Jacob Parakilas, Martin Plaut and Monocle’s Tom Edwards ask whether the US Democrats are being weighed down by a branding problem and question why the EU is avoiding refugee issues at today’s summit. Plus: Zimbabwe’s leadership succession plan skips Robert Mugabe’s wife, how not to glamorise your military and Italy lifts its in-flight liquid ban – but only for jars of pesto.

Midori House - Thursday 22 June

Join Monocle’s editors and guests drawn from our unrivalled pool of international commentators, analysts and experts to unpack the issues dominating the day’s agenda. From diplomatic wrangles and border disputes to big business and frontline politics, this is the programme you need to hear to make sense of a dynamic and sometimes volatile world.

Monocle 24 is Monocle’s round-the-clock radio station that launched in October 2011 and is broadcast from our headquarters at Midori House in Marylebone. You can listen live via our player at monocle.com, as well as downloading shows from our site, iTunes or SoundCloud; we also have a handy app. 

The station delivers news and comment, plus magazine shows covering a range of topics including food and drink, urbanism, design, culture, business and print media. Our newsgathering operation includes bureaux in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Zürich, New York and Toronto, as well as dedicated correspondents in over 30 cities from São Paulo to Sydney.


Midori House - Thursday 22 June

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