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Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

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How fragile is the Israel-Gaza ceasefire?: We assess the latest as the Israel-Gaza ceasefire is on the verge of unravelling. Also on the programme: we get the latest updates from Ukraine ahead of the Munich Security Conference this week. Plus: we examine the reasons behind a new survey showing that far-right populists are much more likely to spread fake news than those on the left. Then: beavers in Czechia finish a seven-year dam project in just two days.

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2956	11 Feb 2025 39 min	How fragile is the Israel-Gaza ceasefire? We assess the latest as the Israel-Gaza ceasefire is on the verge of unravelling. Also on the programme: we get the latest updates from Ukraine ahead of the Munich Security Conference this week. Plus: we examine the reasons behind a new survey showing that far-right populists are much more likely to spread fake news than those on the left. Then: beavers in Czechia finish a seven-year dam project in just two days.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2955	10 Feb 2025 36 min	Regulation in the crosshairs at the Paris AI summit – and how a monkey caused a national a blackout Rainbow Murray and Giorgia Scaturro join Andrew Mueller to discuss the Paris AI summit, where world leaders and technology executives have gathered to discuss regulation. Also in the programme: far-right politicians from across Europe met in Madrid over the weekend to share tactics ahead of upcoming elections. Meanwhile, the UK’s Labour Party broadcasts immigration raids, seemingly taking a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook. Plus, how a monkey brought down a nation’s power grid.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2954	7 Feb 2025 40 min	Justin Trudeau heads the Canada-US Economic Summit and the future of Grenfell Our Toronto Correspondent, Tomos Lewis, explains the future for Canada’s trade relationship with the US as Justin Trudeau holds an economic summit with the nation’s business leaders. Then: Carlota Rebelo joins us in the studio to discuss the latest Grenfell Tower news, as well as how the demolishing of the building will affect the community. Also on the programme: Gunnar Gronlid rounds up the headlines from Norway and Maisie Ringer on why a man in France has been fined €200 at a train station. Plus: Andrew Mueller’s ‘What We Learned’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2953	6 Feb 2025 38 min	Sabato de Sarno leaves Gucci and the UK takes a lead on Ukraine We get the latest from Monocle’s fashion director, Natalie Theodosi, as Kering parts ways with Gucci’s design chief, Sabato de Sarno, after a short two-year tenure. Then our panellists Marion Messmer and Caroline Frost discuss why the UK is taking a lead on Ukraine’s defence strategy as the US steps back. Then: we discuss why Lisbon’s city council has instructed its transport authority to create separate queues for tourists and residents. Plus: after an Italian doctor sneaks his cat into a hospital for a treatment, we consider how far we’d go for our pets.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2952	5 Feb 2025 38 min	Trump eyes Gaza and Putin relaunches Soviet-era song contest We unpack the latest following Donald Trump’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and ask how seriously we can take the former’s bold claims on Gaza? Also in the programme: we get an update on Afghanistan as the Taliban suspends the country’s only women’s radio station. Then: we unpack why Putin is set to relaunch a Soviet-era song contest, ‘Intervideniye’. Plus: the French far right get their knickers in a twist over suggested clothes-washing rules.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2951	4 Feb 2025 39 min	Trade wars, political comebacks and sojourns in Pyongyang? Latika Bourke and Robin Brant join to discuss how seriously Beijing is taking Trump’s tariff threats. Plus: why are so many politicians of yesteryear making successful comebacks? Then: how can cities under the geopolitical microscope appeal to tourists?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2950	3 Feb 2025 35 min	Are minority governments the new norm? Minority governments are often seen as either the cause or consequence of political turmoil in countries such as France, South Korea and Germany. Daniella Peled and Philippe Marlière join us to discuss the implications of this style of governance. Plus, what to expect from the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and howls of disapproval over poor pet politesse in Tokyo.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2949	31 Jan 2025 42 min	The view from Damascus, Copenhagen and Basel Monocle’s Middle East correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen, tells Andrew Mueller about her trip to Syria and what’s next for the country post-Assad. Then: Chris Cermak looks at Germany’s immigration vote, Grace Charlton reports from Copenhagen Fashion Week and Fernando Augusto Pacheco lifts the curtain on Basel’s preparations to host the Eurovision Song Contest.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2948	30 Jan 2025 36 min	Germany’s risky flirtation with the far-right The leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, Friedrich Merz, sides with the far-right AfD party, breaking political taboo. But will the move prove to be a mistake? Monocle’s Andrew Mueller is joined by panellists Marta Lorimer and Robin Lustig to unpack this and the day’s other top stories, including Portugal and Spain’s defence commitments, when fact-checking gets muddled with politics and how one London institution refuses to break with tradition and allow female membership. Plus: Chiara Rimella sends us a ‘Letter from Sifnos’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2947	29 Jan 2025 35 min	Can the West keep up with China’s technological prowess? We discuss the latest from the Russia-Ukraine war as Ukraine admits to attempting to strike a nuclear power plant in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region. Also on the programme: we consider whether the West can keep up with China’s advances in its artificial-intelligence capabilities. Then: Donald Trump’s administration invites podcasters and social-media influencers to press briefings at the White House. Plus: Japanese convenience store FamilyMart introduces a sole manager system.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2946	28 Jan 2025 38 min	Serbia’s prime minister resigns and the US freezes foreign aid to Ukraine We get the latest from our Balkans correspondent, Guy de Launey, following the resignation of Serbia’s prime minister, Milos Vučević. Then: Aliona Hlivco and Sir William Patey discuss what’s next for Ukraine as the US freezes all foreign aid. Plus: we unpack why UK-EU diplomacy always seems to hit a snag over fishing and assess Zürich’s new number-plate legislation.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2945	27 Jan 2025 39 min	Palestinians return to northern Gaza and the importance of survivor testimonies Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians head back to northern Gaza as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold. We give you the latest. Also in the programme: as the world remembers the liberation of Auschwitz 80 years on, we discuss how survivor testimonies shape our political future. Plus, we debate the future of working habits as 200 UK companies sign up for a permanent four-day working week and Paris’s evolving noise-pollution problem.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2944	24 Jan 2025 41 min	Donald Trump’s first days in office and highlights from WEF in Davos We’re joined by Monocle’s senior news editor, Christopher Cermak, to talk about Donald Trump’s inauguration and president’s first days in office. Also on the programme: highlights from the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Then: we ponder the future of the trade fair with Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, and Andrew Mueller tells us what we learned over the past seven days.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2943	23 Jan 2025 37 min	Can positive nationalism return to Europe? Alex von Tunzelmann and John Everard join us as we head to Davos to hear the latest from the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting and Donald Trump’s address. Then: can geopolitical pressures return a positive sense of national identity to Europe? Plus: Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco breaks down the 2025 Oscar nominations.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2942	22 Jan 2025 33 min	Beijing eyes Trump 2.0 and what happens after a ceasefire? Lynne O’Donnell and Quentin Peel join Chris Cermak to discuss Israeli strikes in the West Bank, whether eradicating Hamas is possible and how Gazans are facing their return home. Plus: as president Trump toys with Tiktok and tariffs, what is the view from Beijing? Then: what would you give up to become a centenarian?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

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The Monocle Daily

Latest episode

Latest episodes

How fragile is the Israel-Gaza ceasefire?

Regulation in the crosshairs at the Paris AI summit – and how a monkey caused a national a blackout

Justin Trudeau heads the Canada-US Economic Summit and the future of Grenfell

Sabato de Sarno leaves Gucci and the UK takes a lead on Ukraine

Trump eyes Gaza and Putin relaunches Soviet-era song contest

Trade wars, political comebacks and sojourns in Pyongyang?

Are minority governments the new norm?

The view from Damascus, Copenhagen and Basel

Germany’s risky flirtation with the far-right

Can the West keep up with China’s technological prowess?

Serbia’s prime minister resigns and the US freezes foreign aid to Ukraine

Palestinians return to northern Gaza and the importance of survivor testimonies

Donald Trump’s first days in office and highlights from WEF in Davos

Can positive nationalism return to Europe?

Beijing eyes Trump 2.0 and what happens after a ceasefire?