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.
We discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on social-media addiction and whether under-16s should be banned. Plus: Can politics, sports and culture mix and should rickshaw drivers get licences? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Guests Alex von Tunzelmann and David Brennan discuss peace talks in Geneva and the UK’s defence spending. Then: we remember civil-rights icon Jesse Jackson. Plus: how the Vatican will use AI to translate mass. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Panellists Chris Phillips and Rainbow Murray discuss the Board of Peace’s pledge to Gaza, why Marco Rubio went to Hungary and which country has the best predictors of future behaviour as China enters the Year of the Horse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The latest from the Munich Security Conference. Then: Julia Jenne considers whether Nato is ready for war. Plus: we hear from our team in Milan as week one of the Winter Olympics comes to a close. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
EU leaders meet in Belgium to unpack the future of the bloc. Then: Iran and the US plan to continue nuclear talks but is diplomacy working? Plus: The Ukrainian Winter Olympian banned for wearing a remembrance helmet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniella Peled and Ben Kelly assess whether Ukraine should hold elections, what to expect from a Trump-Netanyahu meeting, the latest from Tumbler Ridge and whether Olympic athletes should go public with their private lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Phil Tinline and Marion Messmer discuss Keir Starmer’s staying power and impressions of the UK prime minister abroad: Plus: Will nuclear testing resume? And why spies and foreign interference warnings are growing in Europe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Panellists Patti Cohen and John Everard assess the Ukrainian president’s claim that a US-Russia economic deal is in the works. Plus: a tale of Asian contrasts between Japan’s elections and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai’s sentencing in Hong Kong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We discuss the political risks facing allies as an increasingly isolationist America invites them to work together to challenge Chinese dominance in the critical-mineral supply-chain market. Plus: as the Winter Olympics kick off, Lily Austin and Chris Cermak recommend the best winter-sports films. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Panellists James Rodgers and Elisabeth Braw ask whether cuts at ‘The Washington Post’ were necessary, how to keep a media brand alive today and the role of foreign correspondents. Plus: an interview with Latvia prime minister Evika Silina about Ukraine and European values. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Burcu Ozcelik and Quentin Peel discuss the US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral in Abu Dhabi. Plus: the AfD’s role at the Munich Security Conference and Dai Fujikura on his Hokusai opera, ‘The Great Wave’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, has signalled that he wants another chance to join Europe’s defence fund. Plus: India’s trading moment and an interview with Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to the UAE’s president. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The US and Iran have confirmed opening lines of communication to avert conflict amid tensions in the Gulf. Meanwhile, Iran has designated European armies ‘terrorist groups’. Where is all of this headed? Panellists Negah Angha and Simon Brooke assess this and other stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We hear from Monocle’s Ed Stocker about his interview with the country’s migration minister, Elma Saiz. Plus: Ukraine says that it is open to a temporary ceasefire. Will this open the door to a permanent one? And: Grace Charlton picks three outfits for Andrew Mueller. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our guests Lynne O’Donnell and Charles Hecker assess the reemergence of Iraq’s former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, and whether it’s worth the damage to relations with the Trump administration. Plus: what did Syria’s president get out of Vladimir Putin? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our guests, Sir William Patey and Tessa Szyszkowitz, discuss the future of the transatlantic alliance from two angles: Minneapolis has sparked uproar over security co-operation with ICE at the Milan Olympics; and Donald Trump’s insults over Nato’s role in Afghanistan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Guests Aliona Hlivco and Vincent McAviney on the landmark India-EU trade deal, the latest on Ukraine’s security guarantees and Keir Starmer’s trip to China. Plus: Strategic foresight with Chris Luebkeman from ETH Zurich. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Elisabeth Braw and Tom Rivers look at the US-Ukraine security deal, discuss the Republicans’ response to ICE, examine undersea-cable diplomacy and revel in Heathrow scrapping its 100ml liquids limit. Plus: Joel S Wit on his new book, ‘Fallout: The Inside Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our panellists, Charles Hecker and Marc Adelman, discuss the US-Ukraine-Russia meeting in the UAE and whether a ceasefire is in the cards. Plus: our Friday battle of recommendations: French culture vs Hollywood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We wrap up a week of programmes from Greenland with politicians Sara Olsvig and Kuno Fencker, CNN’s Nic Robertson and Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self. Together, they respond to Greenland prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen’s press conference. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From Katuaq cultural centre, ‘The Monocle Daily’ panel weighs in on Donald Trump’s latest Greenland remarks at Davos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the first of three live shows from Nuuk, Andrew Mueller is joined by Inga Dora Markussen, chief sustainability officer at Air Greenland, Dr Steven Arnfjord, director of the llisimatusarfik’s Centre for Arctic Welfare and Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self, to discuss the latest on the crisis dominating world headlines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We have the latest from Nuuk as Europe contemplates its response to US tariffs over Greenland. Then: Israel contests Trump’s picks for the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’. Plus: why central banks are stockpiling gold and the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Threats to Greenland by Donald Trump have caused the Nordics to close rank. Is this the biggest challenge that they have faced since the Second World War? Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to director Kaouther Ben Hania about her harrowing true film. And: we discuss the decline in customer service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We examine Mark Carney’s trip to Beijing, a US reporter’s house is searched by the FBI, economic growth in Europe and should we end branded liveries on aircraft? Plus: A letter from Marrakech. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The latest on Iran as Donald Trump reiterates threats to strike amid deepening civil unrest. Then: US vice-president JD Vance sits down with Danish and Greenlandic officials at the White House. Plus: the death of credits in the age of streaming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Russia's most intense aerial bombardment of Ukraine this year. Then: As Europe ratifies a Mercosur trade deal we unpack how the US's influence in Latin America will shift. Plus: China's new 'life-saving' app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We examine Iran’s hardening rhetoric as protests turn deadly, with at least 544 people killed as the country enters a third week of unrest. Plus: we question whether the world is entering a renaissance of protectionism and why Rio has a beach problem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Colombians take to the streets as the nation’s leader says he sees ‘real threat’ of US military action. Then: the latest from Ukraine as Russia attacks with hypersonic missiles. Plus: we meet Deborah Honig, Samsung’s first chief customer officer, and preview this year’s Golden Globes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
All eyes are on Latin America following Washington’s intervention in Venezuela. We discuss the changing picture of risk and why 2026 is an important election year in the region. Then: China and the US’s race to the moon. Plus: do characters in art need to be ‘good’ to be likeable? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
