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The Monocle Daily

The Monocle Daily

By: Monocle
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Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

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Episodes
  • Twenty-eight countries demand immediate press access to Gaza as the UN declares famine in the enclave

    Twenty-eight countries demand immediate press access to Gaza as the UN declares famine in the enclave
    Aug 22 2025

    As outcry erupts over Israel’s actions in Gaza, ‘The National’ editor in chief joins to discuss press freedoms. Plus: Thomas Chatterton Williams’ ‘Summer of Our Discontent’ and is Russia’s Intervision worse than sanctions?

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    44 mins
  • Stubb, Trump and the challenge of negotiating peace today

    Stubb, Trump and the challenge of negotiating peace today
    Aug 21 2025

    Live from Zürich: Eemeli Isoaho and Jessica Bridger on Europe’s bid to make peace and how leaders such as Alexander Stubb fit in. Plus: wildfires and the growing appeal of Silent Book Club.

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    38 mins
  • Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: Ukraine talks abroad, media disputes back home

    Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: Ukraine talks abroad, media disputes back home
    Aug 20 2025

    Live from Zürich: Juliet Linley and Marcus Schögel discuss Giorgia Meloni’s role in Ukraine talks, Victorinox’s possible US plans and reports that Pope Leo XIV might soon share his Vatican home with friars.

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    38 mins
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