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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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Will Justin Trudeau resign? And: the US faces a government shutdown: Monocle’s Toronto correspondent, Tomos Lewis, discusses Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s future amid calls for his resignation. Then: the latest on the looming US government shutdown. Plus: Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, and head of radio, Tom Edwards, discuss the year in elections and Christmas diplomacy for awkward political chats around the turkey.

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2929	20 Dec 2024 36 min	Will Justin Trudeau resign? And: the US faces a government shutdown Monocle’s Toronto correspondent, Tomos Lewis, discusses Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s future amid calls for his resignation. Then: the latest on the looming US government shutdown. Plus: Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, and head of radio, Tom Edwards, discuss the year in elections and Christmas diplomacy for awkward political chats around the turkey.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2928	19 Dec 2024 37 min	Should Europe spend more on defense? As Volodymyr Zelensky makes a final push to rally EU allies ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, we discuss growing pressure on Europe to boost its defense budget. Also on the programme: as Emmanuel Macron faces mounting calls to resign, could France be heading toward early presidential elections? Plus: the great Guinness shortage and what not to buy your spouse this Christmas.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2927	18 Dec 2024 34 min	Canada’s Trudeau loses his shine and we ask: who will be Germany’s next leader? Canada’s prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is in a political crisis. We examine how bad the situation is. Also on the programme: with Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, calling a snap election for next year, we assess who the nation’s next leader could be. Then: why Donald Trump is suing the Des Moines Register. Plus: the woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last month was taken into custody again – for a very similar offence.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2926	17 Dec 2024 40 min	Ukraine assassinates Russian chemical weapons chief Ukraine claims responsibility for the killing of Russian chemical-weapons chief, Igor Kirillov. We unpack what might happen next. Also in the programme: the European Commission takes the UK to court for the alleged failure by the UK to protect the rights of resident EU citizens. Plus: we ask why there were so few young men at the impeachment rallies in South Korea and new research shows consuming arts and culture is good for your health.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2925	16 Dec 2024 37 min	Israel’s Golan Heights expansion plan and the latest from Sudan As Israel doubles down on its incursion into the occupied Syrian territory of Golan Heights, we ask whether this is necessary or opportunistic. Also on the programme: we discuss the latest as Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, offers to mediate to resolve tensions between Sudan and the UAE. Then: the remaining Bali Nine return to Australia. What does this say about Indonesia’s new leader? Plus: students at a school in England get a rude awakening when a vicar tells them the truth about Santa Claus.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2924	13 Dec 2024 47 min	Trouble for Spain’s prime minister and the future of Jumeirah Ed Stocker and Simon Bouvier discuss France’s new prime minister, Francois Bayrou, and the Catalan separatists threatening to end support for Spain’s prime minister. Plus: Fiona Wilson joins to debate doggy-bag guidelines in Japan to tackle food waste. Then: ‘What We Learned’ and the future of Jumeirah in Africa.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2923	12 Dec 2024 37 min	South Korea’s ongoing political crisis and does the ‘Time Magazine’ person of the year really matter? The latest in South Korea’s ongoing political crisis and the implications for its soft-power prowess. Also in the programme: the UK’s changing attitudes toward relations with the European Union and Australia proposes new taxes on tech giants to pay for news coverage. Plus: does the ‘Time Magazine’ person of the year really matter?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2922	11 Dec 2024 38 min	Scholz paves the way for an early election in Germany Germany's chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has requested a confidence vote, setting in motion the process for the country to hold early elections next year. What happened to the EU's powerhouse? Plus: the fate of Syrian refugees in Europe, Maori tribes' plea to King Charles III and how the way we watch television is changing..	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2921	10 Dec 2024 37 min	How to deal with Syria’s new power Tessa Szyszkowitz and Ben Kelly discuss how Western governments might deal with a Syria newly led by a former terrorist group, the controversy over the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, the 'Los Angeles Times' bias debate and our favourite online searches of the year. Plus: why young Croatians are leaving and how to keep them.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2920	9 Dec 2024 39 min	How will the Assad regime’s collapse affect Europe? Robin Brant and Giorgia Scaturro discuss how the collapse of the Assad regime will affect Europe. Also in the programme: a migration solution dubbed the ‘Musk bill‘, tensions over an EU-Mercosur trade deal and whether Italy’s trains are the best in Europe. Plus: Karthik Ramanna on his book 'The Age of Outrage'.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2919	6 Dec 2024 36 min	Romania’s presidential election gets cancelled and Mercer’s ranking of the best expat cities We are joined by Bucharest-based journalist Alison Mutler as Romania’s top court annuls the results of the first round of its presidential election. Also in the programme, we unpack Mercer’s ranking of the best and worst cities in the world for expats to live. Plus: Andrew Mueller with ‘What We Learned’ and we hear from Janine Marshall of London’s One Aldwych at the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2918	5 Dec 2024 35 min	When parliament takes charge Guests Latika Burke and Theo Usherwood join Andrew Mueller to discuss the power of parliament. First, we head to France, where lawmakers passed a no-confidence motion to oust prime minister Michel Barnier, and then, South Korea, where MPs vetoed martial law to stop the president from taking over. Also on the programme: UK prime minister Keir Starmer launches a plan for change. Plus: our team in Cannes reports from the International Luxury Travel Market as they meet the co-founder of Fora, Henley Vazquez.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2917	4 Dec 2024 37 min	Can Russia afford another war in Syria? Reports suggest that the recent rebel advance in Syria is still on the march. Will Russia have the resources to protect its interests in the nation? Also in the programme: the most recent trade dispute between the US and China over semiconductor restrictions. Plus: France and Saudi Arabia try their hand at resolving the war in Israel and Palestine. Then: Italy bans Airbnb self check-ins.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2916	3 Dec 2024 38 min	South Korea’s president declares emergency martial law We get the latest from John Everard as South Korea’s president, Yook Suk Yeol, declares martial law after accusing anti-state elements of sympathising with North Korea. Also in the programme, Ukraine is high on the agenda as Nato foreign ministers meet in Brussels. But is an invitation likely? Plus: protests in Georgia continue for a fifth day and artificial intelligence in advertising.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2915	2 Dec 2024 38 min	President Biden issues a pardon for his son and France’s government on the brink of collapse We unpack the latest as President Biden issues a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon for the charges facing his son, Hunter Biden. Also in the programme, France’s fragile government teeters on the brink of collapse following Michel Barnier pushes his social security budget past parliament, without consulting MPs and the effect of a Trump presidency for Ireland. Plus: As public service complaints in England soar, we ask whether things are getting worse or do we just moan more?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Affairs / Podcast

The Monocle Daily

Latest episode

Latest episodes

Will Justin Trudeau resign? And: the US faces a government shutdown

Should Europe spend more on defense?

Canada’s Trudeau loses his shine and we ask: who will be Germany’s next leader?

Ukraine assassinates Russian chemical weapons chief

Israel’s Golan Heights expansion plan and the latest from Sudan

Trouble for Spain’s prime minister and the future of Jumeirah

South Korea’s ongoing political crisis and does the ‘Time Magazine’ person of the year really matter?

Scholz paves the way for an early election in Germany

How to deal with Syria’s new power

How will the Assad regime’s collapse affect Europe?

Romania’s presidential election gets cancelled and Mercer’s ranking of the best expat cities

When parliament takes charge

Can Russia afford another war in Syria?

South Korea’s president declares emergency martial law

President Biden issues a pardon for his son and France’s government on the brink of collapse