What We Learned: Pete Hegseth’s new department and AI is renamed

An election special: We look ahead to the US midterms and explore some of the most interesting races. Then: we discuss election results in Brazil, Serbia and Israel, before stopping in Toronto for a hotly contested mayoral race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bolsonaro flees Brazil, Donald Trump gears up for the midterm elections and JD Vance can’t pronounce Middle Eastern countries. Andrew Mueller discusses this week’s news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voting is on the agenda this week with reports on the upcoming US midterms, the recent Albertan independence referendum and the Serbian parliamentary elections. Plus: how public art can heal a city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s news, including a new fine for antisocial behaviour on UK public transport, Trump’s rant about men in uniform and the World Olive Picking Championship.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We meet actor and film producer Ryan Reynolds to discuss why identity and curiosity matter more than perfection. Then: we hear how Europe can reclaim sovereignty over AI and we visit Frieze London.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller on Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize snub, a new White House spokesperson, a viral memory test and a Peruvian mayoral race with a very unusual name.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gabe Klinger, director of ‘Isabel’, talks to us about his career. Then: we meet the former mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and singer-songwriter Leon Bridges discusses his new album, ‘Happiness Anytime’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller finds out what we learned from the 2026 Nobel Prizes, and which animals are set to appear on British banknotes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Highlights from the past week on Monocle Radio, including the co-founder of Youtube, Steve Chen; US commentator and journalist, Tucker Carlson; and president of Chanel Watches, Frédéric Grangié. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller looks at what we learned from President Trump’s recent tech summit and Pete Hegseth’s new Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.