Category Archives: Stories

News: Ukraine Offensive, UAE Politics In The Middle East, Sweden-NATO Talks

The Globalist Podcast, Monday, June 5, 2023: Journalist Maria Romanenko gives us the latest from Ukraine and we discuss the shifting power dynamics in the UAE.

Plus: Do you need to speak English to become Spain’s next leader? We also look at the stories dominating the papers in Scandinavia with Monocle’s Oslo correspondent, Lars Bevanger.

Sunday Morning: Stories From Zürich & London

June 4, 2023 – Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Fabienne Kinzelmann and Oliver Strijbis discuss the weekend’s biggest news stories in Zürich.

Plus: we check in with our friends and correspondents in Ljubljana, Hamburg and London.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, June 3, 2023: Updates on the weekend’s culture news and current affairs with Emma Nelson.

British classical-music radio and television broadcaster Petroc Trelawny reviews the papers, French journalist Agnès Poirier discusses France’s debt and Monocle’s Monica Lillis speaks with author Beth Lewis about cults. 

News: Asia Defense Summit, China-U.S. Tensions, OPEC Meeting, Nigeria President

The Globalist Podcast, Friday, June 2, 2023: Asia’s top security meeting, IISS Shangri-La Dialogue kicks off but China refuses to talk to the US on the sidelines.

Plus: several media groups are banned from Opec’s production meeting this weekend; we check in on how Nigeria’s new president is faring and we ask, “What is lake cow bacon?” 

News: Ron DeSantis 2024 Campaign Launch, Poland Democracy, Qatar-Taliban

The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, June 1, 2023: Veteran political strategist Norm Sterzenbach unpacks Ron DeSantis’s 2024 launch.

Plus: fears that Polish democracy is under threat, secret talks between Qatar and the Taliban, and award-winning author Leila Slimani talks about her latest novel. 

News: Drone Attacks In Moscow, G7 Trade With China, Elections In Spain

The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Russia analyst Mark Galeotti gives us the latest on the drone attacks in Moscow, the G7 issues  Leaders’ Communique on trade relations with China, a look ahead at Spain’s snap election, the business news and why flip phones are making a comeback.

News: South Korea Hosts Pacific Island Summit, NATO Leaders In Norway

Tuesday, May 30, 2023: South Korea hosts Pacific Island Summit, North Korea launches first military satellite, NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Norway, and more top stories.

News: Erdoğan Victory Divides Turkey, Modi Opens New Parliament

Monday, May 29, 2023: Monocle’s Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith, unpacks the hard nationalism dominating Turkish politics as provisional results from the run-off election come in.

Plus: Prime minister Modi unveils India’s new parliament building, and Karen Krizanovich is back from Cannes with all the latest from the Croisette.

Sunday Morning: Stories From London & Istanbul

May 28, 2023 – Emma Nelson, Tessa Szyszkowitz and Enrico Franceschini on the weekend’s biggest stories. We speak to Tyler Brûlé in Tokyo, Hannah Lucinda Smith in Istanbul and get the latest from the Cannes Film Festival.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, May 27, 2023: The weekend’s biggest stories with Emma Nelson. CNN’s Europe editor Nina Dos Santos reviews the papers.

Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent Petri Burtsoff defends Finnish summers, and an interview with Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, whose exhibition, “Maresias”, opens at the Turner Contemporary in Margate today.