What We Learned: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s inflammatory speeches to the military

We profile Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, meet Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, report from Vienna and mark 150 years of Liberty in London. Plus: Sanrio’s CEO and Art Basel Paris.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller on what we learned from the news this week, including a dangerous US Marine Corps celebration, AI Trump responding to the ‘No Kings’ protests and the demolition of the White House’s East Wing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What to look out for at Frieze London and Frieze Masters and we look back on the overthrow and execution of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Muller unpacks the week’s news, including who won the Nobel Peace Prize (spoiler: it wasn’t President Trump), the Gaza peace summit in Egypt and Eric Trump’s new memoir.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We meet the authors behind a new book about one of the most extraordinary prisoner swaps in history and hear how a Soviet-era post office has been reborn as a sleek new hotel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The UK Conservative Party’s embarrassing mistake, rocking out with Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, and Trump claims that he warned about 9/11. Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from the news this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We pay tribute to primatologist Jane Goodall, The Morning Show's Karen Pittman explains how things are heating up in the fourth series and we meet the man responsible for Emirates’ wine collection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump and US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, addressed the military this week. Andrew Mueller tells us what we learned. Plus: why the Q-Anon shaman is suing Trump for $40tn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US Marine Corps gets an update. Plus: we visit the European Tramdriver Championship and stop off in Italy for a raw-milk cheese festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller wraps up the weirdest and wildest news stories from the week, including: Albania’s appointment of the first AI anti-corruption minister and Trump’s claims of ‘triple sabotage’ at the UN General Assembly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.