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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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Friday 3 January: A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Chris Cermak. 

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34643 Jan 2025
31 min

Friday 3 January 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Chris Cermak. 

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34632 Jan 2025
31 min

Poland’s EU presidency and the world in 2025 

‘The Briefing’ returns with breaking news from around the world in a new year, including the start of Poland's EU presidency.

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34621 Jan 2025
29 min

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part three 

Join us for a New Year’s Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from best-selling author Elif Shafak; globally renowned architect Lord Norman Foster; Georgia Davis, Lizzie Mayland and Abigail Morris of UK band The Last Dinner Party; and Oscar-nominated screen star Jeffrey Wright.

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346131 Dec 2024
41 min

Tuesday 31 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Emma Nelson. 

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346030 Dec 2024
32 min

Monday 30 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Georgina Godwin. Plus: Monocle’s Tom Webb has the papers from Asia.

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345927 Dec 2024
35 min

Friday 27 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from Midori House in London by Georgina Godwin.

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345826 Dec 2024
29 min

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part two 

Join us for a Boxing Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from British film director Steve McQueen; renowned architect Lina Ghotmeh; celebrated painter Maggi Hambling; and Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of 'The Wall Street Journal'.

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345725 Dec 2024
26 min

Christmas Day special 

Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and editor-in-chief, Andrew Tuck, join Tom Edwards, Robert Bound and Gillian Dobias to swap presents, survey the festivities around the world and share their Christmas wishes.

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345624 Dec 2024
29 min

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part one 

Join us for a Christmas Eve special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier; former FBI director-turned-author James Comey; Lisa Jackson, VP of environment, policy and social initiatives at Apple; and legendary film-score composer and music producer, Hans Zimmer.

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345523 Dec 2024
30 min

Monday 23 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from Midori House in London by Emma Nelson.

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345420 Dec 2024
30 min

Congressional tensions in the US and our favourite films of 2024 

The US lurches towards a government shutdown as president-elect Donald Trump torpedoes a bipartisan spending bill. Plus: the EU takes the UK to court. Then: the best films of 2024 and what to eat and drink over the holidays.

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345319 Dec 2024
34 min

Is Italy Europe’s stability? 

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, presents her budget to parliament and her image of Italy as a stable, fiscally responsible country in the EU. Plus, the UK becomes the first country outside the Asia-Pacific to sign a trade deal in the region. Then, our final edition of ‘The Global Countdown’ for the year.

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345218 Dec 2024
33 min

Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks and Justin Trudeau’s precarious future 

Officials say that an Israel-Hamas ceasefire could be close as negotiations continue. Plus: we check in with the uncertain political futures of Brazil’s Lula and Canada’s Trudeau. Then: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins to discuss the 80th anniversary of ‘Le Monde’. 

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345117 Dec 2024
33 min

Examining the world’s overlooked war 

Germany’s election campaign begins – but what could its next government look like? Then we turn to Sudan to get the latest from the ground and learn how foreign powers are engaging with the conflict. Plus, we tour Croatia’s holiday markets. 

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345016 Dec 2024
33 min

The world weighs in on Syria and South Korea begins impeachment trial 

How are international powers weighing the new power dynamic in Syria? Then: we head to Seoul as president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial begins. Plus: we discuss the Anthropocene, a proposed geological epoch.

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