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Our weekend programme comes live from Monocle’s radio studio in Zürich, where Tyler Brûlé and a panel of special-guest thought leaders discuss key topics in front of a studio audience.
Episodes
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May 26, 2024 • 59min
Live from London
Emma Nelson, Tina Fordham, and Stephen Dalziel discuss the weekend's biggest talking points. Topics include Russian geopolitics, UK national service proposal, and Kenya's role in global politics. Tyler Brûlé in Tokyo talks about food allergies, while Naveena Kottoor discusses latest news from Nairobi.

May 19, 2024 • 55min
Live from Zürich
Florian Egli and Samuel Schumacher join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Andrew Beatty, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands News Editor at Agence France-Presse, for the latest developments in New Caledonia, and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, gives us the view from London. Plus: film critic and regular Monocle Radio contributor, Karen Krizanovich, brings us all the gossip from inside the Cannes Film Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 12, 2024 • 54min
Live from Zürich
Juliet Linley and Damita Pressl join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, for the latest news from the Nordics and senior correspondent and music curator Fernando Augusto Pacheco joins us from Malmö to talk all things Eurovision. Plus: Monocle’s North Africa correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald, joins the programme to discuss speaking at the Beyond Words French literature festival event Taste of Marseille. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 5, 2024 • 54min
Live from Zürich
Juliet Linley, Marcus Schögel, and Goran Filic join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Monocle’s Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, for the latest news from Ljubljana and design editor Nic Monisse joins us from London. Plus: Mathéo Malik, editor in chief of ‘Le Grand Continent’, joins us to discuss the latest edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 28, 2024 • 1h 2min
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.

Apr 21, 2024 • 1h 2min
Live from London
Emma Nelson, Simon Brooke and Lynne O’Donnell on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Marbella, Monocle’s New Delhi correspondent, Lyndee Prickitt, for the latest on the India elections and Monocle’s Bangkok correspondent for the news in Thailand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 14, 2024 • 59min
Live from London
Experts including Emma Nelson and Dimi Reider discuss Iran's drone strikes on Israel, Geneva's luxury industry rivalry, Olympic preparations in Marseille, and Europe's defense challenges. The podcast also explores generational wealth gaps, rental sector woes, and historical fleas in London apartments.

Apr 7, 2024 • 53min
Live from Zurich
Tyler Brule, Eemeli Isoaho, Chandra Kurt and Emma Nelson discuss the biggest stories from the weekend. Plus; a check-in from our Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Tuck, a Nordic roundup with Helsinki Correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, and Alfredo Haberli's new two volume book, Verbal Doodling: 30 Years, 30 Questions, 30 Answers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 31, 2024 • 1h 4min
Live from London
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith, discuss global news, rise of Chief Lifestyle Officer, value of patrons, Paris expansion, London's exclusive clubs tension, decline of excellence in the UK, geopolitical dynamics, and embracing cultural identity through music.

Mar 24, 2024 • 59min
Live from London
Emma Nelson, Nina dos Santos and David Bodanis on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial France and North Africa correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald, and our Vienna correspondent, Alexei Korolyov, for the latest on the Slovakia elections. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.