France imposes new restrictions on anti-vaccine movement, violence escalates in Myanmar, President Biden speaks to leader of Ukraine, and Finland politics. From London.
Category Archives: Podcasts
Morning News: Latest Stories From London
Monocle’s Emma Nelson brings us the day’s top stories live from Midori House in London.
Morning News: Omicron Infections Soar, Maxwell Guilty, Russia-Ukraine
The Omicron variant is behind the new record for daily infections in the United States, but there are scientists who say it isn’t as bad as some may think.
A jury found British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of facilitating the abuse of underage girls at the hands of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. And, President Vladimir Putin has requested a phone call with President Joe Biden amid heightened tension on the Russian border with Ukraine.
Morning News: Legacy Of Kim Jong-un, Pandemic Security Threats, Austria
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin brings us the day’s top stories live from Midori House in London.
Morning News: Russia & NATO, Biden Policies, 2022 World Economy Forecast
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin brings us the day’s top stories live from Midori House in London.
Morning News: Pandemic To Endemic, Addictive Video Gaming, Bangladesh
The lightning-fast spread of a seemingly milder coronavirus variant may represent a shift from pandemic to endemic; we ask how that would change global responses.
Concern about video-game addictiveness is as old as video games themselves—but the business models of modern gaming may be magnifying the problem. And newly publicised photographs shed light on Bangladesh’s brutal war for independence.
Morning News: Omicron Variant, Travel Columnist Career, Mistletoe History
Christmas – America’s mixed response to the Omicron variant comes down to geography, WSJ’s Scott McCartney looks back on his career, and why do we kiss underneath a parasite.
Science: 2021 Top Stories Of The Year, Marijuana Research, Book Reviews
On this week’s show: The best of our online stories, what we know about the effects of cannabinoids, and the last in our series of books on race and science.
First, Online News Editor David Grimm brings the top online stories of the year—from headless slugs to Dyson spheres. You can find out the other top stories and the most popular online story of the year here.
Then, Tibor Harkany, a professor of molecular neuroscience at the Medical University of Vienna’s Center for Brain Research, talks with host Sarah Crespi about the state of marijuana research. Pot has been legalized in many places, and many people take cannabinoids—but what do we know about the effects of these molecules on people? Tibor calls for more research into their helpful and harmful potential.
Finally, we have the very last installment of our series of books on race and science. Books host Angela Saini talks with physician and science fiction author Tade Thompson about his book Rosewater. Listen to the whole series.
Morning News: Covid-19 Vaccines, Trumpism, Tokyo Olympics – 2021 In Review
Monocle’s news editor Chris Cermak examines 2021’s biggest news stories, including the world’s biggest public-health crisis in a century, Donald Trump’s departure from the White House and the Tokyo Olympics.
Morning News: Covid Pill Approved, Capitol Hill Riot, Putin Conference
The FDA has approved the emergency use of Pfizer’s antiviral COVID pill. The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol wants to question Representative Jim Jordan.
And, the world is watching President Vladimir Putin’s annual year-end press conference a little closer this year as tensions rise on the border with Ukraine.
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