What We Learned: Trump’s penchant for aircraft-carrier design, flagpoles and grass

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.

What we learned this week as Canada and the US enter a trade war, President Trump hosts a back-to-school event at the White House and Dan Sullivan stands in Alaska.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We preview the upcoming Brazilian presidential elections, hop aboard the Freedom Plane as it tours the US and meet Silva – the artist behind Monocle’s album of the summer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What we learned this week from President Trump’s latest tour of the White House to his order for the Navy on the future of aircraft-carrier design. Plus: Mozart’s birthday celebrations gone wrong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We tour Bombardier's Global 8000, the world’s fastest civil aircraft. Then: we head to Basel for the Swimmable Cities Summit and hear how soldiers are using pack animals to carry supplies through tough terrain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Climate change threatens Italy’s cheese banks, the enduring magic of Harry Potter fans and President Trump abandons his press corps for a catering truck. Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.