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Politics

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Society & Culture

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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Updated 30/05/2023
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated weekly

25 JAN

Brazil

Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the charts of his home country, Brazil. Expect new takes on ‘sertanejo’ music, the Brazilian version of a Eurovision-winning song and epic 12-minute funk tracks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 Jan

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10 min
2 NOV

The redesign of Brazil’s largest daily, plus a new magazine on transport

This week we speak with Sérgio Dávila, editor in chief of Brazil’s largest daily newspaper, ‘Folha de São Paulo’, on the paper’s redesign and its coverage of the US election. Plus: ‘Vehicle’, a new magazine with a fresh approach to transportation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 Nov

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28 min
25 MAY

Where did things go wrong for South Africa’s ANC?

The African National Congress looks likely to win South Africa’s upcoming election, despite facing the prospect of securing less than 50 per cent of the vote for the first time in its history. Is this the inevitable result of being in power for too long, or something else? Andrew Mueller speaks to Nwabisa Makunga of the country’s national daily Sowetan, author William Gumede and former opposition leader Tony Leon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 May

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31 min
18 MAY

The Black Sea

Russia celebrated its annual Black Sea Fleet Day with a notably smaller fleet in Sevastopol than just a few years ago. How has Ukraine managed to win in the sea? What has the Nato military alliance learned from that success? And how does Turkey exercise control as the gateway country to the Black Sea? We speak to Hanna Shelest in Odessa, James Bergeron of Nato Maritime Command and Turkish-American political scientist Soner Cagaptay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 May

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35 min
22 MAY

Explainer 418: Big trouble in New Caledonia

France and New Caledonia have seen better days. Andrew Mueller explains France’s role in the South Pacific territory and why Paris is blaming a fresh round of unrest there on Azerbaijan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 May

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7 min
31 AUG

Is centrism in retreat?

Amid this year’s elections, protests, frustrations and rise in authoritarianism, we explore what centrism really stands for – and whether it is on the march or in retreat. Andrew Mueller speaks with Monocle’s Paris bureau chief, Simon Bouvier, author and Israeli advisor Yair Zivan and former US defence official Michèle Flournoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 Aug

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35 min
25/12/2022

Nature-based Solutions

Explore a compelling report with a truly global scope from The UBS Optimus Foundation in APAC and project partners Mana Impact and EnviroStrat. The report demonstrates how nature-based solutions can be better understood and employed to address global environmental and biodiversity challenges. With Optimus Foundation’s CEO Maya Ziswiler, Patti Chu of Mana Impact and EnviroStrat’s Cerasela Stancu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25/12/2022

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23 min
12/02/2023

The UBS Greater China Conference part II: Global economic outlook

Further highlights from UBS’s annual flagship event, the 23rd edition of which took place last month with the theme, ‘The Way Ahead’. UBS global chief economist Arend Kapteyn, chief European economist Reinhard Cluse, their US counterpart Jonathan Pingle and head of Asia economics Tao Wang discuss the global economic and policy outlook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12/02/2023

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22 min
08/01/2023

What might profit-driven inflation mean?

In the latest in an occasional series, the chief economist in UBS Global Wealth Management, Paul Donovan, joins the show to talk us through some of the key topics that he has been following and writing about as we enter 2023. Today’s programme explores what profit-driven inflation might mean.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

08/01/2023

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11 min
15/06/2023

Birthday special

This week, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco presents the defining songs of his life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15/06/2023

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11 min

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