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The art of mediation
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The Urbanist - Guerilla gardening, winter cycling and vacancy tax
28 March 2024
Green thumbs can help to transform communities. We speak to an activist and horticulturist about how gardening has had a positive effect on his neighbourhood – and helped it to heal after tragedy. Then: we find out how two…
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Making a scene
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The Agenda: Business
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Monocle on Culture - Yoko Ono’s endless imagination
19 February 2024
We head to London’s Tate Modern gallery for ‘Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind’. The UK’s largest-ever exhibition on the work of the artist and activist, it brings together her performances, films, music, photography and more.…
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The Briefing - Alexei Navalny dies in prison
16 February 2024
Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison. Senegal’s top court rules that a decision by its president to delay a national election was unconstitutional. Plus: we check in with Nina dos Santos at the…
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The Entrepreneurs - Copenhagen International Fashion Fair special
7 February 2024
Monocle’s Tom Webb joins the show to tell us who he met at CIFF, the longest-running fashion fair in northern Europe and a key date for industry insiders. Featuring Stine Goya, designer and founder of the eponymous women…
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The Agenda: Culture
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Tree radicals
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Break from the past
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The Briefing - Friday 6 October
6 October 2023
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. We discuss the value of the award in times of war. Plus: a special interview with Sweden’s minister of defence and Andrew Mueller’s ‘What We Learned’.
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The list
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Meet the Writers - Naomi Klein
17 September 2023
The award-winning Canadian author, activist and filmmaker Naomi Klein speaks to Georgina Godwin about her latest book, ‘Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World’. Since publishing her debut book, ‘No Logo’, in 1999, she…
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On with the show
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Meet the Writers - Paul Burston
9 July 2023
Paul Burston is an acclaimed Welsh writer, journalist, documentarian and activist. He has dedicated his career to creating and promoting LGBTQ+ stories, both in his own work and by lifting up other artists. He joins Geor…