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

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.

We meet Italian fashion designer Margherita Missoni, learn about the art of foley (making sound effects for film) and take a wild ride through one of the world’s largest urban parks as a Munich rite of passage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A faux pas at the Asian Games 2026, President Trump’s new plan for his triumphal arch and a Republican senator’s anti-furry posting spree. Andrew Mueller unpacks this week’s news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chef Ruthie Rogers discusses her new book, Table 4 at The River Café; Then: the British Fashion Council’s CEO, Laura Weir, previews London Fashion Week. And: we meet designer Tina Charad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mueller finds out what we learned from Trump’s trip to Ireland, including his thoughts on reunification and the Falklands. Plus: why a town in Oxfordshire voted to leave the UK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir Vince Cable on the changing global economic landscape. Then: we head to Paris as Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche opens its doors to more than 100 Japanese brands and recall when and how Easter Island became Chilean.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump’s speech honouring September 11 first responders, the US president’s financial incentive to voters and the strengthening relationship between the far right in France and the UK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Lisbon for Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference. Then: director of Frieze Seoul Patrick Lee discusses this year’s event and we look back at the life and legacy of Gloria Steinem, who died this week aged 92.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A robot cleaner catches a cheating wife in Taiwan and President Trump threatens to rename even more bodies of water as his spat with Canada continues. Andrew Mueller on what we learned from this and more of the week’s news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We pay tribute to Dolly Parton and Yayoi Kusama, then discuss the best stationery for the return to school. Plus: a lesson on business failures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.