a row with their record label and a review of two of the year’s biggest musical openings. Plus: we check in with Pitti Immagine Uomo, the men’s fashion trade fair that is held twice a year in Florence.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3520	14 Jan 2025 58 min	Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial begins in Seoul The impeachment trial for South Korea’s embattled president, Yoon Suk Yeol, gets under way with the first hearings in Seoul. Also on the programme: Pope Francis’s biography is published and leaders of Nato’s Baltic nations talk defence. Then: has there been a “breakthrough” in a deal between Israel and Hamas? Plus: the life and legacy of Italy’s Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind shock Benetton ads.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3519	13 Jan 2025 58 min	Croatia elects a new president Presidential election results are announced in Zagreb and nuclear talks between the UK, Germany, France and Iran kick off in Geneva. Then: show me the mooney! We investigate the future of lunar investment. Plus: master of wine Patrick Schmitt serves up the latest news for oenophiles.nn	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3518	10 Jan 2025 58 min	Foreign ministers tackle the path forward with Syria Foreign ministers descend on Rome to align on the bloc’s future relations with Syria. Plus, Nicolás Maduro is inaugurated in Venezuela for the third time despite a widespread belief that he stole the election. Then: how to save the rave.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3517	9 Jan 2025 58 min	Ramstein Air Base meeting and US aid to Ukraine As US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin heads to Ramstein Air Base for the final time, Emma Nelson explores what the future of the country’s support for Ukraine will be. Plus: can Lebanon overcome its presidential crisis? And are Parisian police really putting on their sirens to get home for their aperitifs?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3516	8 Jan 2025 58 min	Is the US softening relations with Syria? As the US begins to ease restrictions on Syria, is this the start of a softer approach by the West? Plus: the UAE becomes the largest foreign investor in Africa and London sees the biggest annual increase of luxury hotel room openings in more than a decade. Then: are portable cabanas going against Australia’s “spirit of equality”?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3515	7 Jan 2025 58 min	Ukraine’s new offensive and Russian gains As Russia claims to have thwarted Ukraine’s new offensive into Kursk, Jenny Mathers joins Georgina Godwin to discuss who really has the upper hand. Plus: Trudeau resigns, Damascus airport resumes international flights and Amsterdam puts the stops on its ‘smart traffic’ plans.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3514	6 Jan 2025 58 min	Preparing for Trump 2.0 The latest from the US and Middle East, the Golden Globes and breaking news from nations large and small. Plus: Inga Thordar reviews the day’s newspapers.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3513	3 Jan 2025 37 min	Can China keep growing? China’s economy has weakened in the past few years, will 2025 bring a reversal of fortunes? Plus, where will Beijing stand on the biggest geopolitical issues of the year?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3512	2 Jan 2025 40 min	Gabrielius Landsbergis and more from the new year Agenda-setting news from the worlds of geopolitics, business and culture. Plus: Lithuania’s former foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis offers his outlook for 2025.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3511	1 Jan 2025 32 min	Bring on 2025: Monocle Radio’s forecast for the year ahead Chris Cermak and guests discuss some of the biggest themes of the year ahead, from defence to travel and climate.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Affairs / Podcast

The Globalist

Latest episode

Latest episodes

Trump’s inauguration

Hostages released, Trump’s inauguration and WEF

Biden’s final days in the Oval Office and the Iran-Russia partnership

Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal reached

François Bayrou’s first policy speech and Poschiavo’s gold medal

Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial begins in Seoul

Croatia elects a new president

Foreign ministers tackle the path forward with Syria

Ramstein Air Base meeting and US aid to Ukraine

Is the US softening relations with Syria?

Ukraine’s new offensive and Russian gains

Preparing for Trump 2.0

Can China keep growing?

Gabrielius Landsbergis and more from the new year

Bring on 2025: Monocle Radio’s forecast for the year ahead