The best of Monocle Radio this week, including an interview with culinary legend and actress Madhur Jaffrey, the top songs in France and the launch of Monocle’s Small Cities Index 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week we speak with the founder of one of America’s leading bookshops, visit a new infrastructure project in Miami and the first Ethiopian pavilion at Venice Biennale.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We interview chef Endo Kazutoshi, look at a new magazine about road trips and learn how Norway is leveraging its soft-power assets to promote its brand abroad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s whimsical news monologue, Andrew Mueller covers the temperature in the courtroom holding Donald Trump’s trial, Mississippi observing Confederate History Month and the results of this year’s European gull-screeching championship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What We Learned: Friday 16 April

The world’s largest election begins in India. Then: Russia’s war in Ukraine and the latest on the strikes between Israel and Iran. Plus: reports from our teams at Salone del Mobile and the Venice Biennale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A round-up of this week’s news stories, including an overview of Liz Truss’s literary work and the latest discovery from Fox News. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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