Monocle 24: The Global Countdown Podcast
1) The top-five songs in Greece
Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top-five songs in Greece, including new music by Eleni Foureira and Greek icons Anna Vissi and Konstantinos Argiros. See omnystudio.com/list...Show More
2) Brazilian Carnival special: The songs to know in 2026
Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs at this year's Carnival in Brazil, from a disco-diva classic to a song about looking sexy on a jet ski. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...Show More
3) A Puerto Rican music celebration
Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco celebrates the music of Puerto Rico after Bad Bunny’s historic Album of the Year win at this year’s Grammys. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...Show More
4) Copy of How the Swedish charts blocked an AI-made number one, and the star power of Zara Larsson
Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top-five songs in Sweden, including an old hit by Zara Larsson. Plus: how an AI-made number one was banned from the charts. See omnystudio.c...Show More
5) How the Swedish charts blocked an AI-made number one, and the star power of Zara Larsson
Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top-five songs in Sweden, including an old hit by Zara Larsson. Plus: how an AI-made number one was banned from the charts. See omnystudio.c...Show More
6) The music charts from the world’s top-five economies
This week on ‘The Global Countdown’, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the music charts from the world’s top-five economies – right in time for Davos. See...Show More
7) Sunny hits from Côte d'Ivoire
This week on The Global Countdown, Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco explores the top songs in Côte d'Ivoire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8) The appeal of the British Christmas number one
Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks back at some of the best UK Christmas number ones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9) Monocle Radio’s favourite songs
Fernando Augusto Pacheco picks his favourite songs of 2025, plus a heartwarming throwback to the 1980s that fuses synthesised US sounds with Venezuelan vocals. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...Show More
10) Monocle ‘Alpino’ playlist
This week on ‘The Global Countdown’, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco picks five songs that will light up your winter. These tracks will take you from a gentle evening by the...Show More