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Latest Episodes
Live from Warsaw
Monocle Radio broadcasts live from our inaugural party in Warsaw, with guests and Monocle contributors exploring what makes the Polish capital tick – and why Poland should be on everyone’s radar.
The US role in Gaza and London’s thinnest hotel
Julie Norman and Charles Hecker explore whether the US and UN have any real influence over the war in Gaza and why the US still needs to make a point about Julian Assange. Then:…
Gaza aid, forgotten crises and Haiti’s indictments
Our guests Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Mark Lowcock discuss the trouble of getting aid into Gaza and the forgotten crises of Sudan and Tigray, Ethiopia. Then: a study on the differences between men’s and women’s brains.…
Ukraine’s way forward after Munich
Daniella Peled and Bill Hayton discuss Ukraine’s way forward, Israel’s deadline for a Rafah ground offensive, China’s law-enforcement deal with Hungary and Donald Trump’s shoe brand. Plus: On This Day looks at the world’s…
World leaders react to the death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny
We speak to the prime ministers of Greece and Lithuania about the death of activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison. Plus: the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,…
US warnings over Russia’s nuclear advances and Japan’s slip into recession
Christopher Cermak is joined by political commentator Carole Walker and Asia defence expert Alessio Patalano to discuss US warnings that Russia is developing a space-based nuclear weapon. Plus: Andrew Mueller checks in from Germany…
Former general leads Indonesia’s presidential race and the dating app that requires a high credit score
Justin Trudeau discusses the possibility of ceasefire in Gaza with King Abdullah II of Jordan, a former general leads Indonesia’s presidential race, why China recognises the Taliban’s envoy to Beijing, and North Korea hacks…
US Senate passes Ukraine aid bill and France accuses Russia of disinformation campaign
Monocle’s US editor, Christopher Lord, on the Senate’s approval of a long-delayed $95bn (€88bn) aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Plus: France uncovers a Russian disinformation campaign in Europe, the Super Bowl breaks…
Biden-Netanyahu relations sour and Germany fears a far-right takeover of the judiciary
Joe Biden disparages Benjamin Netanyahu in private but hasn’t changed US policy towards Israel; Germany looks to prevent far-right takeover of the judiciary; Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, heads to France and Germany to…
Rio de Janeiro braces for Carnival
We start in Ukraine to hear how the country has reacted to an interview with Vladimir Putin before turning our focus to urbanism with Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse and heading to Brazil as…
