Highlights from Monocle Radio: John Bolton on the United Nations, Carolina Deslandes on her new album and Japan’s haunted homes
Former US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, reflects on the relevance of the institution. Plus: Portuguese singer Carolina Deslandes on her new album and the Japanese company investigatin...
2 Nov 202551min
What We Learned: Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt controversy and Trump’s Asia tour
Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt causes a stir and Trump tours Asia.See omnyst...
31 Okt 20256min
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris
We profile Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, meet Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, report from Vienna and mark 150 years of Liberty in London. Plus: Sanrio’s CEO and Art Basel Paris....
25 Okt 202550min
What We Learned: The US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, ‘No Kings’ protest and the White House demolition
Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including a dangerous US Marine Corps celebration, AI Trump responding to the ‘No Kings’ protests and the demolition of the White House’s Eas...
24 Okt 20257min
A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library
What to look out for at Frieze London and Frieze Masters and we look back on the overthrow and execution of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 Okt 202551min
What We Learned: The Nobel Peace Prize, Gaze peace summit, Eric Trump’s book
Andrew Muller unpacks the week’s news, including who won the Nobel Peace Prize (spoiler: it wasn’t President Trump), the Gaza peace summit in Egypt and Eric Trump’s new memoir.See omnystudio.com/liste...
17 Okt 20257min
Highlights from Monocle Radio: We wrap Paris Fashion Week and explore a sleek new hotel in Tbilisi
We meet the authors behind a new book about one of the most extraordinary prisoner swaps in history and hear how a Soviet-era post office has been reborn as a sleek new hotel.See omnystudio.com/listen...
11 Okt 202551min
What We Learned: the UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Javier Milei and Donald Trump
The UK Conservative Party’s embarrassing mistake, rocking out with Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, and Trump claims that he warned about 9/11. Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from the news...
10 Okt 20256min
