Donald Trump wins the US presidential election
After a “magnificent victory” for Donald Trump in the US election, Charles Hecker and Vincent McAviney unpack this week’s news. They discuss Musk’s call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, th...
9 Nov 202437min
US election countdown
With the US election just three days away, producer and investigative journalist, Hannah Cogan, joins Vincent McAviney for a look through a selection of US election stories. They’ll discuss the post-e...
2 Nov 202431min
Alexei Navalny’s memoir, Minoa bookshop and Sicilian food
Russia analyst and author, Stephen Dalziel, joins Georgina Godwin to talk about the week’s news and culture, including Israel’s retaliatory attacks on Iran, the latest on the US election and cocaine i...
26 Okt 202431min
Frankfurt Book Fair, Cheerio Publishing and British food
Monocle’s Amy Van Den Berg meets the creative director of the Frankfurt Book Fair to get a read on the mood ahead of the industry’s largest event. Then: the editorial director of Cheerio Publishing, D...
19 Okt 202438min
Quality of life at sea and Kate Mosse’s new book ‘The Map of Bones’
From Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Istanbul, we hear insights from US submarine officer Taylor Sheppard on maximising quality of life underwater. Then: award-winning author, playwright and e...
12 Okt 202436min
The week in news and the future of digital art
After a week of escalating tensions in the Middle East, Yossi Mekelberg, associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, joins Emma Nelson to reflect on the week’s n...
5 Okt 202436min
The United Nations General Assembly, climate innovation in Norway and The Book Hive
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly concluded this week but what did it achieve? What can we expect from Keir Starmer’s meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Le...
28 Sep 202435min
Global news, Amsterdam design and business books
Author and political correspondent Tessa Szyszkowitz joins Georgina Godwin to talk about the pager explosions in Lebanon, seeing Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza in London and fashion...
21 Sep 202435min
