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The Globalist
Summary: Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.
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Podcasts:
How is the government shutdown affecting daily life in the US? Plus: how Angela Merkel’s allies are building defences against rising populism, Turkey considers its options in Syria and a wrap of the CES electronics fair.
The UK’s parliament is due to vote on the Brexit deal within days but few are certain of what will come next. Plus: the future of Japanese investment, the Congo’s troubled election and the latest from Pitti Uomo.
We assess the US secretary of state’s tour of the Middle East and how it could impact Iranian diplomacy. Plus: Italy’s flirtation with an anti-EU league, Carlos Ghosn speaks out and more from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
With US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recovering from surgery, we explain why her health could directly impact a political generation. Plus: why an Australian senator used taxpayer money to attend a far-right gathering and AI enters the bathroom at the CES technology fair in Las Vegas.
Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas predicts who’ll blink first as Donald Trump’s demand for a wall on the US border with Mexico continues to put a freeze on government business.
In this special edition we look back at one of the year’s best interviews on ‘The Big Interview’. The director of ‘Moonlight’, which won the Oscar for best picture in 2017, talks about everything from getting into film-making while growing up in a rough neighbourhood, to adapting James Baldwin to the screen in his new drama ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, and the responsibility that comes with having a voice.
In this special edition we look back at one of the year’s best interviews on ‘The Big Interview’. Dave Eggers is the author behind bestselling and award-winning books such as ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’, ‘What is the What’ and ‘The Circle’. He met Monocle’s Ed Stocker to talk about his work, influences and more.
In this special edition we look back at one of the year’s best interviews on ‘The Big Interview’. Sally Field won an Oscar for best actress in ‘Norma Rae’ in 1980 and another in 1985 for ‘Places in the Heart’. She has now written a memoir, ‘In Pieces’, and talks to Georgina Godwin about childhood trauma and losing herself in acting.
In this special edition we look back at one of the year’s best interviews on ‘The Big Interview’. The Finnish composer and conductor, currently principal conductor for London’s Philharmonia and conductor laureate for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, muses over the idea of danger in classical music, pushing virtuosos’ comfort zones and giving back to the system.
In this special edition we look back at one of the year’s best interviews on 'The Big Interview'. Investigative journalist Jane Mayer became the first female Washington correspondent for ‘The Wall Street Journal’ in 1984 and has been a staff writer at ‘The New Yorker’ since 1995. She talks about corruption in Washington, increasing hostility towards the press and her determination to expose the truth.
In this special edition of ‘The Globalist’, we look back at some of the year’s best interviews on ‘The Big Interview’. Robert Harris is the author of numerous bestsellers, including ‘Fatherland’, ‘The Fear Index’ and ‘An Officer and a Spy’. He talks about his new novel, ‘Munich’, ancient Rome and why it’s difficult to write political fiction in the modern world.
In this special edition of ‘The Globalist’, we look back at some of the year’s best interviews on 'The Big Interview'. Sir Kenneth Grange is known as the godfather of UK product design. He is the man behind quintessentially British everyday products for brands such as Kenwood, Parker, Kodak and Anglepoise – and the InterCity 125 train, the regional Royal Mail postbox and the latest London black cab.
In this special edition of ‘The Globalist’, we look back at some of the year’s best interviews on 'The Big Interview'. Primatologist Dame Jane Goodall talks to Andrew Mueller about her groundbreaking discoveries, chimpanzees’ sense of humour and the work still ahead.
In this special edition of ‘The Globalist’, we look back at a highlight from ‘The Big Interview’. The American humorist David Sedaris discusses his latest book, ‘Calypso’, and muses over everything from family dynamics and awkward social situations to the boundaries of humour and the role of entertainment in a time of troubling politics.
In a special edition of ‘The Globalist’, we look back at a highlight from ‘The Big Interview’. Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses blacks in America, feminism, Nigerian fashion and challenges facing the Left.