Monocle Radio

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Channel • 20 Shows

Politics

Politics

Updated daily
Politics

Politics

Updated weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated weekly
Design

Design

Updated weekly
Places & Travel

Places & Travel

Updated twice weekly
Food

Food

Updated 15/08/2025
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Every two weeks

3 DAYS AGO

US-Iran talks, Japan’s defence on alert and the growing rift between the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Geneva flexes its diplomatic muscles with talks between Iran and the US. Japan will deploy missiles near Taiwan and what’s going on between the UAE and Saudi Arabia? Plus: fashion news and Finnair’s new bespoke soundscape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3 days ago

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59 min
25/08/2025

Saint Etienne on their 13th and final album, ‘International’

Robert Bound is joined in the studio by Sarah Cracknell and Pete Wiggs from beloved British pop band Saint Etienne. They discuss their upcoming album, ‘International’, which will be their last. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25/08/2025

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29 min
22 FEB

The week in global affairs from Europe to the Gulf

Isabel Hilton and Simon Brooke join Emma Nelson to review the week's news. We hear from Alexei Korolyov in Vienna and Tyler Brûlé in Abu Dhabi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Feb

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59 min
5 DAYS AGO

Is it time to go back to human-centred design? TF Chan on Collect 2026

As London craft-and-design fair Collect gets under way, Nic Monisse chats with director TF Chan about the philosophy of “fewer, better things”. Plus: buttons and handles are coming back to our vehicles but will Nic and Grace Charlton give them the green light? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5 days ago

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30 min
15 FEB

Live alpine edition: Nomad, news and culture from St Moritz

Live from St Moritz: Tyler Brûlé and Juliet Linley discuss arts and current affairs during Nomad, broadcasting in front of our pop-up shop in the Alps, with Giorgio Pace, Marijana Jakic and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Feb

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56 min
19 FEB

North America’s fastest-growing city: How Toronto is taking shape

Training our lens on Toronto, we look at Pinnacle Skytower, one of its newest skyscrapers; explore Indigenous Hub, a new mixed-use development; and learn about Frank Darling, an architectural icon of the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Feb

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29 min
19 FEB

Diplomacy converges in Geneva and we speak with Georgia’s Salomé Zourabichvili

We unpack the two high-level talks that took place in Geneva and speak with Salomé Zourabichvili, who maintains that she’s the legitimate president of Georgia. Plus: Greenland gets closer to the Nordics and Indonesian news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Feb

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59 min
20/10/2025

Tall Stories 481: Hengermalom, Budapest

Alexei Korolyov takes us to the former site of one of Budapest’s largest flour mills, which has been reborn as a lively cultural hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20/10/2025

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7 min
13 FEB

What’s on the agenda at this year’s Munich Security Conference?

We catch up with our team in Munich and discuss the Nato summit in Brussels. Then: the competition to be the main US-Iran mediator. Plus: the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Monocle at the Olympic Winter Games. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Feb

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1h 1m
28/04/2024

Live from Zürich

Marcus Schögel, Oliver Strijbis and Gorana Grgić join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We speak to Monocle’s Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith, for the latest news from Turkey and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, joins us from London. Plus: author and founder of nonprofit S8Nations, R James Breiding, is with Tyler in the studio to talk about his new book, ‘What Goliath Can Learn from David: Big Lessons from Small Nations’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28/04/2024

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1h 2m

Monocle Radio is our round-the-clock global radio station, featuring live shows and podcasts covering news, foreign affairs, business, culture, design, urbanism, media and more. Tune in to hear our editors, correspondents, sector specialists and canny contributors across the schedule, as well as a perfect soundtrack of great music from around the world.