Location:
London, United Kingdom
Networks:
Monocle
Description:
The best of the week on Monocle Radio, compiled into one show.
Language:
English
Contact:
Midori House, 1 Dorset Street, London, W1U 4EG, UK
Email:
info@monocle.com
Episodes
Highlights from Monocle Radio: War photographer Lynsey Addario, wrapping up Design Miami and the National Gallery’s new restaurant
12/6/2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the personal toll of conflict. Plus: Kate Hawley, costume designer of the much-celebrated film Frankenstein, discusses her first Fashion Award.
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Duration:00:51:00
What We Learned: Sabrina Carpenter vs the US government, Franklin the Turtle and a live-action pancake
12/5/2025
Andrew Mueller discusses the week’s weirdest news, including singer Sabrina Carpenter and Franklin the Turtle’s spats with the Trump administration, and French far-right leader Jordan Bardella is pelted with eggs.
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Duration:00:06:24
The Curator 30/11/25
11/29/2025
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Duration:00:49:20
President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election
11/28/2025
Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s strangest stories, including a spat between US politicians, Candace Owens’ accusation against French president Macron and Adolf Hitler (not that one) wins another election in Namibia.
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Duration:00:07:37
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dubai Design Week and the new boss at the helm of Mr & Mrs Smith
11/22/2025
We hear from financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin on the next financial bubble, get the latest from Dubai Design Week and meet the new boss at the helm of Mr & Mrs Smith.
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Duration:00:50:00
What We Learned: JD Vance in prison, Maduro karaoke and a wild world record
11/21/2025
Andrew Mueller recaps the week’s oddest stories. This week, Michigan man JD Vance (not that one) goes to prison, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro sings and a bizarre world record is broken.
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Duration:00:06:38
Highlights from Monocle Radio: World Travel Market in London and Tourise in Saudi Arabia
11/15/2025
We go behind the scenes as world-renowned auction house Christie’s gears up for its latest jewellery sale. Plus: we discuss the state of global tourism and head to World Travel Market to find out what regions are outperforming this year.
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Duration:00:50:31
What We Learned: A cheating scandal, Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
11/14/2025
Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from this week’s news, including a pub quiz team caught cheating, Melania Trump’s ‘Patriot of the Year’ win and a fresh batch of emails from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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Duration:00:06:31
Highlights from Monocle Radio: New York’s new mayor, space junk and ‘M Le Magazine du Monde’
11/8/2025
Zohran Mamdani is New York’s new mayor-elect, but how realistic are his housing policies? Plus: the race to clean up space, modernising the wristwatch and the international edition of ‘M Le Magazine du Monde’.
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Duration:00:51:20
What We Learned: The moon landing hoax, Trump threatens Nigeria and the Louvre’s embarrassing password
11/8/2025
Which celebrity thinks the moon landing is a hoax? Why is Trump threatening to invade Nigeria? And could you guess the Louvre’s security password? (Spoiler: yes, definitely). Andrew Mueller unpacks this week’s news.
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Duration:00:06:27
Highlights from Monocle Radio: John Bolton on the United Nations, Carolina Deslandes on her new album and Japan’s haunted homes
11/1/2025
Former US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, reflects on the relevance of the institution. Plus: Portuguese singer Carolina Deslandes on her new album and the Japanese company investigating haunted houses.
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Duration:00:51:04
What We Learned: Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt controversy and Trump’s Asia tour
10/31/2025
Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt causes a stir and Trump tours Asia.
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Duration:00:06:44
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris
10/25/2025
We profile Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, meet Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, report from Vienna and mark 150 years of Liberty in London. Plus: Sanrio’s CEO and Art Basel Paris.
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Duration:00:50:47
What We Learned: The US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, ‘No Kings’ protest and the White House demolition
10/24/2025
Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including a dangerous US Marine Corps celebration, AI Trump responding to the ‘No Kings’ protests and the demolition of the White House’s East Wing.
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Duration:00:07:24
A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library
10/18/2025
What to look out for at Frieze London and Frieze Masters and we look back on the overthrow and execution of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso.
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Duration:00:51:32
What We Learned: The Nobel Peace Prize, Gaze peace summit, Eric Trump’s book
10/17/2025
Andrew Muller unpacks the week’s news, including who won the Nobel Peace Prize (spoiler: it wasn’t President Trump), the Gaza peace summit in Egypt and Eric Trump’s new memoir.
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Duration:00:07:12
Highlights from Monocle Radio: We wrap Paris Fashion Week and explore a sleek new hotel in Tbilisi
10/11/2025
We meet the authors behind a new book about one of the most extraordinary prisoner swaps in history and hear how a Soviet-era post office has been reborn as a sleek new hotel.
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Duration:00:51:00
What We Learned: the UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Javier Milei and Donald Trump
10/10/2025
The UK Conservative Party’s embarrassing mistake, rocking out with Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, and Trump claims that he warned about 9/11. Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from the news this week.
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Duration:00:06:17
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A tribute to Jane Goodall, Karen Pittman on ‘The Morning Show’ and Chanel’s ‘la Galerie du 19M Tokyo’
10/4/2025
We pay tribute to primatologist Jane Goodall, The Morning Show's Karen Pittman explains how things are heating up in the fourth series and we meet the man responsible for Emirates’ wine collection.
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Duration:00:49:00
What We Learned: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s inflammatory speeches to the military
10/3/2025
President Trump and US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, addressed the military this week. Andrew Mueller tells us what we learned. Plus: why the Q-Anon shaman is suing Trump for $40tn.
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Duration:00:07:07