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Updated 15/08/2025
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08/07/2020

David Miliband

Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé asks leading drivers of change what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. In this episode, David Milband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former UK foreign secretary, discusses how to fix the vacuum in global leadership and why public trust – not hospitals – is the real key to fighting coronavirus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

08/07/2020

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29 min
02/11/2023

Badiucao

Chinese dissident artist Badiucao sits down with Georgina Godwin to discuss his life in self-imposed exile and how he uses his art to challenge censorship and human-rights abuses in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/11/2023

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32 min
25/09/2025

Portugal

This week on The Global Countdown, Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top five songs in Portugal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25/09/2025

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9 min
02/08/2025

Highlights from Monocle Radio

Oscar-winning Ukrainian film director Mstyslav Chernov on his latest work; editor in chief at ‘The National’, Mina Al-Oraibi, on life in the UAE; and chef Angela Hartnett reveals her latest edition of Café Murano. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/08/2025

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52 min
8 JAN

US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic with ties to Venezuela

We discuss the seizure of the Marinera oil tanker, its Russia connection and how much this escalates the situation beyond Venezuela and the West. As Donald Trump announces an oil deal, how co-operative is the new Venezuelan regime going to be with US demands? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 Jan

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59 min
29/10/2025

Explainer 491: Trump’s third term?

US presidents are, as we know, two-term limited. But will that stop Trump? Andrew Mueller lays out the possible paths to re-re-election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29/10/2025

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8 min
21/06/2025

The view of Europe from Globsec Forum 2025

Reporting from the Globsec Forum in Prague, we hear from guests including the host country’s foreign minister and Georgia’s president to discern how their countries are adapting to today’s security, military and political threats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21/06/2025

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42 min
21 FEB

Munich Security Conference special: Will the transatlantic alliance survive?

After a bruising year following JD Vance’s speech at the last Munich Security Conference, we discuss the state of relations between Europe and the US. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Feb

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45 min
26/04/2025

Live from Delphi: What’s brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean?

With the change of the past 12 months, we ask experts: what does Turkey want in the Eastern Mediterranean? Is Cyprus actually solvable? And do we understand how the Middle East is being reshaped? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26/04/2025

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28 min
18 FEB

Explainer 505: Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was not allowed to compete in a helmet decorated with pictures of athletes killed in the war with Russia. But is it really true that the Olympics are apolitical? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Feb

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7 min

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