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A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.
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Episodes (201)
Netanyahu and Trump plan to meet in Washington. Plus: ‘Zootopia 2’ and animated...
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Feb 10, 202631:50pending
Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison
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Feb 9, 202633:45pending
The US and Iran hold direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme
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Feb 6, 202634:16pending
Human Rights Watch suggests the world is in a democratic recession. Plus: Puerto...
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Feb 5, 202636:57pending
Monocle at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Plus: New York’s first ever sa...
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Feb 4, 202628:52pending
France finally pushes budget through and the World Governments Summit in Dubai
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Feb 3, 202630:10pending
Rafah border crossing opens, Berlin grinds to a halt and ‘Melania’ bores
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Feb 2, 202633:01pending
Former Iraq prime minister Nouri al-Maliki rejects US threats over potential com...
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Jan 30, 202626:33pending
ICE agents head to the Winter Olympics, a new issue of Monocle magazine and high...
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Jan 29, 202633:41pending
Greenland and Denmark’s leaders in Paris: What’s on the menu for the working lun...
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Jan 28, 202632:56pending
How Iranians are receiving information during a brutal crackdown on protests
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Jan 27, 202633:30pending
Xi Jinping’s purge of high-ranking Chinese military figures continues
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Jan 26, 202632:14pending
Where does the Nato military alliance go from here?
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Jan 23, 202634:06pending
Live from Davos: Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, and day four of the...
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Jan 22, 202648:43pending
Live from Davos: Trump touches down and markets react to geopolitics
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Jan 21, 202627:28pending
Live from Davos: WEF gets underway, what makes a strong passport and redefining...
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Jan 20, 202632:21pending
Trump tells Norway’s PM he is no longer obligated ‘to think purely of peace’. Pl...
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Jan 19, 202631:35pending
Russia strikes energy facilities in Kharkiv as Zelensky declares a state of emer...
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Jan 16, 202630:24pending
Phase two of the ceasefire: what comes next for Gaza?
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Jan 15, 202632:51pending
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi plans snap election
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Jan 14, 202629:04pending
Donald Trump issues financial warnings. Plus: an urbanism round-up
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Jan 13, 202625:00pending
Venezuela releases political prisoners, business news and Brazil at the Golden G...
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Jan 12, 202620:57pending
Russia’s reactions to US operations in Venezuela
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Jan 9, 202633:26pending
Tractors park at the Arc de Triomphe to protest a European trade deal with Merco...
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Jan 8, 202632:25pending
Will Venezuela hand over 50 million barrels of oil to the US?
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Jan 7, 202633:32pending
Venezuela: Mission not accomplished?
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Jan 6, 202626:33pending
What does Trump’s audacious attack on Venezuela mean for Europe?
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Jan 5, 202631:51pending
Friday 2 January
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Tyler Brûlé is joined by Benjamin Smith to discuss efficiency and sustainability...
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Wednesday 31 December
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Tuesday 30 December
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Monday 29 December
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Tyler Brûlé is joined by William P Lauder – the third-generation leader of the E...
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Dec 26, 202533:18pending
Christmas Day special
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Dec 25, 202524:12pending
Tyler Brûlé is joined by Jean-Claude Biver for a look at the art of watchmaking
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Dec 24, 202529:33pending
Tuesday 23 December
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Monday 22 December
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Reforming the US-Israel relationship and how behavioural science shapes urban po...
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Dec 19, 202530:14pending
Who will be the UK’s new ambassador to the US?
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Dec 18, 202530:50pending
“The time to build” at the UN Global Refugee Forum 2025, and Brazil’s 2026 forec...
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Dec 17, 202531:57pending
How can Europe succeed in the Trump era? Plus: design gifts for the holidays
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Dec 16, 202532:13pending
The international community weighs in on the Bondi shooting and Thailand’s next...
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Dec 16, 202528:23pending
Is Gaza’s US-brokered ceasefire moving ahead or failing?
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Dec 12, 202532:05pending
Fresh crisis in Yemen threatens to split the Gulf region
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Dec 11, 202532:27pending
Is the transatlantic relationship facing a major crisis?
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Dec 10, 202531:52pending
Thailand and Cambodia’s border feud escalates and the latest in urban-mobility d...
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Dec 9, 202526:41pending
European leaders huddle with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky
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Dec 8, 202529:53pending
Germany and France’s generational split over pensions. Plus: four nations boycot...
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Dec 5, 202530:01pending
The Dominican Republic: Caught between Trump’s America and Venezuela’s Maduro
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Dec 4, 202533:12pending
The Gulf states look towards a joint defensive strategy at the 46th GCC summit
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