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The Monocle Weekly, episode 248
6 April 2014
The Weekly team explore the apartheid-era exploits of mysterious Frenchman Jean Yves Ollivier – as exposed in new documentary, “Plot for Peace”. Author Michael Bear explains his new book, “Expat Etiquette: How to Look Good…
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Meet the Writers - Adam Hochschild
19 June 2022
Description: The award-winning author, historian and journalist chats to Georgina Godwin. He is possibly best known for his book ‘Kings Leopold’s Ghost’, an account of the exploitation of people in colonial Congo and a…
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The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24
2 September 2017
Tom Edwards and Christopher Lord bring you highlights from the past week on Monocle 24, including artist Molly Parkin on her hedonistic 1960s exploits, publicist Hamish Thompson on Pinglish and Andrew Mueller ono whether…
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The Bulletin with UBS - Risk horizon
4 December 2016
We focus on potential political risk ahead for Europe: the likelihood of further successes for anti-establishment politics, the impact of more populism (and maybe more anti-EU sentiment) for the bloc and how investors can…
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The Foreign Desk - Could Venezuela really invade Guyana?
9 December 2023
Tensions rose between Venezuela and Guyana this week after Nicolas Maduro boasted an “overwhelming” people’s mandate for Caracas to exploit oil deposits in the disputed Essequibo region. What happens now? Andrew Mueller…
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The Monocle Weekly - Behind the scenes
6 September 2015
Andrew Tuck and Steve Bloomfield reappraise the life of 20th-century intellectual giant Gore Vidal with his friend and biographer Jay Parini. We also take a look at exploitation-cinema posters with film director Nicolas…
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The Monocle Weekly - Matthew L Tompkins, Julia Blackburn and Daniel O’Sullivan
31 March 2019
Magician-turned-psychologist Matthew L Tompkins joins us to discuss his new book, ‘The Spectacle of Illusion,’ which explores the many ways tricksters have exploited the brain’s vulnerabilities over the ages. Plus: we learn…
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Meet the Writers - Sofi Oksanen
9 September 2017
Sofi Oksanen is a Finnish and Estonian novelist and playwright. Winner of the Finlandia prize and known as the greatest voices of her generation at home, Oksanen gained international recognition through ‘Purge’, a book that…
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The Foreign Desk - How lawless are the oceans?
12 October 2019
In an ever more monitored world, escaping to the high seas might seem like a romantic idea. For some, however, being that far off the grid means being exploited, often while undertaking illicit activities. Who should be…