Episodes

  • French spies, British olive oil and Monocle’s London Christmas Market
    Dec 13 2025

    Charles Hecker joins Emma Nelson to discuss the week’s news, including French spies and British olive oil. Plus: Finn Gordon from garden and fragrance brand Sowvital joins ahead of our London Christmas Market.

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    34 mins
  • Live in Paris: Frank Gehry, Nicolas Sarkozy’s book and our Christmas Market
    Dec 6 2025

    Emma Nelson is live in Paris with Daphńee Denis and Florence Biedermann to flick through the French papers. Plus: Nic Monisse on Frank Gehry and April Crichton of La Fetiche joins us ahead of Monocle’s Christmas Market.

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    32 mins
  • Monocle’s Zürich Christmas Market and Charleston Literary Festival
    Nov 29 2025

    Yassmin Abdel-Magied joins Georgina Godwin in the studio to look through the week’s news. Plus: Georgina’s interview with the director of Charleston Literary Festival. Finally: Juliet Linley joins from Monocle’s Christmas Market in Zürich.

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    31 mins
  • Ukraine peace plan latest and China’s mega embassy. Plus: Scotland comes to London
    Nov 22 2025

    Isabel Hilton and Emma Nelson discuss the latest updates on the Ukraine peace plan and China’s proposed mega embassy in London. Plus: St Andrew’s Book Festival and Georgina Godwin on her travels

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    32 mins
  • Stories from the worlds of geopolitics and acting
    Nov 15 2025

    Charles Hecker joins Emma Nelson to discuss the week’s biggest stories. Plus: Georgina Godwin speaks to actor Jamie-Rose Monk about building different characters and being an actor in 2025.

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    32 mins
  • How much work is love? Plus: The Goldsmiths Prize 2025
    Nov 8 2025

    Tessa Szyszkowitz and Georgina Godwin discuss psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz’s new book. Plus: the AI bubble, the next generation of Democrats and the winner of The Goldsmiths Prize 2025.

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    32 mins
  • Can the rise of populism be stopped? Plus: Autumn art market trends
    Nov 1 2025

    What do the Dutch elections tell us about the rise of populism in Europe? Gavin Plumley joins Georgina Godwin to unpack the week’s news. Plus: art trends at the Affordable Art Fair.

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    30 mins
  • Trump’s White House demolition, the Louvre heist and Helsinki Book Fair
    Oct 25 2025

    Charles Hecker and Georgina Godwin on the White House demolition and more of the week’s news. Plus: Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, joins from the city’s annual book fair.

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    31 mins