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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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Our guests Latika Bourke and Vincent McAviney discuss Europe rising to the challenge of the US and China, why it’s so hard for Trump jurors to be impartial and why Japanese doctors are suing Google Maps. Plus: Croatia’s elections, with Guy de Launey, a check-in from Salone del Mobile and a letter from Railay Beach

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2747	18 Apr 2024 50 min	The EU, US and China Our guests Latika Bourke and Vincent McAviney discuss Europe rising to the challenge of the US and China, why it’s so hard for Trump jurors to be impartial and why Japanese doctors are suing Google Maps. Plus: Croatia’s elections, with Guy de Launey, a check-in from Salone del Mobile and a letter from Railay Beach	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2746	17 Apr 2024 43 min	Zelensky calls for increased air defence after Chernihiv strike G7 foreign ministers meet in Italy amid calls for sanctions on Iran, Ukraine struggles against Russia from lack of US aid, Australia unveils its new defence strategy and bad news for Europe’s smokers. Plus: ‘On This Day’ examines The Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2745	16 Apr 2024 40 min	The US and Iran make contact through Swiss intermediaries Switzerland represents US interests in Iran, jury selection continues in Trump’s hush-money trial, China’s economy makes a surprising expansion and why Georgia’s parliament descended into mass brawl. Plus: The role of art during times of war and suffering.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2744	15 Apr 2024 39 min	Monday 15 April 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.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2743	12 Apr 2024 42 min	Russian attacks destroy Kyiv’s largest power plant Power shortages hit Ukraine after Russian attacks, the Ukrainian World Congress Summit commences in Bucharest, the heatwave in Paris that could bring the Olympics to a standstill, highlights from the Watches and Wonders trade fair in Geneva and the final day of the Delphi Economic Forum.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2742	11 Apr 2024 35 min	Trudeau claims China unsuccessfully meddled in Canada’s elections According to Justin Trudeau, China has meddled in Canada’s past two elections; after an eight-year deadlock the EU passes an asylum and migration pact; a Japanese astronaut is set to be first non-American to walk on the Moon and Italy finally launches its long-awaited digital nomad visa. Plus: we receive a letter from Milan.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2741	10 Apr 2024 39 min	Japan’s Fumio Kishida warns world at ‘historic turning point’ Joe Biden welcomes Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, as a “global partner” at a White House summit, the Arizona Supreme Court upends Donald Trump’s gambit on abortion, UK ministers consider banning sale of smartphones to under-16s and a German gallery fires employee for hanging their own art in exhibition. Plus: ‘Saveur’ magazine is back in business.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2740	9 Apr 2024 36 min	ECHR rules that Switzerland’s climate failures breached human rights Iran looks to respond to Israel’s attack on its Damascus consulate, the ECHR condemns Switzerland for climate inaction in the first ruling of its kind, how cholera disinformation led to the Mozambique ferry disaster and why Putin miscalculated his threat about Finland’s border. Plus: Bollywood’s influence on India’s elections.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2739	8 Apr 2024 35 min	Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, arrives in China Sergey Lavrov is in China to discuss Ukraine and Asia-Pacific relations. Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice hears a case accusing Germany of facilitating genocide in Gaza through its support of Israel. Plus: tensions between India and Pakistan over basmati rice, how war has changed life in Ukraine’s Swedish-speaking village and Dwayne Johnson rescinds his endorsement of Joe Biden.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2738	5 Apr 2024 37 min	A look ahead to South Africa’s elections and a total solar eclipse Monocle’s Emma Searle discusses South Africa’s parliamentary election next month and how significant it is among the roster of global polls in 2024. Then: Tom Webb and Fernando Augusto Pacheco talk artificial intelligence, robotaxis in San Francisco and juice conspiracies. Plus: we report from Niagara Falls as it braces for a once-in-a-century total solar eclipse.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2737	4 Apr 2024 35 min	Nato’s past and present Daniella Peled and Ali Borhani discuss Nato at 75 and how its mission has changed. We also explore Israel’s alleged use of artificial intelligence in warfare, Kuwait’s unheralded elections and why Bavarian police are doing without trousers. Plus: a letter from Washington during cherry-blossom season.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2736	3 Apr 2024 37 min	World Central Kitchen and the humanitarian aid imperative Mark Lowcock and Caroline Frost discuss Israel’s strike on World Central Kitchen and the risky work of humanitarian organisations. We also explore whether Ukraine will get enough funding to hold the frontline, why Botswana’s threat to send Germany 20,000 elephants is nothing to laugh about, and why the moon is about to get its own time zone. Plus: The death of Jesse James on this day in 1882.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2735	2 Apr 2024 34 min	Israel’s take on foreign media and Swiss councillors give up ski passes Nina dos Santos and Jonathan Fenby discuss Israel’s new “Al-Jazeera law”, whether China’s influence extends to rail and why Swiss federal councillors have given up their biggest job perk. Plus: we preview Slovakia’s presidential election run-off.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2734	1 Apr 2024 44 min	Monday 1 April Simon Brooke and Lynne O’Donell discuss all the day’s big stories. Plus: we meet Ukrainian film director Ivan Sautkin, director of documentary film, ‘A Poem for Little People’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2733	29 Mar 2024 45 min	The built environment, from Turkey to sports stadiums Monocle’s Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith, joins our in-house show to discuss Turkey’s municipal elections and the built environment under president Erdogan. Plus: the role of stadiums in cities and we check in with The Chiefs conference in Hong Kong.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Affairs / Podcast

The Monocle Daily

Latest episode

Latest episodes

The EU, US and China

Zelensky calls for increased air defence after Chernihiv strike

The US and Iran make contact through Swiss intermediaries

Monday 15 April

Russian attacks destroy Kyiv’s largest power plant

Trudeau claims China unsuccessfully meddled in Canada’s elections

Japan’s Fumio Kishida warns world at ‘historic turning point’

ECHR rules that Switzerland’s climate failures breached human rights

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, arrives in China

A look ahead to South Africa’s elections and a total solar eclipse

Nato’s past and present

World Central Kitchen and the humanitarian aid imperative

Israel’s take on foreign media and Swiss councillors give up ski passes

Monday 1 April

The built environment, from Turkey to sports stadiums