The Late Edition
Latest Episodes
Monday 7 May
What will it take to make Donald Trump change his mind about the Iran nuclear deal? Plus: the latest controversy over Gina Haspel’s nomination as the head of the CIA and which public-transport officials deserve awards.
Friday 4 May
We discuss Rudy Giuliani’s bizarre media blitz, our favourite Eurovision picks, New York’s upcoming Catholic Fashion exhibition and the Monocle Restaurant Awards 2018.
Thursday 3 May
We consider the state of US diplomacy with China as a trade delegation touches down in Beijing. Plus: promises of denuclearisation obscure North Korea’s human-rights record, Amazon takes aim at Seattle’s tax policies and ‘Trump: The Movie’ gets set to come to a theatre near you.
Wednesday 2 May
We ask how much of a worry the slow and steady progress of the Mueller investigation is for the Trump administration. Plus: May Day tensions in Paris, Karl Marx’s 200th birthday and Emmanuel Macron’s translation gaff.
Tuesday 1 May
John Everard, former UK ambassador to North Korea, is joined by political analyst Carole Walker and Monocle’s Tom Edwards to assess the Israeli prime minister’s extraordinary revelation of “proof” that Iran is lying to the world about its nuclear programme. Plus: the politics of immigration, possible sites for the Washington-Pyongyang…
Monday 30 April
Florence Biedermann and Ivor Gaber join Monocle’s Andrew Mueller to discuss why a comedian making jokes stirred such controversy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Plus: what the resignation of the UK’s home secretary says about race relations, Emmanuel Macron’s charm offensive heads to Australia and why a supermarket merger…
Friday 27 April
We chew over the historic summit between North and South Korea, the news that Trump is soon to visit the UK and the political upheaval in Armenia. Plus: the widespread hostility of locals to tourists.
Thursday 26 April
Mary Dejevsky and Robert Fox explore the likely outcomes of Friday’s inter-Korean summit, the knotty and tangled web of interests in Syria, the possibility of a peaceful regime change in Armenia and an island in the Philippines that has been closed to tourists.
Wednesday 25 April
Somnath Batabyal and Michael Goldfarb discuss the case for and against Donald Trump’s travel ban, Finland’s failed experiment in Universal Basic Income, the dangers of conflating the church and the state, and whether it’s ever appropriate to brush dandruff from a colleague’s shoulder.
Tuesday 24 April
Samira Shackle and Charles Hecker discuss Mike Pompeo’s likely future as US secretary of state, Shinzo Abe’s declining fortunes with his electorate and hope in Mosul as Unesco launches a plan to rebuild the Great Mosque.
