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Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.
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As EU accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova kick off in Luxembourg, we speak to Moldova’s secretary of state for European integration. We also take a closer look at the protests against tax rises in Kenya. Plus: an interview with Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko about his new book ‘I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With the Kremlin blaming the US for a Ukrainian attack on Crimea which used US-supplied missiles, we consider the risk of escalation. We also ask if Ukraine and Moldova can hope for EU membership on the eve of accession talks. Plus: crows versus humans in Busan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To mark the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, Monocle’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco and fashion director Natalie Theodosi tackle a vexed question: who wears short shorts in 2024? And should they? We also hear from Monocle’s US editor, Chris Lord, and get some live music from singer-songwriter Richard Thompson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Description: With exchanges of fire ongoing, Israel warning of “total war” and the Biden administration frustrated, we’ll take stock of the situation in northern Israel. Plus: Ukraine’s F-16 hopes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We take stock of who’s in and who’s out in the wake of this month’s EU elections, and what it means for the continent. Plus: Russia at home and abroad and is there a place for pettiness in politics?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With a visit from Vladimir Putin imminent and tensions flaring at the border, we take stock of the situation in North Korea. Plus: Joe Biden is set to give legal status to undocumented spouses, ‘The Sun’ and the UK election, and restaurants handing out yellow cards to misbehaving diners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1As the international peace summit wraps up in Switzerland, we ask what – if anything – it accomplished. Also, we take stock of Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis, look into the role of athletes in politics and discover that panda diplomacy is far from endangered.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self, checks in from the Nas Sigonella in Sicily. Then: we discuss the agenda of this weekend’s Summit on Peace in Ukraine taking place in Switzerland. Plus: Monocle’s Sophie Monaghan-Coombs heads to the Davide Campari Lounge at Art Basel to speak to UK photographer Martin Parr about curating the special exhibition ‘Bar Stories’, which celebrates bar culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Julie Norman and Chris Sabatini discuss Western leaders’ embrace of G7 host and right-wing Italian leader Giorgia Meloni, whether courts could halt aggressive immigration policies in Hungary and the US, Haiti’s new government and the idea of charging for ice cubes. Plus: Antoine Melon, author of ‘The Curious Gourmand’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Yossi Mekelberg and Rebecca Tinsley discuss the prospects for peace between Israel and Hamas – and the risks of a wider war in Lebanon. Then: foreign nationals serving in war, the effect of US legal distractions toll on the presidential candidates and will Euro 2024 allow us to step away from politics? Plus: On This Day in 1381: The peasants’ revolt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We hear an update from Gaza before Jonathan Fenby and Marion Messmer discuss whether France and Germany’s leaders are lame ducks, whether the EU needs a defence commissioner and why a kindergarten has decided that they don’t want to be associated with a sugar-eating elephant. Plus: Fat White Family in a Midori House session.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marta Lorimer and Stephen Dalziel join Monocle’s Andrew Mueller to discuss the results of the EU’s parliamentary elections – and what the rise of the far-right means for the bloc. Plus: Benny Gantz’s departure from Israel’s emergency government, Ukraine’s peace summit in Switzerland and United Airlines’ new in-flight advertising network. And we sit down with author Brian Groom to discuss his book ‘Made in Manchester’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our in-house panel discusses why Rishi Sunak couldn’t get D-Day right, the latest from the EU Parliament elections, France’s Olympic moment and why Brazil might privatise portions of its lush public beaches. Plus: a letter from Delphi in Greece.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carole Walker and Somnath Batabyal discuss why India’s Narendra Modi might have been punished by his electorate, lessons from D-Day as world leaders mark 80 years in Normandy and whether the EU elections matter for other countries. Plus: can classical music ward off raucous Finnish beach goers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
John Everard and Terry Stiastny discuss why North Korea is destroying symbolic signs of reunification, why Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s debate didn’t need watching, why Israel’s Flag Day and other extreme celebrations don’t help anybody and why Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app. Plus: Finland’s alternative to AirBnb.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We get the latest from Washington as Joe Biden signs an executive order to control immigration. Then: panellists Lisette Reymer and Andrew Thompson discuss Mexico’s new leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, look ahead to how the far-right might fare in the forthcoming EU elections and examine a plan by Spain to teach primary school children about fake news and online hoaxes. Plus: we sit down with reportage illustrator George Butler to talk about his new book ‘Ukraine: Remember Also Me’.
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Stephen Dalziel and Nina dos Santos discuss the day’s big stories including how Russia is influencing the European elections, whether Ukraine risks failing in a Swiss peace summit and why North Korea’s trash balloons are our favourite example of diplomatic pettiness. Plus: the latest from Hunter Biden’s trial and a biography of Israel’s first president.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We get an update on Mexico’s elections before our in-house Friday show turns to South Africa, the Trump verdict and a report from the literary Hay Festival. Plus: a look at the Faroe Islands, one of the EU’s most remote constituencies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and David Brennan discuss Brazil recalling its ambassador to Israel, whether Trump-aligned Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves, the scaling down of London’s only local daily and whether we’d trust Uber with a trip to sample Champagne. Plus: a letter from DjiboutiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Caroline Frost and Robin Lustig dissect the UK elections and Donald Trump as a jury deliberates in New York. Plus: China’s revived panda diplomacy and a music session with Sean O’Hagan.
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Agreed, CURLING is the epitome of the WINTER OLYMPICS!!!
Lovely Olympic rev.!!!