Festive highlights from Monocle Radio

What We Learned in 2025

Highlights from Monocle Radio: A year on from the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, the new editor in chief of ‘Esquire UK’ and a recap of Design Miami

What We Learned: The Fifa Peace Prize and Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book

Highlights from Monocle Radio: War photographer Lynsey Addario, wrapping up Design Miami and the National Gallery’s new restaurant

What We Learned: Sabrina Carpenter vs the US government, Franklin the Turtle and a live-action pancake

Highlights from Monocle Radio: Finnish ex-PM Sanna Marin, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and director Shih-ching Tsou

What We Learned: President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election

Highlights from Monocle Radio: Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dubai Design Week and the new boss at the helm of Mr & Mrs Smith

What We Learned: JD Vance in prison, Maduro karaoke and a wild world record

Highlights from Monocle Radio: World Travel Market in London and Tourise in Saudi Arabia

What We Learned: A cheating scandal, Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s emails

Highlights from Monocle Radio: New York’s new mayor, space junk and ‘M Le Magazine du Monde’

What We Learned: The moon landing hoax, Trump threatens Nigeria and the Louvre’s embarrassing password

Highlights from Monocle Radio: John Bolton on the United Nations, Carolina Deslandes on her new album and Japan’s haunted homes

What We Learned: Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt controversy and Trump’s Asia tour

Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris

What We Learned: The US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, ‘No Kings’ protest and the White House demolition

A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library

What We Learned: The Nobel Peace Prize, Gaze peace summit, Eric Trump’s book