The Curator

By Monocle

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The best of the week on Monocle Radio, compiled into one show.


Episode Date
Highlights from Monocle Radio: War photographer Lynsey Addario, wrapping up Design Miami and the National Gallery’s new restaurant
Dec 07, 2025
What We Learned: Sabrina Carpenter vs the US government, Franklin the Turtle and a live-action pancake
Dec 05, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Finnish ex-PM Sanna Marin, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and director Shih-ching Tsou
Nov 30, 2025
What We Learned: President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election 
Nov 28, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dubai Design Week and the new boss at the helm of Mr & Mrs Smith
Nov 23, 2025
What We Learned: JD Vance in prison, Maduro karaoke and a wild world record
Nov 21, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: World Travel Market in London and Tourise in Saudi Arabia
Nov 16, 2025
What We Learned: A cheating scandal, Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
Nov 14, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: New York’s new mayor, space junk and ‘M Le Magazine du Monde’ 
Nov 09, 2025
What We Learned: The moon landing hoax, Trump threatens Nigeria and the Louvre’s embarrassing password
Nov 08, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: John Bolton on the United Nations, Carolina Deslandes on her new album and Japan’s haunted homes
Nov 02, 2025
What We Learned: Jeremy Corbyn’s pantomime cameo, Anthony Albanese’s T-shirt controversy and Trump’s Asia tour  
Oct 31, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris
Oct 25, 2025
What We Learned: The US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, ‘No Kings’ protest and the White House demolition 
Oct 24, 2025
A look at Frieze London and Johannesburg City Library
Oct 18, 2025
What We Learned: The Nobel Peace Prize, Gaze peace summit, Eric Trump’s book
Oct 17, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: We wrap Paris Fashion Week and explore a sleek new hotel in Tbilisi
Oct 11, 2025
What We Learned: the UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Javier Milei and Donald Trump
Oct 10, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: A tribute to Jane Goodall, Karen Pittman on ‘The Morning Show’ and Chanel’s ‘la Galerie du 19M Tokyo’
Oct 04, 2025
What We Learned: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s inflammatory speeches to the military
Oct 03, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Sep 27, 2025
What We Learned: Albania’s AI minister and Trump claims escalator ‘sabotage’
Sep 26, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: British architect Norman Foster, Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas and journalist and author Michael Wolff
Sep 20, 2025
What We Learned: Jimmy Kimmel and the aftermath of Charlie Kirk
Sep 19, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Sep 13, 2025
An unusual prankster, Reform UK chaos and the Epstein files continued
Sep 12, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio: The art of storytelling in Ireland and the CEO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Sep 06, 2025
What We Learned: The UK flag debate, radioactive shrimp and ‘Seagull Boy’
Sep 05, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Aug 30, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio 
Aug 23, 2025
What We Learned: Gavin Newsom, a sandwich activist and a Czech dog in danger
Aug 22, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights: Chef Luke Dale-Roberts, Finland’s ‘ugliest building’ and Meta’s latest smart sunglasses
Aug 16, 2025
What We Learned: a cure for sleep apnoea, Korean propaganda war and the National Guard goes to Washington
Aug 15, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Aug 09, 2025
What We Learned: Candace Owens, a rodent rumour and the marimba world record
Aug 08, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Aug 02, 2025
What We Learned: A fake embassy, the war on windmills and Biden’s cult
Aug 02, 2025
What We Learned: Macron’s defamation case, Trump accuses Obama of treason and threatens Washington’s NFL team 
Jul 26, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights: European Parliament VP Katarina Barley, Germany’s economic decline and ‘L’Étiquette’ magazine 
Jul 25, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights 
Jul 19, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights: the race for the Arctic, forensic architecture and pop singer Charlotte Cardin
Jul 12, 2025
What We Learned: The Epstein files debrief, African leaders stun Trump and Elon Musk’s America Party
Jul 11, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Jul 06, 2025
What We Learned: Trump’s ‘Victory’ fragrance, the British jet stuck in India and Brussels’ overheated balls
Jul 04, 2025
What We Learned: Rutte and “daddy” Trump’s new bromance at Nato and Trinidad & Tobago’s new world record
Jun 29, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Jun 28, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Jun 21, 2025
What We Learned: Military parade, T1 mobile and false alarms at Download Festival
Jun 20, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights this week
Jun 14, 2025
What We Learned: ‘HMAS Canberra’, Reform UK, fowl play
Jun 14, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights this week: from Asian perfumes to this year’s Serpentine Pavilion
Jun 08, 2025
What We Learned: Robot president, Liz Truss and Harvey Milk
Jun 06, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
May 31, 2025
What We Learned: South Korea’s coffee politics and a UK cheese-rolling competition
May 30, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
May 24, 2025
What We Learned: South Africa, golf and AI books
May 24, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
May 17, 2025
What We Learned: Eurovision, the ‘Kingdom of Germany’ and a speedy duck
May 17, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
May 10, 2025
What We Learned: The Arabian Gulf, Alcatraz and film tariffs
May 09, 2025
 Monocle Radio highlights
May 03, 2025
What We Learned: Australia’s new icon, Canada elects Mark Carney and Trump for Pope?
May 03, 2025
The best of Monocle Radio
Apr 26, 2025
What We Learned: Christians Engaged, White House flags and Hegseth’s makeup station
Apr 25, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Apr 19, 2025
What We Learned: Space tourism, president Nayib Bukele in the US and seagulls in Oxford
Apr 18, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Apr 12, 2025
What We Learned: iPhones, a fictional economist and a criminal judge
Apr 11, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Apr 06, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 4 April
Apr 04, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Mar 30, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 28 March
Mar 28, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Mar 23, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 21 March
Mar 21, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Mar 16, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 14 March 
Mar 15, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Mar 09, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 7 March
Mar 07, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Mar 02, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 28 February 
Feb 28, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Feb 23, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 21 February 
Feb 21, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 14 February 
Feb 14, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Feb 09, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 7 February 
Feb 07, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Feb 02, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 31 January
Jan 31, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 24 January
Jan 27, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Jan 26, 2025
Monocle Radio highlights
Jan 18, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 17 January
Jan 17, 2025
Highlights from Monocle Radio
Jan 12, 2025
What We Learned: Friday 10 January
Jan 10, 2025
Monocle Radio's highlights of 2024, part two
Jan 05, 2025
Monocle Radio's highlights of 2024, part one
Dec 29, 2024
What We Learned: Friday 27 December
Dec 27, 2024
Monocle Radio highlights
Dec 22, 2024
What We Learned: Friday 20 December
Dec 20, 2024
Monocle Radio highlights
Dec 15, 2024
What We Learned: Friday 13 December
Dec 13, 2024