Tag Archives: Podcasts

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From St. Moritz

Monocle on Sunday, February 25, 2024: To celebrate the best of Nomad, join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and guests to explore the dialogue between art, architecture and design.

This special edition of the programme is broadcast live from the Hotel Eden in St Moritz.

Saturday Morning: News From London, Zürich, Munich And Sri Lanka

Monocle on Sunday, February 24, 2024: Emma Nelson, Tina Fordham and David Schlesinger on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Zürich, before he flies to Porto and Gwen Robinson, Monocle’s correspondent in Sri Lanka.

Plus: Andrew Mueller joins us from the Munich Security Conference.

News: NATO Considers Its Next Leader, Israel Hits Rafah With New Airstrikes

The Globalist (February 23, 2024): As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, we look ahead to who might replace Jens Stoltenberg as the secretary general of Nato later this year.

Then: the latest on Israel’s bombardment of Rafah and Andrew Mueller’s ‘What We Learned’. Plus: is rebranding always a good idea?

Research Preview: Science Magazine – Feb 23, 2024

Current Issue Cover

Science Magazine – February 22, 2024: The new issue features ‘Snake Shift’ – Burst of evolutionary innovation occurred with the origin of snakes….

Solving the puzzle of Long Covid

Long Covid provides an opportunity to understand how acute infections cause chronic disease

Politics: How Poland Is Changing Itself & Europe

The Globalist (February 22, 2024): Broadcast live from the Polish capital to assess the state of the fast-changing nation. We discuss the role that Poland has played in the diplomatic arena, take a look at Warsaw’s green ambitions with architect Marlena Happach and talk about the future of the media industry with voices from Polityka Insight and ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’.

Plus: Polish hospitality with Puro hotel.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Feb 22, 2024

Volume 626 Issue 8000

Nature Magazine – February 21, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Smoke Alarm’ – How smoking alters the immune response even years after quitting…

Great ‘Stone Age’ wall discovered in Baltic Sea

Megastructure stretching nearly 1 kilometre long is probably one of the oldest known hunting aids on Earth.

The immune markers that predict who can keep SARS-CoV-2 in check

People infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 cleared the virus more quickly if they had high levels of certain immune cells.

Introducing meat–rice: grain with added muscles beefs up protein

The laboratory-grown food uses rice as a scaffold for cultured meat.

News: G20 Meeting In Brazil, Burkina Faso-Mali-Niger Create New Alliance

The Globalist (February 21, 2024): G20 foreign ministers gather in Rio de Janeiro as a diplomatic spat engulfs Brazil and Israel. Then: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger juntas confirm their commitment to form a new tri-state confederation, the Philippines conducts joint air patrols with the US and we hear from Portugal’s foreign minister, João Cravinho on Ukraine and Israel.

Plus: the commercial airport set to open on Italy’s Amalfi Coast this summer.

News: Israel Sets Rafah Invasion Date, Russia’s Lavrov Tours Venezuela

The Globalist (February 20, 2024): Israel’s war cabinet sets a date for the ground invasion of Rafah, while Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, continues his Latin American tour in Venezuela. Sweden’s defence minister, Pål Jonson, tells us about his country’s path to Nato.

Plus: the EU’s mission to protect vessels against Houthi attacks, turmoil at Austrian property company Signa and a round-up of fashion news.

News: Japan Support For Ukraine, Greece Prime Minister In Munich

The Globalist (February 19, 2024): We discuss the latest from the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction, and Andrew Mueller sits down with Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Munich Security Conference as it becomes the first Orthodox-Christian nation to legalise same-sex marriage. Plus: TV highlights with critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, February 17, 2024: Isabel Hilton, international journalist and founder of China Dialogue, joins Georgina Godwin for a round-up of the week’s news and culture.

This week, we look back at the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the UK by-elections and fake Chinese accounts on Elon Musk’s X. Plus: Professor Suzannah Liscomb, award-winning author and broadcaster, joins Georgina Godwin to talk about the first-ever Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.