John Everard and Terry Stiastny discuss why North Korea is destroying symbolic signs of reunification, why Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s debate didn’t need watching, why Israel’s Flag Day and other extreme celebrations don’t help anybody and why Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app. Plus: Finland’s alternative to AirBnb.

John Everard and Terry Stiastny discuss why North Korea is destroying symbolic signs of reunification, why Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s debate didn’t need watching, why Israel’s Flag Day and other extreme celebrations don’t help anybody and why Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app. Plus: Finland’s alternative to AirBnb.

Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards. 

Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

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North Korea destroys railways, Starmer and Sunak destroy each other

A group of European finance ministers says that the Russian war economy is deteriorating and has called for increased pressure on Putin’s regime. But is their analysis correct? Plus: we consider the future of the Conservative Party, and revisit Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev’s 1959 ‘Kitchen Debate’.

A group of European finance ministers says that the Russian war economy is deteriorating and has called for increased pressure on Putin’s regime. But is their analysis correct? Plus: we consider the future of the Conservative Party, and revisit Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev’s 1959 ‘Kitchen Debate’.

Is the Russian economy being ‘re-Sovietised’?

Kamala Harris is swiftly emerging as the favourite to become the Democratic presidential nominee. We discuss how her nomination has reshaped the contest. Plus: China’s evolving role in the Middle East and tensions between the EU and Hungary.

Kamala Harris is swiftly emerging as the favourite to become the Democratic presidential nominee. We discuss how her nomination has reshaped the contest. Plus: China’s evolving role in the Middle East and tensions between the EU and Hungary.

Democrats rally behind Harris

Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race. But by leaving it so late, has he deprived alternative Democratic candidates of a full ‘primary test’? And can his vice-president, Kamala Harris, clinch the nomination? Plus: Israel’s airstrikes on Yemen and Costco’s ‘apocalypse bucket’.

Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race. But by leaving it so late, has he deprived alternative Democratic candidates of a full ‘primary test’? And can his vice-president, Kamala Harris, clinch the nomination? Plus: Israel’s airstrikes on Yemen and Costco’s ‘apocalypse bucket’.

North Korea destroys railways, Starmer and Sunak destroy each other

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