Highlights from Monocle Radio: Finnish ex-PM Sanna Marin, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and director Shih-ching Tsou

We hear from recently released Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, head to Finland to meet former prime minister Sanna Marin and Taiwanese director Shih-ching Tsou discusses her new film.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s strangest stories, including a spat between US politicians, Candace Owens’ accusation against French president Macron and Adolf Hitler (not that one) wins another election in Namibia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We hear from financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin on the next financial bubble, get the latest from Dubai Design Week and meet the new boss at the helm of Mr & Mrs Smith.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller recaps the week’s oddest stories. This week, Michigan man JD Vance (not that one) goes to prison, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro sings and a bizarre world record is broken.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We go behind the scenes as world-renowned auction house Christie’s gears up for its latest jewellery sale. Plus: we discuss the state of global tourism and head to World Travel Market to find out what regions are outperforming this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from this week’s news, including a pub quiz team caught cheating, Melania Trump’s ‘Patriot of the Year’ win and a fresh batch of emails from the Jeffrey Epstein files. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zohran Mamdani is New York’s new mayor-elect, but how realistic are his housing policies? Plus: the race to clean up space, modernising the wristwatch and the international edition of ‘M Le Magazine du Monde’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Which celebrity thinks the moon landing is a hoax? Why is Trump threatening to invade Nigeria? And could you guess the Louvre’s security password? (Spoiler: yes, definitely). Andrew Mueller unpacks this week’s news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, reflects on the relevance of the institution. Plus: Portuguese singer Carolina Deslandes on her new album and the Japanese company investigating haunted houses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt causes a stir and Trump tours Asia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.