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28  mars     19h51
Finland’s forests
   Why does timber perform a key role in the country’s economy and how has the raw material shaped the nation’s creativity and furniture making Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, joins Nic Monisse to discuss.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More...
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Russia blames everyone but its intelligence services
   Our panellists discuss Russia’s embarrassing intelligence failures and why it’s cracking down on gay nightclubs. Plus: the UK’s record migration levels, Donald Trump’s Bible copies and the role of religion in politics. Plus: saving the dachshund and a letter from the French Alps.From Milan: Salone...
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Top 5 music markets
   Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in the five largest music marketsFrom Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
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Kenyans question why their police are being sent to Haiti
   With Haiti facing a huge political and security crisis, we look at why Kenya is still considering coming to the nation’s aid. Plus: why cocoa prices around the world are surging and what that means for Ghanaian farmers. We also check in with Monocle’s The Chiefs conference in Hong Kong, get the...
    07h00
Is a grain deal in sight for Poland and Ukraine?
   As farmers protest across Europe, we get the latest on a possible grain deal between Poland and Ukraine. Then: protesters take to the streets in Hungary over a corruption case and the latest threats to Slovakia’s public broadcaster. Plus: design news and why Italians talk with their hands.From...
27  mars     20h00
Montalba Architects
   Swiss American architect David Montalba founded the eponymous award winning international firm in . Montalba reflects on the company’s upcoming th anniversary, the effect of his early experiences working with renowned practitioners and the critical importance of collaboration.From Milan...
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Explainer 410: Water fight in the South China Sea
   Andrew Mueller explains why the China Coast Guard attacked a Filipino civilian boat with a water cannon. From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
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From Afghanistan to Moscow’s Crocus City Hall
   Our panellists, Kate Clark and Vincent McAviney, explore whether Afghanistan is in danger or re emerging as a hub of global terrorism, why the UK’s veterans’ affairs minister could face jail time, whether the great olive oil strike of Frankfurt’s European Central Bank is justified and why moonshine...
    12h00
Why did Baltimore’s bridge disaster happen?
   As experts recover the data recorder onboard container ship Dali’, we examine why the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed so quickly. Voters in Turkey head to the polls in local elections, with president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party hoping to win back cities that it lost...
    07h00
Emmanuel Macron in Brazil and Robert F Kennedy Jr announces running mate
   We discuss Emmanuel Macron’s three day state visit to Brazil, Monocle’s US editor, Christopher Lord, reports from Oakland as Robert F Kennedy Jr announces his presidential running mate and we join Monocle’s Asia editor, James Chambers, from The Chiefs conference in Hong Kong. Plus: Karl Lagerfeld’s...
26  mars     20h00
Jewellery special
   We meet Los Angeles based jeweller Suzanne Kalan and renowned designer Ileana Makri in Athens. We also speak with Fernando Jorge, who shares details about his travelling exhibition with Sotheby’s. From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    19h09
Food Neighbourhoods #377: Tallinn Old Town
   Estonia’s capital, Tallinn, boasts a vibrant and rapidly evolving food scene. For many years, however, culinary talent has avoided the city’s medieval old town, which has been deemed too expensive and touristy. But now the trend is reversing and young chefs looking to make their mark have...
    18h00
Is accusing Israel of genocide useful?
   Our panellists discuss whether the UN is right to accuse Israel of genocide, whether Julian Assange’s extradition should be blocked over the US death penalty, whether NBC should have hired Ronna McDaniel and why Vienna’s horse drawn carriages could get a new lease on life. Plus: Michael Kimmage on...
    12h00
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox conscription row
   Benjamin Netanyahu is facing major pressure over the exemption of ultra Orthodox Jews from military service. Could this collapse Israel’s coalition government Then: retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan discusses China’s military readiness for a potential invasion of Taiwan. Plus: a look at...
    07h00
Tensions rise between France and Germany over Ukraine
   We discuss tensions between Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz, and what they mean for Ukraine. Plus, plans for a significant upgrade to the security alliance between the US and Japan, Boeing’s management reshuffle and technology news.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide...
25  mars     20h00
The Staves
   Jessica and Camilla Staveley Taylor, the sisters behind English indie folk band The Staves, join Robert Bound in the studio. Their John Congleton produced fifth LP, All Now’, is lyrically rich and full of moments of euphoria. They discuss how to work with your siblings, finding the confidence to...
    19h48
Tall Stories 401: Bulgur Palace, Istanbul
   Emily Wither explores the effect that the Bulgur King’ had on Istanbul’s skyline.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    18h00
The UN Security Council demands a ceasefire in Gaza and the Yemen Listening Project
   Terry Stiastny and Stephen Dalziel discuss the Russia attack, the UN Security Council’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza and why Kamala Harris probably wishes that she had learned Spanish. Plus: Nina dos Santos on the UK’s allegations of Chinese spying and the Yemen Listening Project.From Milan: Salone...
    16h00
Special Edition, no 2: Live from the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai
   The latest in a series of special live editions recorded at the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai. Tom Edwards hosts a discussion on heat and wellbeing in the city, featuring insights from the chief heat officer for North Dhaka, Bushra Afreen; director of Art Jameel, Antonia...
    12h00
Moscow concert attack: a major blow to Putin?
   Jenny Mathers and Mateusz Mazzini discuss the Moscow terror attack and the reaction in Poland after a Russian missile breached Polish airspace. Plus: The latest on Senegal’s presidential election, business news and a special interview with Ambassador Mark Green, president of the Wilson Center.From...
    07h00
Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?
   The crisis in Haiti continues to spiral as political parties edge closer to forming a security council. Will a new government halt the Caribbean nation’s nosedive Plus: fugitive separatist Carles Puigdemont plans to run in Catalan elections, the latest trade and economy news and a special...
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UBS Global Consumer & Retail Conference
   Reflections from the UBS Global Consumer Retail Conference that took place last week in New York. We invite three UBS experts, including US Hardline Broadline and Food Retail Analyst Michael Lasser, to share their insights into the key narratives that emerged both from the main sessions and on...
24  mars     12h00
Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka
   Nairobi based nonprofit Book Bunk, the brainchild of Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka, restores existing public libraries and installs new libraries in public spaces. Its flagship project in the Kenyan capital is the McMillan Memorial Library, which opened in but it was segregated only for...
    09h00
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.From Milan: Salone highlights,...
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Monocle Radio highlights
   We speak with Russian opposition politician Vladimir Milov, we ask if it’s possible to teach someone to be funny and we sit down with the Frieze Art Fair founders to talk about their culinary endeavours.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
23  mars     12h00
How has war changed Volodymyr Zelensky?
   Comedian turned president Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself leading Ukraine in the nation’s darkest hour. How is Zelensky faring, what’s next for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and what does history tell us about wartime leadership Andrew Mueller speaks to Simon Shuster, Yaroslav Trofimov and Alex...
    10h00
Maria Fernanda Delmas from Valor Econômico’, Brazil’s main financial daily
   This week on The Stack’ we speak with Maria Fernanda Delmas from Brazil’s financial daily Valor Econômico’. Plus Ricardo Moreno celebrates years of The Summer Hunter’ and the new editor of Bon Appétit’.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    09h00
Monocle’s Hanami Market
   Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins Emma Nelson from Zürich to talk about the Japanese spring market at Dufourstrasse , as well as the forthcoming The Chiefs conference in Hong Kong. Plus: communications consultant and journalist Simon Brooke joins the studio in London to flick...
22  mars     20h00
Culinary literature
   This week we get bookish with an episode dedicated to food in literature and literature about food. We sit down with food writer Felicity Cloake to hear her take on what makes great gastronomic prose. Also in the programme: Charlotte McDonald Gibson delves into James Bond novels to find out how...
    19h09
Eureka 382: Arbonics
   Petri Burtsoff heads to Tallinn to meet Lisette Luik, co founder of Arbonics, an Estonian technology company that calculates the carbon removal potential of land and allows landowners to better quantity this data. With investors including Taavet Hinrikus, co founder of Skype and Wise, Arbonics...
    19h00
What We Learned: Friday 22 March
   A look at this week’s news stories including an overview of Putin’s election win, an Australian billionaire aspiring to build Titanic II and Jair Bolsonaro’s venture into perfumery. From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    18h00
Brazil’s presidential row over missing furniture
   Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco and Christopher Cermak discuss the ongoing furniture row between Brazil’s president, Luiz In cio Lula da Silva, and former president Jair Bolsonaro and compare it to their US counterparts. Then: the latest report on global music consumption, fridge magnets as...
    12h02
Farm Rio celebrates 100 years of Copacabana Palace
   Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco celebrates the centenary of the iconic Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio. He speaks with Belmond brand and marketing director Roberta Almeida and Gabriel Oliveira, Farm Rio’s brand director, who recently launched a special selection of products to celebrate the hotel...
    12h00
What lies ahead for India’s elections?
   After the arrest of a major opposition politician in India, we examine why the country’s forthcoming elections might be off to an auspicious start. Then: we discuss Armenia’s efforts to cosy up to the West and head to a European aviation conference. Plus: a special report on the rise of the...
    07h00
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s road to EU membership
   Bosnia and Herzegovina has been given the green light to begin EU accession talks. We discuss what this means with Monocle’s Balkans correspondent Guy de Launey. Plus: Washington pushes for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and we get the latest fashion news.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews...
21  mars     20h00
Are sports developments for the good of the community?
   How can sporting developments bring about community change and have a lasting legacy, while driving equality and protecting the environment Our guests, Lindsay Johnston, Kevin Owens and Angus Campbell, discuss all of this and more.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide...
    19h44
Typographic Jazz: The Monoprints of Jack Stauffacher’
   An exhibition at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco delves into the improvisational and playful processes of Bay Area printer Jack Stauffacher, who demonstrated the creative potential of the letterpress.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    18h00
The rebirth of the Weimar Triangle
   Quentin Peel and Nadine Batchelor Hunt examine Antony Blinken’s visit to the Middle East to discuss a postwar plan for Gaza. Then: does the return of Donald Tusk signal the rebirth of the Weimar Triangle And why does one German politician want children to prepare for war From Milan: Salone...
    16h00
Finland
   Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco joins Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, to listen to the best of Finnish music.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    12h00
What progress has been made towards a ceasefire in Gaza?
   As US secretary of state Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East, we examine whether there’s any progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza. Then: we get the latest on a long standing legislative fight over immigration policy in the UK and how it could affect the country’s elections. Plus: we head to...
    07h00
EU summit in Brussels and Vietnam’s president resigns
   We discuss what will be on the agenda at the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels with associate editor at Politico, Suzanne Lynch. Also in the programme: we get the latest on Vietnam president Vo Van Thuong’s resignation and find out why Canada is stopping future arms shipments to Israel. Plus: we flick...
20  mars     20h00
Blaise Duboux and Destinate
   We explore wine destinations around the world. First we head to the picturesque village of Epesses in the Lavaux winegrowing region of Switzerland, home to the largest vineyard area in the country and a Unesco World Heritage Site, to meet Blaise Duboux and tour his eponymous estate. We also meet...
    19h17
Explainer 409: Niger and the USA
   Andrew Mueller explains the significance of Niger cutting ties with the US military and why it might not be happening at all. From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    18h00
Ireland’s political uncertainty and Finland the happiest nation
   We discuss the surprise resignation of Ireland’s Leo Varadkar, whether frozen Russian assets should be used for Ukraine and why director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech is sparking heated debate. Plus: Finland’s UK ambassador on why his nation is the world’s happiest and Sasha Issenberg on his new...
    12h00
Texas’s controversial immigration law
   A fight over immigration between Texas and the Biden administration has become a fight between the US courts. We discuss the last minute freezing of the state’s controversial immigration law and what comes next. Then: Senegal faces an election that will test its democracy and Hong Kong successfully...
    07h00
Hopes build for a ceasefire in Gaza and Slovakia’s presidential election
   As negotiations in Doha resume, we discuss the likelihood of a temporary truce in Gaza after months of devastating war. Plus: protests in Argentina, US domestic politics and why Slovakia’s forthcoming presidential election is crucial for the EU. From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a...
19  mars     20h00
John Pomp, Marina Raphael, Maxime d’Angeac
   Glassblower John Pomp and luxury bag designer Marina Raphael join us in the studio. Plus: we meet Maxime d’Angeac, the architect reinterpreting the historic Orient Express.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
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Food Neighbourhoods #376: Regent’s Park Road, London
   Join Theo Randall, chef patron of Theo Randall at the InterContinental, as he takes us on a tour of Regent’s Park Road in the Primrose Hill area of London.From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. More info.
    18h00
Nuclear threats, isolationism vs interventionism and contemporary villains
   Panellists Rebecca Tinsley and Charles Hecker discuss the UN’s warnings about nuclear threats, the unintended consequences of the US’s slide towards isolationism, Niger’s rejection of Western interventionism and the V A’s decision to label former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher a contemporary...
    12h00
The future of dissent in Russia
   Vladimir Milov, former advisor to the late Alexei Navalny, discusses Russia’s sham elections and the state of political dissent in the country. Plus: Moldova gears up for a referendum on EU membership, the Bank of Japan ends an era of negative interest rates and Belgian designer Dries Van Noten...