Latest Monocle magazine Podcast Episodes
Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law: the tools of autocracies?
The Monocle Daily - May 16, 2024 17:49 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsOur guests Julie Norman and Chris Sabatini discuss China and Russia’s throwdown to the US, the spread of “foreign agent” laws in autocracies around the world, the looming Trump-Biden presidential debate and South Korea’s K-pop “plogging” campaign. Plus: a letter on Danish happiness from Copenhag...
‘Craftworks’
Monocle on Design - May 16, 2024 16:35 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 59 ratingsWe visit the inaugural edition of the public exhibition, which is taking place as part of this year’s London Craft Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Switzerland’s all-time greatest songs
The Global Countdown - May 16, 2024 12:01 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAfter Switzerland’s victory at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the all-time greatest Swiss songs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Security in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and a state of emergency in New Caledonia
The Briefing - May 16, 2024 11:52 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 80 ratingsWe check in on Slovakia prime minister Robert Fico’s condition after shooting and the events that led up to this act of violence. Then: we discuss Russia’s offensive in Ukraine’s strategically important Kharkiv region and examine why a state of emergency has been declared in New Caledonia. Plus:...
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China and the Arab League Summit in Bahrain
The Globalist - May 16, 2024 07:36 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 96 ratingsVladimir Putin touches down in China for a two-day state visit and meeting with Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, Gaza is at the top of the agenda as the Arab League Summit begins in Bahrain. Plus: Dutch coalition talks, free speech in Tunisia, climate news and Design Miami. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Timelessness, part 1: David Thulstrup, Llisa Demetrios and Rikke Frost
Monocle on Design - May 15, 2024 18:23 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 59 ratingsHow do we design for timelessness? And how do we strike a balance between human-centric design features and technical innovation? It’s a topic that V-Zug discusses in this special episode, which features a creative panel of David Thulstrup, Llisa Demetrios and Rikke Frost. See omnystudio.com/li...
Slovakia’s prime minister attacked and Putin in Beijing
The Monocle Daily - May 15, 2024 17:51 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWe get the latest from the assassination attempt on Slovakia’s Robert Fico. Then: our panellists, Isabel Hilton and Sean Ryan, discuss Vladimir Putin in Beijing, whether Arab nations could be peacekeepers in Gaza and why we hate being on-call with UK tax authorities. Plus: The Chandler Good Gove...
Jordan alleges an Iran-backed plot and the German far-right under the spotlight
The Briefing - May 15, 2024 13:39 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 80 ratingsJordan says that it has foiled an Iran-backed plot to stop weapons being smuggled into the kingdom. We have the latest. Plus: as Vladimir Putin says that he backs China’s plan for peace in Ukraine, we ask what this really means. Finally, after a far-right politician in Germany is fined for using...
Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ bill and Copenhagen Democracy Summit
The Globalist - May 15, 2024 07:13 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 96 ratingsGiorgi Tabagari tells us what’s next for Georgia as its parliament passes the ‘foreign agents’ bill. Also in the programme: Monocle’s Asia editor, James Chambers, on Singapore’s new prime minister and Suzanne Lynch gives us the latest from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Plus: Bernie Cho update...
Biden ramps up tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars
The Monocle Daily - May 14, 2024 17:55 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhy Joe Biden announced a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, Michael Cohen confirms that Donald Trump asked him to keep stories about his personal life out of the media and Copenhagen Democracy Summit begins at a time when faith in governments is declining worldwide. Plus: th...
Food Neighbourhoods #384: Ho Chi Minh City
The Menu - May 14, 2024 17:02 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 56 ratingsVietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City is a culinary destination in its own right. The bustling metropolis is packed full of innovative restaurants and bars – and it’s difficult to buzz around the city without drinking in its hallowed coffee culture. Here, Monocle’s Hanna Pham takes us on a day of dining in...
Design Miami, Aware, Aram at 60
Monocle on Design - May 14, 2024 16:49 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 59 ratingsThe furniture shop and brand Aram celebrates its 60th birthday and we meet Jesse Lee, Design Miami’s newest owner. Plus: we head to Copenhagen where a new exhibition examines the relationship between architecture and the senses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Georgian students walk out to protest ‘Russian law’
The Briefing - May 14, 2024 11:50 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 80 ratingsStudents across Georgia have walked out of classrooms and lecture halls to march against the foreign-agent law that is set to be passed by the country’s parliament. In New York, ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifies in the hush-money trial against his former boss. Plus: Nato chief Jens Stolten...
The latest from Rafah and a record number of internally displaced
The Globalist - May 14, 2024 07:21 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 96 ratingsWe hear the latest as Israel invades Rafah from north and south. Plus: the UK arrests three men for assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence services, the Norwegian Refugee Council reports on a record number of internally displaced people around the world, the latest in arts and culture, and a preview...
Ukraine on the back foot as Russia claims more villages
The Monocle Daily - May 13, 2024 17:50 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsVladimir Putin removes Sergei Shoigu from Russia’s defence ministry, Ukraine’s north east sees hard fighting in a new ground offensive, a court in Germany backs the nation’s domestic intelligence agency’s designation of far-right party Alternative for Germany as a suspected case of extremism, an...
Fraud and fortune in today’s art market
Monocle on Culture - May 13, 2024 17:48 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe meet Orlando Whitfield, once the best friend of Inigo Philbrick, to hear about the story of how Philbrick, a young contemporary art dealer, was convicted of wire fraud. Whitfield’s new book, ‘All That Glitters’, details the pair’s friendship, Philbrick’s downfall and Whitfield’s experience of...
Protests against the ‘foreign influence’ bill grip Georgia
The Briefing - May 13, 2024 11:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 80 ratingsWe hear about the huge protests that have broken out in Georgia over the introduction of a new foreign influence bill, described by critics as the “Russian law”. The bill, which has been rushed through ahead of elections, targets civil-society organisations and independent media that receive for...
Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara and Eurovision 2024
The Globalist - May 13, 2024 07:20 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 96 ratingsA spotlight on Greek-Turkish relations as prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. Then: presidential elections in Lithuania, how the Austrian Beer Party could bolster far-right support and a call from Somalia to end the UN’s decade-long political-assistance mission. Plus: the winners a...
Living well till 100
The Bulletin with UBS - May 12, 2024 23:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratingsCutting-edge medical technology, advances in AI and a sharper focus on healthier living mean that reaching the age of 100 could one day be the norm. But can our financial health survive just as long? UBS CIO equity strategist Wen Ching joins the show from Singapore to explain how smart portfolio...
AK Blakemore
Meet the Writers - May 12, 2024 10:57 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings‘For me, beauty and disgust don’t really exist in binary.’ AK Blakemore’s discovery of tales of The Great Tarare, a French showman with an insatiable appetite, was the perfect setting for her to explore her love of the grotesque and abject. Shortlisted for this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize, her nov...
Highlights from Monocle Radio
The Curator - May 11, 2024 23:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsEU ambassadors approve a new package of sanctions on Russia, an update on the student protests in the US and might the UK be getting a new Conservative party? Plus: reports from the Eurovision Song Contest and Zagreb’s weird museums. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The countdown to Eurovision
Monocle on Saturday - May 11, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutesThe Eurovision final is nearly here. Latika Bourke, Sîan Pattenden and Georgina Godwin discuss the latest news from Malmö as well as Sîan’s eleventh consecutive charity live draw. Monocle’s resident Eurovision expert, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks to the show’s production designer, Florian Wie...
‘Essence’, Thambi Magazine Store and ‘The Monocle Companion’
The Stack - May 11, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis week on The Stack we speak with Corey Stokes from ‘Essence’ magazine. Plus: the closure of Singapore’s most beloved newsstand and the latest iteration of ‘The Monocle Companion’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Taiwan’s new tourism campaign and the Eurovision Song Contest
The Monocle Daily - May 10, 2024 17:48 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe UN General Assembly is set to back a Palestinian bid for membership. Then: Donald Trump’s campaign wants to lure international visitors, Taiwan launches a new tourism slogan and we report from Malmö and the Eurovision Song Contest. Plus: the Monocle x Gucci collaboration begins. See omnystu...
Fernando Trocca, the Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company and Taipei’s Tea Cocktail Bars
The Menu - May 10, 2024 17:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis week we fire up the grill with Fernando Trocca, one of Argentina’s most accomplished chefs. Also in the programme, we speak to Jon Williams, founder of the Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company to find out more about Welsh delicacy Laverbread. Plus: Clarissa Wei is in Taipei to learn more about ...
Zelensky’s staffing shake-up and a new political party in the UK?
The Briefing - May 10, 2024 11:44 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 80 ratingsAs Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky replaces the head of his personal protection unit after two of its officers were detained over an alleged assassination plot against him. We examine what this and other staffing shake-ups might indicate. Then: after Iran-backed Houthi rebels vow to broad...
Eurovision 2024 favourites
The Global Countdown - May 10, 2024 09:29 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMonocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the bookies’ favourite Eurovision entries this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Israeli strikes near Rafah and a setback for China’s expansion in central America
The Globalist - May 10, 2024 07:12 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 96 ratingsIsraeli build-up continues outside Rafah despite US warnings that it will withhold weapons if a major invasion is launched. Then: disappointment for China as Nicaragua cancels a controversial canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific and Malaysia’s plan to offer orangutans to the biggest importers ...
The EU approves a €3bn plan to arm Ukraine
The Monocle Daily - May 09, 2024 17:48 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsSir William Patey and Dr Marion Messmer join Monocle’s Andrew Mueller to discuss the day’s top stories, including: the European Union’s plans to buy weapons for Ukraine; Spain and Ireland inching closer to recognising Palestine as a state and the Taliban attempts to appeal to Chinese tourists. P...
Reuse, Refill, Rethink
Monocle on Design - May 09, 2024 17:44 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 59 ratingsAt the Museum of Brands in London, this exhibition considers how refillable, returnable and repurposed packaging has changed over time. Lucrezia Motta reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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