Category Archives: Podcasts

News: Mass Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh, Austria-Romania Dispute

The Globalist Podcast (September 27, 2023) – We give you the latest on the mass exodus from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Also in the programme: a diplomatic spat between Austria and Romania over Schengen and news from the Balkans.

Plus: will there soon be a new hotline between the US and China for crises – in space?

News: Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Killed, Pacific Leaders Visit U.S.

The Globalist Podcast (September 26, 2023) – Ukraine claims that Russia’s Black Sea fleet commander has been killed.

Plus: Joe Biden’s attempts to win over Pacific Islands leaders at the White House, a visa scandal in Poland and the latest aviation news.

Opinion: Ukraine’s Long War, Asia Trade Evolves, A Disgraced UK Comedian

‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (September 25, 2023) A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to win a long war in Ukraine, what Asia’s economic revolution means for the world (11:05) and why a disgraced comedian is the symbol of a cruel, misogynistic and politically vacant era in Britain (18:52).

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London, Seville And Dakar

September 24, 2023 – Emma Nelson, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Vincent McAviney on the weekend’s biggest talking points.

We also speak to Monocle\’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé in Seville, and we get the latest news from Dakar with Mary Fitzgerald.

News: Poland-Ukraine Weapons Dispute, Rupert Murdoch Steps Down

The Globalist Podcast (September 22, 2023) – Poland has decided to stop sending weapons to Ukraine: how did it get to this point?

Plus: Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox and News Corp, Estonian filmmaker Ilmar Raag explains why saunas are being sent to the Ukrainian frontline and a flick through today’s papers.

Reviews: ‘The Week In Art’

The Week In Art Podcast (September 21, 2023): This week: the latest controversies prompted by the Unesco World Heritage Committee. As we mentioned last week, the 45th session of the committee is taking place in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, and continues until 25 September.

The founder of The Art Newspaper, Anna Somers Cocks, joins host Ben Luke to look at the latest sites granted World Heritage status and at the Committee’s decision not to add Venice to the organisation’s endangered list. We ask: is Unesco so mired in politics that it cannot adequately perform its role? The Colombian artist Fernando Botero died last week, aged 91, and we talk to the gallerist Stéphane Custot, of Waddington Custot galleries in London, about this painter and sculptor who drew ire from many critics but achieved widespread public acclaim.

And this episode’s Work of the Week is October’s Gone . . . Goodnight (1973) by Barkley L. Hendricks. As a group of paintings by Hendricks goes on display among the masters at Frick Madison in New York, Aimee Ng, co-curator of the exhibition, tells us about the painting.

Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick, Frick Madison, New York, until 7 January 2024.

Research Preview: Science Magazine – Sept 22, 2023

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Science Magazine – September 22, 2023: This illustration depicts a human form out of a collage of heatmaps (red and blue squares).

Peak solar activity is arriving sooner than expected, reaching levels not seen in 20 years

The Sun’s flare-ups can threaten satellites and electric grids, highlighting need for better forecasts

Quantum algorithm offers faster way to hack internet encryption

Scheme to factor giant numbers could be more efficient than 30-year-old Shor’s algorithm

News: India And Canada Diplomatic Row Deepens, Guatemala Political Crisis

The Globalist Podcast (September 21, 2023) – India and Canada’s diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh leader continues to heat up.

Plus: a look at Guatemala’s deepening political crisis, fashion news and a flick through the latest issue of Monocle magazine

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Sept 21, 2023

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nature Magazine – September 21, 2023:  In this week’s issue, an estimate of global human exposure to air pollution from landscape fires (dominated by wildfires, but also including planned or controlled open land fires) between 2000 and 2019.

COVID boosters are back: what scientists say about whether to get one

As many countries head into autumn, they are targeting vaccinations at people in high-risk categories, leaving those at lower risk uncertain about what to do.

Libya floods: how climate change intensified the death and devastation

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the devastation caused by some of Libya’s worst flooding ever, researchers say.

News: Conflict In The South Caucasus, Sahel Region, EU ‘Inner Circle’

The Globalist Podcast (September 20, 2023) – Is the South Caucasus heading for war? Plus: an update on the Sahel region, France and Germany desire a new ‘inner circle’, and we go troll hunting in America.