The Monocle Weekly

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Want to hear from the authors, artists, creative thinkers and business leaders shaping your world? The Monocle Weekly presents just that on our longest-running radio programme.

Episodes

Laetitia and Arthur Cohen: the couple behind Paris’s coolest Franco-Japanese restaurants

A conversation with Reiko Sakata, general manager of the Imperial Hotel Kyoto

The sound of summer: Franco-Brazilian duo PPJ

A celebration of Corsican food with chef Jean Costantini

Frédéric Antelme: the man behind France’s Radio Nova

Angélique Kidjo: The queen of African music is back with ‘Hope!!’

Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro on his role in award-winning ‘The Blue Trail’

Thundercat on his new album, ‘Distracted’

The definitive biography of Brazil’s president, ‘Lula!’

Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor on his new album, ‘Paris In The Spring’

Jessie Ware and her glittering new album, ‘Superbloom’

Filipe Assis from the pioneering exhibition platform Aberto

CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso return with ‘Free Spirits’, featuring Sting

A conversation about hospitality with Xavier Padovani, partner and director of the Experimental Group

Lucas Santtana on his 10th album, ‘Brasiliano’, a celebration of the languages of Brazil

Restaurateur Jeremy King breathes new life into Simpson’s in the Strand

Sam Quealy – our favourite techno-pop princess

A conversation with pop provocateur Cobrah

Perfecting tailored travel with Tom Marchant from Black Tomato

A conversation with director Oliver Laxe from the sensorial ‘Sirāt’