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The Foreign Desk - Pandas, pangolins, and koalas: can animals be diplomats?
18 December 2021
Exotic animals have long been used as unlikely but effective furry ambassadors to further a country’s international influence. Whether it’s China strategically loaning giant pandas as a gesture of goodwill, Australia fla…
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The Monocle Weekly - Damian Barr, James Franklin, Gold Panda and Alistair Spalding
12 June 2016
Andrew Tuck and Tom Edwards meet writer Damian Barr and wine expert James Franklin to discuss their new project A Book and a Bottle, which matches reds and good reads. We also talk music and travel with producer Gold Panda…
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The Monocle Weekly - Julie Cohen, Betsy West, Jas Shaw, Gold Panda and Pedro Corrêa do Lago
16 December 2018
We hear from documentary filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen about their film ‘RBG’, which profiles the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Plus, Selling, the musical duo formed by beatmakers Gold Panda…
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Expo no. 84: Freight of your life
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The Briefing - Monday 17 December
17 December 2018
Why has Saudi Arabia’s relationship with the US deteriorated so rapidly? We also discuss Emmanuel Macron’s presidential-approval rating, Russia’s ambitions in the Arctic and the naming of a giant panda cub in Japan.
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The Monocle Daily - Wednesday 29 March
29 March 2023
The UK government’s plans to house migrants in former army barracks, South Africa considers whether it would arrest Vladimir Putin, and Amsterdam says to some British tourists, don’t come. With Caroline Frost and Phil Clark…
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The Briefing - Friday 9 July
9 July 2021
Haiti’s security services detain a group of retired Colombian soldiers over the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse. Plus: political unrest in Africa’s only absolute monarchy, the role of pandas in international dip…
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The Foreign Desk - Softly Does It
24 December 2022
As Monocle’s annual Soft Power Survey hits the newsstands, we consider the established and bizarre ways that countries project themselves abroad, from panda diplomacy and royalty to the craft of culinary persuasion. Andrew…
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The Entrepreneurs - Episode 228
24 February 2016
Ghostly International was founded at the turn of the millennium in the college dorm room of DJ and Detroit native Sam Valenti IV. Since then the cult-favourite record company has signed on everyone from Matthew Dear to Gold…
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The Monocle Daily - Europe’s defence wake-up call
12 March 2024
Special counsel Robert Hur testifies before Congress about his investigation into Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. Thomas Gift discusses the political implications. Meanwhile, as US support for Ukraine dwin…