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The best of the week on Monocle Radio, compiled into one show.

The best of the week on Monocle Radio, compiled into one show.

 

#100

Highlights from Monocle Radio: A year on from the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, the new editor in chi...

Journalist Martin Smith discusses his interview with the president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shar... more

15 hrs Ago

49 MINS

49:32

15 hrs Ago


#99

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

This week, Andrew Mueller recounts what we learned from Trump’s Fifa Peace Prize win... more

20 hrs Ago

07 MINS

07:18

20 hrs Ago


#98

Highlights from Monocle Radio: War photographer Lynsey Addario, wrapping up Design Miami and the Nat...

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the personal toll of conflict. Pl... more

07 Dec 2025

51 MINS

51:00

07 Dec 2025


#97

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

Andrew Mueller discusses the week’s weirdest news, including singer Sabrina Carpente... more

05 Dec 2025

06 MINS

06:24

05 Dec 2025


#96

Highlights from Monocle Radio: Finnish ex-PM Sanna Marin, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Mu...

We hear from recently released Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, head to Finl... more

30 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:20

30 Nov 2025


#95

What We Learned: President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf ...

Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s strangest stories, including a spat between US pol... more

28 Nov 2025

07 MINS

07:37

28 Nov 2025


#94

Highlights from Monocle Radio: Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dubai Design Week and the ne...

We hear from financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin on the next financial bubble, get the... more

23 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:00

23 Nov 2025


#93

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

Andrew Mueller recaps the week’s oddest stories. This week, Michigan man JD Vance (n... more

21 Nov 2025

06 MINS

06:38

21 Nov 2025


#92

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

We go behind the scenes as world-renowned auction house Christie’s gears up for its ... more

16 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:31

16 Nov 2025


#91

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

Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from this week’s news, including a pub quiz t... more

14 Nov 2025

06 MINS

06:31

14 Nov 2025


#90

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

Zohran Mamdani is New York’s new mayor-elect, but how realistic are his housing poli... more

09 Nov 2025

51 MINS

51:20

09 Nov 2025


#89

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

Which celebrity thinks the moon landing is a hoax? Why is Trump threatening to invade Nige... more

08 Nov 2025

06 MINS

06:27

08 Nov 2025


#88

Highlights from Monocle Radio: John Bolton on the United Nations, Carolina Deslandes on her new albu...

Former US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, reflects on the relevance of the ... more

02 Nov 2025

51 MINS

51:04

02 Nov 2025


#87

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

Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including Jeremy Corbyn’s... more

31 Oct 2025

06 MINS

06:44

31 Oct 2025


#86

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

We profile Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, meet Danish-Icelandic artist ... more

25 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:47

25 Oct 2025


#85

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

Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including a dangerous US Marine... more

24 Oct 2025

07 MINS

07:24

24 Oct 2025


#84

A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library

What to look out for at Frieze London and Frieze Masters and we look back on the overthrow... more

18 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:32

18 Oct 2025


#83

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

Andrew Muller unpacks the week’s news, including who won the Nobel Peace Prize (spoi... more

17 Oct 2025

07 MINS

07:12

17 Oct 2025


#82

Highlights from Monocle Radio: We wrap Paris Fashion Week and explore a sleek new hotel in Tbilisi

We meet the authors behind a new book about one of the most extraordinary prisoner swaps i... more

11 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:00

11 Oct 2025


#81

What We Learned: the UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Javier Milei and Donald Trump

The UK Conservative Party’s embarrassing mistake, rocking out with Argentina’s... more

10 Oct 2025

06 MINS

06:17

10 Oct 2025