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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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Friday 22 September:

Volodymyr Zelenksy concludes his North American tour with a trip to Canada after spending time at the UN in New York and meeting congressional leaders in Washington. But 18 months in to the war, is international support starting to fracture? With Rupert Murdoch’s career at the helm of his media empire having been thoroughly eulogised and critiqued since the announcement of his semi-retirement, we look ahead at what to expect under succession battle winner Lachlan Murdoch. Plus: we review the Booker Prize shortlist and talk about workplace mishaps as audio of an ejected F-35 fighter pilot dialling 911 emerges. 

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260622 Sep 2023
36 min

Friday 22 September: 

Volodymyr Zelenksy concludes his North American tour with a trip to Canada after spending time at the UN in New York and meeting congressional leaders in Washington. But 18 months in to the war, is international support starting to fracture? With Rupert Murdoch’s career at the helm of his media empire having been thoroughly eulogised and critiqued since the announcement of his semi-retirement, we look ahead at what to expect under succession battle winner Lachlan Murdoch. Plus: we review the Booker Prize shortlist and talk about workplace mishaps as audio of an ejected F-35 fighter pilot dialling 911 emerges. 

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257121 Sep 2023
43 min

Thursday 21 September: 

Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of News Corp and Fox. Is it the end of arguably the most influential media career of our times? Also in the programme: France arrests a journalist after reporting on leaked documents that claim French intelligence was used to target civilians in Egypt and India introduces a quota for women politicians – but do quotas actually work? Plus: a new book looks at how conspiracy theories found in anti-Semitism continue to persist.

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257020 Sep 2023
40 min

Wednesday 20 September: 

What the ceasefire between ethnic-Armenian forces in Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh tells us about a distracted Russia. In New York, the UN discusses the plight of girls and women two years after they were banned from education in Afghanistan. Plus: Japan stocks up on missiles, Spain opens its first public pet cemetery and King Charles tries to repair the Entente Cordiale on his state visit to Paris. 

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256919 Sep 2023
43 min

Tuesday 19 September: 

The UN General Assembly kicks off in New York but does the organisation still matter? Plus: Austria rethinks its cosy ties with Russia and a look at some of the most bizarre diplomatic gifts given to world leaders.

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255518 Sep 2023
45 min

Monday 18 September: 

Qatar’s role in peacemaking as the US and Iran agree to a prisoner swap brokered by Doha. Plus: as local authorities in Lampedusa say that they’ve reached ‘a tipping point’ in migration management, what’s the EU and Italian reponse? And the Swiss government weighs up joining the international taskforce to track down Russian oligarchs’ money.

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260115 Sep 2023
37 min

Friday 15 September: 

The latest on the “three-way co-operation” with Russia and North Korea proposed by Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. Plus: Taylor Hanson is in the studio to discuss his version of Iranian protest anthem “Baraye”, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police.

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255314 Sep 2023
39 min

Thursday 14 September: 

Andrew Mueller is joined by Somnath Batabyal and Carole Walker to discuss the role of former and shadow leaders in diplomacy, as Boris Johnson calls for more aid to Ukraine and Keir Starmer meets with Europol officials. Plus: is workplace feedback out of fashion?

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255213 Sep 2023
35 min

Wednesday 13 September: 

North Korea promises its full support for Russia’s ‘sacred fight’, Ursula von der Leyen delivers the annual EU state of the union and Germany’s economy teeters. Plus: why New Yorkers are living with bathtubs in the kitchen and artist Julianknxx’s exhibition ‘Chorus in Rememory of Flight’. 

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255112 Sep 2023
39 min

Tuesday 12 September: 

Israel’s Supreme Court showdown over controversial judicial reform, Putin says that the Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia were wrong, Sweden increases its defence budget, the new Swiss fighter jets that can only defend in good weather and junk food and alcohol dominate Australian diets. Plus: On This Day in 1970: the denouement of the Dawson’s Field hijackings.

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255011 Sep 2023
40 min

Monday 11 September: 

British MPs express anger at the arrest of a parliamentary researcher accused of being a Chinese spy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly heads to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin and the Indian superfood millet finds its way onto the G20 dinner menu. Plus: a French app to help tourists avoid being ripped off and David Stubbs discusses his new book, ‘Different Times: A History of British Comedy’.

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25638 Sep 2023
38 min

Friday 8 September: 

David Plaisant has the latest from the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, while the in-house panel discusses eco-anxiety and global attitudes on work-life balance. Plus: a special interview with writer-director Celine Song about her debut film, ‘Past Lives’.  

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25487 Sep 2023
43 min

Thursday 7 September: 

Palestinians set out terms for agreeing to a historic Saudi-Israeli deal; Mexico now likely to elect first woman president in 2024; Anthony Albanese to meet with Chinese premier Li Qiang for one-on-one talks; and the ban on taking photographs of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ is quietly lifted. Plus: Nic Monisse checks in from the Maison et Objet design fair in Paris.

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25476 Sep 2023
38 min

Wednesday 6 September: 

The UK is to declare Russia’s Wagner group a terrorist organisation but will other nations follow? Our guests, Elodie Goulesque and Quentin Peel, discuss. Plus: France’s talks with Niger over potential troop withdrawal, India’s possible name change and a spotlight on Croatia’s tourism sector.

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25465 Sep 2023
43 min

Tuesday 5 September: 

We discuss Italy’s plan to make a diplomatic exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Kim Jong-un’s upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin and why books on Joe Biden don’t sell well. Plus: Margo Price stops by for a studio performance and a chat about the making of her new album ‘Strays II’.

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25454 Sep 2023
43 min

Monday 4 September: 

Xi Jinping confirms that he will not attend G20 summit in India, Africa’s landmark climate summit begins, South Korean teachers protest suicide deaths linked to parent bullying and Burning Man attendees cope with muddy treks home following weather-related festival fallout. Plus: Barbie Kyagulanyi and Christopher Sharp in conversation with Monocle’s Alexis Self.

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