The Monocle Weekly
Conversations with authors, artists, and business leaders shaping the world. Monocle’s longest-running show delivers insights and interviews weekly.
Latest Episodes
202
Andrew Tuck and Sophie Grove meet geneticist Professor Steve Jones to talk religion, learn about impulse actions with Dr David Lewis, and hear about a village on the edge of desertion with film director Sarah Gavron.
201
Steve Bloomfield and Hugo Macdonald meet Alex Thomson of the UK’s Channel 4 News, look at some rare counterculture literature with Carl Williams of Maggs Bros, and chat with urbanist Leo Hollis about the plight of London’s disappearing public spaces.
200
We celebrate 200 episodes of the Monocle Weekly with style guru Peter York, Nordic Noir specialists Piv Bernth and Thomas Hedemann of Denmark’s DR television, and a special contribution from musical genius Chilly Gonzales.
199
Andrew Tuck and Sophie Grove discuss nuclear near-misses with author and filmmaker Rudolph Herzog, meet butterfly-gardener Luke Brown, and enjoy music and chat from London band Portico Quartet.
198
Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck learn why our climate change approach is off the mark with Duncan Clark, co-author of “The Burning Question”. Plus, we compare some of the world’s most anticipated cultural mega-projects and talk with documentary filmmaker Michael Pitiot.
197
Robert Bound and Sophie Grove are joined by veteran war-reporter, broadcaster and author Charles Glass, discuss over-elaborate cooking with writer Steven Poole, and meet clear-thinking Swiss entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli.
196
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound meet Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh to discuss his controversial new documentary “The Gatekeepers”, look into Japanese outsider art with James Peto of the Wellcome Trust, and consider the challenges of immigration with director of Demos think-tank – David Goodhart.
195
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound go lurking around graveyards with writer and historian Peter Stanford, learn about female Arab filmmakers with Elhum Shakerifar and Sabine El Chamaa, and find out what big data means for the little man with internet governance specialist Viktor Mayer-Schonberger.
194
Robert Bound and Steve Bloomfield discuss publishing in the Middle East with the founders of Brownbook – Ahmed and Rashid Bin Shabib, plus we meet London City Hall’s new cycling “tsar” Andrew Gilligan, and discuss the history of sound with broadcaster and academic, David Hendy.
193
Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck discuss the Human Rights Watch Film Festival with its director John Biaggi, learn customer service Disney-style with Lee Cockerell, and ask how the sun could save planet Earth with author Steve Mckevitt. Plus, Monocle’s Tom Edwards finally finds himself.
