We discuss what happens now for the US, Russia and Ukraine after talks between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Plus: unrest in the Solomon Islands, Rohingya refugees take on Facebook and the UAE adapts its working week.
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Morning News: 80 Years After Pearl Harbor, Car Politics, Office & Home
The Japanese attack set America on a course toward military hegemony; recent administrations have walked it back. We ask what the country would fight for now.
A clash of priorities between national and city-level politicians the world over makes for fraught politics on car ownership. And our columnist envisages how the office will compete with home in a post-pandemic world.
Analysis: Omicron & The Economy, Stablecoins & Russia’s Gulag Legacy
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: what the Omicron variant means for the world economy, what experiments with “free banking” in the 18th and 19th centuries reveal about the future of stablecoins (10:53) and how the legacy of Stalin’s gulag continues to shape Russian fortunes (18:16).
Sunday Morning: Stories From Zurich And London
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé brings us a festive programme while our Christmas market takes place in Zürich. Featuring Priska Amstutz, Chandra Kurt and Monocle’s Chris Cermak and Emma Nelson.
Saturday Morning: News From London And Zurich
Georgina Godwin presents a special broadcast between London and Zürich, as our Christmas market is in full swing in the Swiss city. We also discuss the weekend’s top stories and hear from a few vendors.
Shakespeare & Company: ‘Matrix’ Author Lauren Groff Interview (Podcast)
Lauren Groff is the author of six books of fiction, the most recent the novel MATRIX (September 2021). Her work has won The Story Prize, the ABA Indies’ Choice Award, and France’s Grand Prix de l’Héroïne, was a three time finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and twice for the Kirkus Prize, and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Prize, the Southern Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Prize.
She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and was named one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.
Science: New Scientist Weekly Podcast – DEC 2
Morning News: Omicron & Africa, Philippines Voters, Office Parties In Japan
We discuss whether Omicron will exacerbate global vaccine inequality and the controversy surrounding a presidential contender in the Philippines. Plus: why are Japanese workers dreading the office Christmas party?
Morning News: Abortion Rights At Supreme Court, Puerto Rico, Water Origin
The conservative supermajority on America’s Supreme Court looks likely to strip back rights enshrined since the Roe v Wade ruling in 1973.
Beset by natural disasters, Puerto Rico did not seem ready for a pandemic—but our correspondent finds it has done better than the rest of America. And an intriguing new idea in the mystery of how Earth got its water.
Morning News: Russia’s Threat To Latvia, French Politics, ‘ArtReview 100’
We discuss the Nato meeting in Riga as Latvia calls for help to deter the Russian threat and Éric Zemmour’s declaration of his candidacy for next year’s French presidential election. Plus: The ‘ArtReview’ Power 100 list is announced.
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