Category Archives: Stories

News: The Stakes Of An Historic US Election Day, Asia-Pacific Security

Monocle Radio Podcast (November 5, 2024): As a historic US election day unfolds, Monocle’s Christopher Lord reports from a tense Washington, Georgina Godwin explores political branding in the American South and Andrew Mueller reviews bizarre election ads.

Plus: Asia-Pacific security stakes and a Brazilian take on newspaper political endorsements.

News: Final Day Of 2024 Election, Sandu Claims Moldova Election Win

Monocle Radio Podcast (November 4, 2024): We examine a frenetic final weekend of campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s US presidential election and speak with Ian Brzezinski about America’s role in the world.

Plus: The World Weather Attribution report, an interview with director Steve McQueen and why crows hold grudges.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News Topics From London, Tokyo & Slovenia

Monocle on Sunday (November 3, 2024): Emma Nelson, Nina dos Santos and Simon Brooke on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Hong Kong.

Plus: journalist and attorney, Jami Floyd, on Trump’s potential legal challenges and Monocle’s Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, on the latest news from the region.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday (November 2, 2024): With the US election just three days away, producer and investigative journalist, Hannah Cogan, joins Vincent McAviney for a look through a selection of US election stories. They’ll discuss the post-election legal challenge, a documentary on the burnout of US election officials, protest art and more.

Plus: Monocle’s senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, and US editor, Christopher Lord, on their experience speaking to people on the ground in Atlanta, Georgia, including former city councillor Kwanza Hall.

News: Air Strikes Across Israel-Lebanon Border, Ceasefire Talks Continue

Monocle Radio Podcast (November 1, 2024): As strikes and rockets continue to fire across the Lebanon-Israel border, there is still a sense of optimism about a ceasefire in the region. Hannah McCarthy joins Emma Nelson to discuss the situation.

Plus: Andrew Mueller details the rigorous arguments of bloviating real-estate huxters, William Yang gives us the latest on Taiwan’s record-breaking typhoon and Rebecca Tay explains why Christmas is getting creepier.

The New York Review Of Books – November 21, 2024

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The New York Review of Books (October 31, 2024) The latest issue features Coco Fusco on yearning to breathe free, Elaine Blair on Rachel Cusk, Fintan O’Toole on Trump’s predations, Ruth Bernard Yeazell on John Singer Sargent, Michelle Nijhuis on the disasters wrought by remaking nature for human ends, Clair Wills on Janet Frame, Andrew Raftery on the Declaration of Independence, Rozina Ali on evangelical missionaries in Afghanistan and Iraq, A.S. Hamrah on the Trump biopic, Tim Parks on Nathaniel Hawthorne, poems by John Kinsella and Emily Berry, and much more.

The Crime of Human Movement

Two recent books about our immigration system reveal its long history of exploiting vulnerable individuals for financial gain.

Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States by Ana Raquel Minian

Life in the Ruins

Two new books consider the delusion of the human quest to be free from the constraints of nature.

The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith

A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places by Christopher Brown

Iran Exposed

The Islamic Republic’s sordid proxy war with the West may now be leaving it open to an all-out attack as Israel attempts to eliminate its enemies throughout the region.

News: French Politics, China’s Mounting Debt Problems, Israel-Gaza

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 31, 2024): Monocle’s Simon Bouvier joins Emma Nelson to discuss the future of the Renaissance party, as former French prime ministers Gabriel Attal and Élisabeth Borne avoid a political bust-up over who will be its next leader.

Plus: China’s mounting debt problems, Copenhagen’s witch exhibition and the Vatican City’s new anime mascot.

News: Gaza Ceasfire Talks, North Korea Troops, Final Week Before U.S. Election

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 29, 2024): The latest on talks for a proposed two-day truce in Gaza. Plus, questions over the legitimacy of Georgia’s election results, a flip through the papers and the role of conspiracies in the US presidential campaign.

News: Japan’s Ruling Party Loses Its Majority, Israel-Hamas-Egypt Truce Talks

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 28, 2024): Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has lost its majority in snap elections but Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on. Fiona Wilson, Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, joins Georgina Godwin to discuss what comes next.

Plus: Lindsey Hilsum on Lebanon and we hear about protecting Slovakia’s cultural heritage and plans for Poland’s new supercity.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News Topics From Zürich, London & Tokyo

Monocle on Sunday (October 27, 2024): Gorana Grgić, Eemeli Isohao and Priska Amstutz join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Monocle’s London-based foreign editor, Alexis Self, and get the latest news from Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, Fiona Wilson.

Plus: Roger Rüegger, head of programming for Zürich’s Jazznojazz Festival, joins to talk about the line-up for this year’s event.