The Late Edition
Latest Episodes
Thursday 21 December
The biggest news stories of the day discussed by our regular expert contributors.
Wednesday 20 December
The biggest news stories of the day discussed by our regular expert contributors.
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Join Monocle’s editors and guests drawn from our unrivalled pool of international commentators, analysts and experts to unpack the issues dominating the day’s agenda. From diplomatic wrangles and border disputes to big business and frontline politics, this is the programme you need to hear to make sense of a dynamic…
Monday 18 December
Monocle’s special guests and friends speak to us live from our new bureau in the the Swiss city of Zürich. Plus: Andre Bernheim from the Mondaine Group tells us about Switzerland’s love of clocks and how the country constantly seeks to innovate.
Friday 15 December
Monocle’s bureaux in Hong Kong, Toronto and New York discuss the world’s response to the US ruling on net neutrality, the friendly diplomacy between Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, the aftermath of Rupert Murdoch’s big pay day and the future of fast fashion.
Thursday 14 December
As Theresa May loses a vote on a critical amendment to her Brexit bill, we ask if the wheels are falling off the plan. Plus: how to uncover the truth of atrocities, Putin’s end-of-year marathon presser and nocturnal pealing in Switzerland.
Wednesday 13 December
Does Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama’s Senate race provide a roadmap to victory for the rest of the Democrats? Plus: Erdogan weighs in on Jerusalem, Google in China and Disney’s bid for Fox.
Tuesday 12 December
As a leaked document reveals China’s plan to build refugee camps along its border with North Korea, we ask what it means for regional stability. Plus: Trump and the Paris agreement, a mobile-phone ban in French schools and a Japanese businessman’s end-of-life party.
Monday 11 December
Our bureau chief Ed Stocker and French correspondent Marie Billon discuss the day’s top stories including Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Brussels, why the US still has more than 20 ambassadorships left to appoint and a profile of the new leaders of the Les Republicains party in France.
Friday 8 December
Monocle’s Andrew Mueller, Carlota Rebelo, Henry Rees-Sheridan and Tom Edwards look at the week’s top stories including the consequences of Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the future of a federal Europe, Australia’s legalisation of same-sex marriage and more.
