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The Curator — 135 episodes
What We Learned: The US-Canada trade war, the White House’s back-to-school event and Alaska’s electoral roll
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What We Learned: Trump’s penchant for aircraft-carrier design, flagpoles and grass
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What We Learned: Parmigiano Reggiano currency, Harry Potter fans and Trump’s cunning escape
What We Learned: Africa map gone wrong, more Trump AI slop and capybaras in Brazil
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What We Learned: Lindsey Graham remembered, shots fired in the English Channel and AI in politics
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What We Learned: Spain’s World Cup win, renewed strikes in Iran and more insider trading
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What We Learned: Count Binface, Trump’s $1 coin and England’s football failure
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What We Learned: Trump’s Fifa intervention, Iran ceasefire ends and Neil the Seal
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What We Learned: America’s 250th birthday and a Swiss yodel festival
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What We Learned: Keir Starmer exit, Washington’s Reflecting Pool and the loudest person on Earth
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What we learned: There ain’t no party like a White House party
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What we learned: Old man falls asleep, the art of the ‘almost’ deal and a very special apple
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What We Learned: Donald Trump’s one-man show and the Polish express to hell
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What We Learned: Donald Trump the buffalo, UFC at the White House and cheese-rolling carnage
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What We Learned: Guacamole record, Trump’s IRS lawsuit and a payout for January 6 insurrectionists
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What We Learned: Intercepting drug smugglers, UFO files and Trump Mobile
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What We Learned: Iran war latest and the Gold Medal of Philology hoax
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What We Learned: James Comey indictment, seagull squarks and the tiramisu world record
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What We Learned: Mount Trumpmore, Scotland’s parliamentary elections and fake bear attacks in California
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What We Learned: Iran peace talks, Viktor Orbán’s defeat and Trump’s Jesus meme
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What We Learned: The fragile Middle East ceasefire, teleporting to Waffle House and Estonia’s pig impersonators
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What We Learned: CPAC and Operation It’ll All Somehow Be Fine Don’t Worry
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What We Learned: Kash Patel loves Trump, Trump loves Elvis and the European Tree of the Year
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Helsinki mayor Daniel Sazonov, and the editor in chief of ‘Brutus’ magazine
What We Learned: Trump’s evolving foreign policy and a unique method of protecting crops
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Canada’s Mark Carney, Lewes FC’s Karen Dobres and the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas
What We Learned: US war memes, Trump’s dress shoes and an aptly named attaché
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What We Learned: One week of war in Iran
What We Learned: Trump’s State of the Union, Mumbai’s musical road and Bangkok’s undercover police
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What We Learned: Kid Rock’s workouts, Mike Lindell’s campaign money and a drunk Winter Olympics reporter
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What We Learned: Ice hockey in Canada, Olympic Winter Games 2026 and Super Bowl LX
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What We Learned: Epstein files latest, ‘Melania’ release and ‘The Washington Post’
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What We Learned: The Republicans’ pivot on guns, Doomsday approaches and ‘Melania’
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What We Learned: Greenland and Trump’s ‘Nobel Consolation Prize’
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What We Learned: Trump’s plans for Greenland, the new US dietary guidelines and drumming diplomacy
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What we learned from the first week of 2026
The best of 2025: Monocle on the road
The best of 2025: Big-name interviews
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What We Learned in 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A year on from the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, the new editor in chief of ‘Esquire UK’ and a recap of Design Miami
What We Learned: The Fifa Peace Prize and Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book
Highlights from Monocle Radio: War photographer Lynsey Addario, wrapping up Design Miami and the National Gallery’s new restaurant
What We Learned: Sabrina Carpenter vs the US government, Franklin the Turtle and a live-action pancake
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Finnish ex-PM Sanna Marin, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and director Shih-ching Tsou
What We Learned: President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dubai Design Week and the new boss at the helm of Mr & Mrs Smith
What We Learned: JD Vance in prison, Maduro karaoke and a wild world record
Highlights from Monocle Radio: World Travel Market in London and Tourise in Saudi Arabia
What We Learned: A cheating scandal, Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
Highlights from Monocle Radio: New York’s new mayor, space junk and ‘M Le Magazine du Monde’
What We Learned: The moon landing hoax, Trump threatens Nigeria and the Louvre’s embarrassing password
Highlights from Monocle Radio: John Bolton on the United Nations, Carolina Deslandes on her new album and Japan’s haunted homes
What We Learned: Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt controversy and Trump’s Asia tour
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris
What We Learned: The US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, ‘No Kings’ protest and the White House demolition
A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library
What We Learned: The Nobel Peace Prize, Gaze peace summit, Eric Trump’s book
Highlights from Monocle Radio: We wrap Paris Fashion Week and explore a sleek new hotel in Tbilisi
What We Learned: the UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Javier Milei and Donald Trump
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A tribute to Jane Goodall, Karen Pittman on ‘The Morning Show’ and Chanel’s ‘la Galerie du 19M Tokyo’
What We Learned: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s inflammatory speeches to the military
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What We Learned: Albania’s AI minister and Trump claims escalator ‘sabotage’
Highlights from Monocle Radio: British architect Norman Foster, Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas and journalist and author Michael Wolff
What We Learned: Jimmy Kimmel and the aftermath of Charlie Kirk
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An unusual prankster, Reform UK chaos and the Epstein files continued
Highlights from Monocle Radio: The art of storytelling in Ireland and the CEO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
What We Learned: The UK flag debate, radioactive shrimp and ‘Seagull Boy’
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What We Learned: Gavin Newsom, a sandwich activist and a Czech dog in danger
Monocle Radio highlights: Chef Luke Dale-Roberts, Finland’s ‘ugliest building’ and Meta’s latest smart sunglasses
What We Learned: a cure for sleep apnoea, Korean propaganda war and the National Guard goes to Washington
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What We Learned: Candace Owens, a rodent rumour and the marimba world record
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What We Learned: A fake embassy, the war on windmills and Biden’s cult
What We Learned: Macron’s defamation case, Trump accuses Obama of treason and threatens Washington’s NFL team
Monocle Radio highlights: European Parliament VP Katarina Barley, Germany’s economic decline and ‘L’Étiquette’ magazine
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Monocle Radio highlights: the race for the Arctic, forensic architecture and pop singer Charlotte Cardin
What We Learned: The Epstein files debrief, African leaders stun Trump and Elon Musk’s America Party
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What We Learned: Trump’s ‘Victory’ fragrance, the British jet stuck in India and Brussels’ overheated balls
What We Learned: Rutte and “daddy” Trump’s new bromance at Nato and Trinidad & Tobago’s new world record
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What We Learned: Military parade, T1 mobile and false alarms at Download Festival
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What We Learned: ‘HMAS Canberra’, Reform UK, fowl play
Monocle Radio highlights this week: from Asian perfumes to this year’s Serpentine Pavilion
What We Learned: Robot president, Liz Truss and Harvey Milk
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What We Learned: South Korea’s coffee politics and a UK cheese-rolling competition
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What We Learned: South Africa, golf and AI books
What We Learned: Eurovision, the ‘Kingdom of Germany’ and a speedy duck
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What We Learned: The Arabian Gulf, Alcatraz and film tariffs
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What We Learned: Australia’s new icon, Canada elects Mark Carney and Trump for Pope?