24 September 2021
Episode 2045
40 minutes
Monocle’s Chris Cermak and Alexis Self discuss this weekend’s German federal election, the UK’s food shortages, the virtues (or lack thereof) in movie prequels and how to treat the old in society. Plus: the latest from our Quality of Life Conference in Athens.
24 September 2021
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