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
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.
192
Andrew Tuck and Sophie Grove are joined by author and campaigner Paul McMahon to discuss the politics of food distribution, learn how to spread a good idea with marketing academic Jonah Berger, and find out why online entrepreneur Stan Stalnaker has created his own currency.
191
The skill of urban yodelling is tackled by Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound, we meet outgoing US Transport Secretary Ray La Hood, and hear how charity War Child is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
190
Andrew Tuck and Steve Bloomfield welcome back war reporter Ben Anderson for the latest on Afghanistan, discuss how to sell Ugandan coffee to the world with entrepreneur Andrew Rugasira, and learn the true stories behind MI5 spy thrillers with historian Michael Jago.
189
The team discuss Calcutta with celebrated author Amit Chaudhuri, look at the continuing evolution of street art, and question how to measure time with curator Cathy Haynes.
188
Travis Elborough explains what happened to a piece of English history when it was sold to an American oil baron in the 1960s, we combine economic principles and the rules of love with author William Nicolson and talk British intelligence in the twilight of the Empire with Calder Walton.
187
Royal Academy of Arts chief executive Charles Saumarez Smith discusses the institution’s history, we assess the market value of counterculture with Carl Williams – curator and Maggs Bros Ltd, and Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck chat death metal in Angola with documentary-maker Jeremy Xido.
