The Monocle Daily
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.
Episodes
John Everard and Terry Stiastny discuss why North Korea is destroying symbolic signs of reunification, why Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s debate didn’t need watching, why Israel’s Flag Day and other extreme celebrations don’t help anybody and why Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app. Plus: Finland’s alternative to AirBnb.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We get the latest from Washington as Joe Biden signs an executive order to control immigration. Then: panellists Lisette Reymer and Andrew Thompson discuss Mexico’s new leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, look ahead to how the far-right might fare in the forthcoming EU elections and examine a plan by Spain to teach primary school children about fake news and online hoaxes. Plus: we sit down with reportage illustrator George But...
Stephen Dalziel and Nina dos Santos discuss the day’s big stories including how Russia is influencing the European elections, whether Ukraine risks failing in a Swiss peace summit and why North Korea’s trash balloons are our favourite example of diplomatic pettiness. Plus: the latest from Hunter Biden’s trial and a biography of Israel’s first president.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We get an update on Mexico’s elections before our in-house Friday show turns to South Africa, the Trump verdict and a report from the literary Hay Festival. Plus: a look at the Faroe Islands, one of the EU’s most remote constituencies.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and David Brennan discuss Brazil recalling its ambassador to Israel, whether Trump-aligned Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves, the scaling down of London’s only local daily and whether we’d trust Uber with a trip to sample Champagne. Plus: a letter from Djibouti
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Caroline Frost and Robin Lustig dissect the UK elections and Donald Trump as a jury deliberates in New York. Plus: China’s revived panda diplomacy and a music session with Sean O’Hagan.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz plea to defend democracy against nationalism, scepticism over Vladimir Putin’s offer to achieve a ceasefire with Ukraine, why the future of the ANC looks uncertain in South Africa and why the public is turned off by dating apps. Plus: we take a look at the film ‘Last Shadow at First Light’.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.
See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
We get the latest from the International Court of Justice ruling in The Hague. Then: Monocle’s Tom Webb and Alexis Self analyse election campaigning here in the UK and Natalie Theodosi reviews the latest Paris-heavy edition of Monocle magazine. Plus: a music session with The Longest Johns.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our guests, Mark Lowcock and Nabila Ramdani, discuss the latest from Gaza, the UN’s vote on Srebrenica genocide memorial day, how the Rwanda plan could affect the UK’s general election and Bark Air’s inaugural flight. Plus: a letter from Baden-Baden.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our guests, Marie Le Conte and Ben Kelly, discuss the UK’s general election, which is now planned for 4 July. Then: we delve into European recognition of Palestinian statehood, the National Rally’s abandonment of one-time ally AfD and why the US embassy insists that it doesn’t have to pay London’s congestion charge. Plus: Our ‘On This Day’ historical series explores the caning of Charles Sumner in 1856.
See omnystudio.c...
Vincent McAviney and Alex von Tunzelmann discuss the day’s biggest stories. We examine Nato’s predicament over the conflict in Ukraine, unrest in New Caledonia – and what this means for European territories overseas – and putting up barriers to hide Mount Fuji from tourists. Plus: Dorian Lynskey on his new book ‘Everything Must Go’.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How will the death of Iran’s president affect conflicts in the Middle East? Meanwhile, Benny Gantz threatens to leave Israel’s war coalition, China and the West continue their tit-for-tat trade war and the Vatican tightens rules over supernatural apparitions. Plus: an interview with singer-songwriter Judith Hill.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We hear from Olga Tokariuk at the Lviv Media Forum, Fernando Augusto Pacheco on Brazil’s devastating floods, US editor Christopher Lord on NYCxDesign and Gunnar Gronlid on Norway’s curious coming-of-age tradition known as “russ”.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our guests Julie Norman and Chris Sabatini discuss China and Russia’s throwdown to the US, the spread of “foreign agent” laws in autocracies around the world, the looming Trump-Biden presidential debate and South Korea’s K-pop “plogging” campaign. Plus: a letter on Danish happiness from Copenhagen.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We get the latest from the assassination attempt on Slovakia’s Robert Fico. Then: our panellists, Isabel Hilton and Sean Ryan, discuss Vladimir Putin in Beijing, whether Arab nations could be peacekeepers in Gaza and why we hate being on-call with UK tax authorities. Plus: The Chandler Good Government Index.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why Joe Biden announced a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, Michael Cohen confirms that Donald Trump asked him to keep stories about his personal life out of the media and Copenhagen Democracy Summit begins at a time when faith in governments is declining worldwide. Plus: the passenger rail service linking Russia to North Korea is set to resume and we visit the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
See omnystud...
Vladimir Putin removes Sergei Shoigu from Russia’s defence ministry, Ukraine’s north east sees hard fighting in a new ground offensive, a court in Germany backs the nation’s domestic intelligence agency’s designation of far-right party Alternative for Germany as a suspected case of extremism, and why lost property reports in Japan hit new record in 2023. Plus: Laurie Bristow on his new book, ‘Kabul: Final Call: The Inside Story of ...
The UN General Assembly is set to back a Palestinian bid for membership. Then: Donald Trump’s campaign wants to lure international visitors, Taiwan launches a new tourism slogan and we report from Malmö and the Eurovision Song Contest. Plus: the Monocle x Gucci collaboration begins.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sir William Patey and Dr Marion Messmer join Monocle’s Andrew Mueller to discuss the day’s top stories, including: the European Union’s plans to buy weapons for Ukraine; Spain and Ireland inching closer to recognising Palestine as a state and the Taliban attempts to appeal to Chinese tourists. Plus: have young people killed the phone call and we bring you a letter from Mexico City.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.
Shootings are not unusual in Belize. Shootings of cops are. When a wealthy woman – part of one of the most powerful families in Belize – is found on a pier late at night, next to a body, it becomes the country’s biggest news story in a generation. New episodes every Monday!
A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.