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12 FEB

Brazilian Carnival special: The songs to know in 2026

Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs at this year's Carnival in Brazil, from a disco-diva classic to a song about looking sexy on a jet ski. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Feb

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11 min
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
29/01/2024

‘The Zone of Interest’

We discuss ‘The Zone of Interest’, the latest film by UK film director Jonathan Glazer. Loosely based on Martin Amis’s novel of the same name, the film tells the story of Rudolf Höss, camp commandant at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and his wife as they build an idyllic life for their family as the Holocaust unfolds. We speak to Christian Friedel, who plays Höss, and film critic Jason Solomons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29/01/2024

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30 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
2 MAR

Conflict spreads to the wider region after the US-Israel strikes on Iran

The US and Israel’s campaign against Iran, which resulted in the death of the country’s Supreme Leader Khamenei, has now expanded into a regional conflict. Monocle’s Gulf correspondent Inzamam Rashid brings us the latest, as strikes have now been seen in Lebanon, Kuwait and other neighbouring states. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 Mar

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59 min
11 MAR

Luka Ivan Jukic on the enduring significance of Central Europe

Georgina Godwin meets journalist and historian Luka Ivan Jukic, whose latest book, Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea, explores the emergent rebirth of the region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Mar

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31 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
15/09/2024

Paul Romer: Nobel perspectives

Professor Paul Romer won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis. In May, Romer spoke to Monocle Radio on the margins of the UBS Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong. In the latest in a series in which luminaries of economics share their unique perspectives, Romer explains the effect of human capital, innovation and knowledge on economic growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15/09/2024

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11 min
24/11/2024

What does Trump 2.0 mean for the US economy?

UBS’s head of fixed income and co-lead of the bank’s ElectionWatch report series, Kurt Reiman, joins the show to reflect on Donald Trump’s US presidential election success. In a conversation recorded as Trump finalised appointments to his cabinet, Reiman discusses the likely direction of travel for the US economy under Trump 2.0. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24/11/2024

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19 min

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