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22 January 2016
We discuss why caviar from the US should be taken seriously, hear stories about running a restaurant in Kabul and learn why Hong Kong’s food trucks may set an example for the rest of the world.
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22 January 2016
We discuss why caviar from the US should be taken seriously, hear stories about running a restaurant in Kabul and learn why Hong Kong’s food trucks may set an example for the rest of the world.
5 July 2017
Pack your bags! We’re taking a ride across the US to visit some of the locations behind the country’s film history. In Dallas, we take a seat in the cinema where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested shortly after the death of…
13 May 2017
As a political crisis grips Washington, many in the US’s newspaper industry recalled another incident that saw journalism and politics collide – the Watergate scandal. Journalism professor John Owen joins Tom Edwards to…
19 October 2020
As David Byrne’s hit Broadway show ‘American Utopia’ arrives on screens in a new film by Spike Lee, Robert Bound chats with Tim Robey and Hilary Hughes about Byrne’s history of revolutionising live performance, Lee’s imp…
27 October 2022
We check in on a few of the mayoral races taking place in North America that have caught our attention recently and speak to an incumbent mayor whose city plays a role in US national elections.
25 February 2017
President Trump presents a formidable challenge to satirical writers, broadcasters, comedians and visual artists. What are the ins and outs of covering such an unpredictable president and more importantly, how do you sat…
23 December 2011
We travel to Slovenia where horsemeat is a regular menu feature, Tyler Brule also looks at why American dishes are popular in Moscow.
26 January 2024
Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Jeffrey Wright of ‘American Fiction’, a satirical film nominated for five Oscars, including Best Actor for Wright.
4 October 2017
In the aftermath of the attack in Las Vegas, Andrew Mueller asks if anything can make the US change its gun laws.
20 February 2024
Israel’s war cabinet sets a date for the ground invasion of Rafah, while Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, continues his Latin American tour in Venezuela. Sweden’s defence minister, Pål Jonson, tells us about his…
30 November 2020
Monocle’s Henry Rees Sheridan explores how we define the American suburb, with Jed Kolko, chief economist at Indeed.
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