Monocle 24: The Curator Podcast
1) Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris
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 ...Show More
2) What We Learned: The US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, ‘No Kings’ protest and the White House demolition
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...Show More
3) A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library
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.
4) What We Learned: The Nobel Peace Prize, Gaze peace summit, Eric Trump’s book
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 om...Show More
5) Highlights from Monocle Radio: We wrap Paris Fashion Week and explore a sleek new hotel in Tbilisi
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/listen...Show More
6) What We Learned: the UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Javier Milei and Donald Trump
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 f...Show More
7) Highlights from Monocle Radio: A tribute to Jane Goodall, Karen Pittman on ‘The Morning Show’ and Chanel’s ‘la Galerie du 19M Tokyo’
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 collecti...Show More
8) What We Learned: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s inflammatory speeches to the military
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.co...Show More
9) Highlights from Monocle
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.
10) What We Learned: Albania’s AI minister and Trump claims escalator ‘sabotage’
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 s...Show More