The Briefing

By Monocle

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering

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The podcast currently has 2,451 episodes available.

The Briefing episodes:

December 16, 2022 Friday 16 December
Russia has launched its second mass air attack across Ukraine in days. Plus: the release of thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy and the Netherlands’ decision to formally apologise for 250 years of slavery.
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31min
December 15, 2022 Thursday 15 December
Dozens of people, including a US citizen, have been released in the latest prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Plus: we cross over to Zürich as Switzerland and Germany adopt a new plan to combat illegal migration and Fernando Augusto Pacheco has The Global Countdown.
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35min
December 14, 2022
A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.
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30min
December 13, 2022
A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.
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31min
December 12, 2022 Monday 12 December
Members of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group have reportedly been killed following an attack by Ukraine’s armed forces. Plus: Kosovo calls for Nato intervention after a weekend of violence and The White House’s revamped Arctic strategy.
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32min
December 09, 2022 Friday 9 December
We discuss the role that the UAE and Saudi Arabia played in making the prisoner exchange between Russia and the US. Also in the programme: what next for Romania and Bulgaria after Austria blocked their Schengen area membership, plus Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck on the court case in relation to the death of Harry Dunn in the UK and whether justice equals closure for the fatal crash victim’s family.
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33min
December 08, 2022 Friday 2 December
What will happen now that China has eased some of its stricter coronavirus measures? Plus: the role of the main interlocutors in the war in Ukraine, the latest design news with Monocle’s Nic Monisse and Andrew Mueller on the week’s stranger stories.
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32min
December 08, 2022 Thursday 8 December
We report as Iran announces the first publicly known execution of a person convicted for an alleged crime in connection with the country’s ongoing protests. Plus, preparations for 2024’s presidential contest in the US and the best and the worst of this year’s Christmas productions.
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37min
December 07, 2022 Wednesday 7 December
What is known so far about a far-right plot to overthrow Germany’s government? Plus: Georgia’s election run-off, the latest from Libya and Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self, tells us what to expect from the new edition of the magazine.
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32min
December 06, 2022 Tuesday 6 December
We ask: is China now moving away from its attempt to contain Covid? Plus, we hear from Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, get the latest business headlines from Bloomberg and Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi rounds up the biggest stories from her beat.
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30min

FAQs about The Briefing:

How many episodes does The Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 2,451 episodes available.