100 episodes
The Monocle Daily Monocle Radio
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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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Hamas accepts Gaza peace deal in principle
Yossi Mekelberg and Rebecca Tinsley discuss the prospects for peace between Israel and Hamas – and the risks of a wider war in Lebanon. Then: foreign nationals serving in war, the effect of US legal distractions toll on the presidential candidates and will Euro 2024 allow us to step away from politics? Plus: On This Day in 1381: The peasants’ revolt.
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Has the Franco-German engine sputtered?
We hear an update from Gaza before Jonathan Fenby and Marion Messmer discuss whether France and Germany’s leaders are lame ducks, whether the EU needs a defence commissioner and why a kindergarten has decided that they don’t want to be associated with a sugar-eating elephant. Plus: Fat White Family in a Midori House session.
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What do the EU election results mean for Europe?
Marta Lorimer and Stephen Dalziel join Monocle’s Andrew Mueller to discuss the results of the EU’s parliamentary elections – and what the rise of the far-right means for the bloc. Plus: Benny Gantz’s departure from Israel’s emergency government, Ukraine’s peace summit in Switzerland and United Airlines’ new in-flight advertising network. And we sit down with author Brian Groom to discuss his book ‘Made in Manchester’.
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EU elections round-up and France’s Olympic ascendancy
Our in-house panel discusses why Rishi Sunak couldn’t get D-Day right, the latest from the EU Parliament elections, France’s Olympic moment and why Brazil might privatise portions of its lush public beaches. Plus: a letter from Delphi in Greece.
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A chastened Narendra Modi and 80 years since D-Day
Carole Walker and Somnath Batabyal discuss why India’s Narendra Modi might have been punished by his electorate, lessons from D-Day as world leaders mark 80 years in Normandy and whether the EU elections matter for other countries. Plus: can classical music ward off raucous Finnish beach goers?
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North Korea destroys railways, Starmer and Sunak destroy each other
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.
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