Monocle Radio highlights

EU ambassadors approve a new package of sanctions on Russia, an update on the student protests in the US and might the UK be getting a new Conservative party? Plus: reports from the Eurovision Song Contest and Zagreb’s weird museums.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we speak with the founder of one of America’s leading bookshops, visit a new infrastructure project in Miami and the first Ethiopian pavilion at Venice Biennale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We interview chef Endo Kazutoshi, look at a new magazine about road trips and learn how Norway is leveraging its soft-power assets to promote its brand abroad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s whimsical news monologue, Andrew Mueller covers the temperature in the courtroom holding Donald Trump’s trial, Mississippi observing Confederate History Month and the results of this year’s European gull-screeching championship.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world’s largest election begins in India. Then: Russia’s war in Ukraine and the latest on the strikes between Israel and Iran. Plus: reports from our teams at Salone del Mobile and the Venice Biennale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A round-up of this week’s news stories, including an overview of Liz Truss’s literary work and the latest discovery from Fox News.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could artificial intelligence be used to disrupt elections? Then: a protest movement in Russia demanding soldiers come back from the frontline, Zimbabwe’s new currency and Bollywood. Plus: why cetaceans have been granted personhood status.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A round-up of this week’s news stories, including a look into Fox News’s coverage of the eclipse and the difference between Sweden and Switzerland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We explore the delights of Polish cuisine, showcase the highlights of Monocle’s The Chiefs conference in Hong Kong and report on the Slovakian elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A round-up of this week’s news stories, including Donald Trump Jr’s scathing accusation against the US Department of Justice, a design flaw in Adidas’s upcoming football kit for Germany and Botswana’s odd threat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.