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The Foreign Desk

The Foreign Desk

Monocle · Winkontent Ltd. 759286

155 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Foreign Desk launched in 2025 and has put out 155 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 55 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 7 min and 34 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 84 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Winkontent Ltd. 759286.

Episodes
155
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
28 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

​Presented by ​Andrew Mueller, Monocle’s flagship global-affairs show features​ expert guests ​and in-depth analysis of the big issues of the week. Nominated for ‘Best Current Affairs’ show and the ‘Spotlight Award’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

Latest Episodes

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Explainer 538: Are Ethiopia’s enemies uniting?

Oct 7, 20266 min

As war threatens to escalate across Europe, why are some countries still stuck in neutral?

Oct 3, 202627 min

Explainer 537: Javier Milei and the Falklands – here we go again

Sep 30, 20266 min

Rebuilding Lebanon: Where do you even start?

Sep 26, 202634 min

Explainer 536: What leverage would the Houthis’s seizing of Bab al-Mandab give Iran?

Sep 23, 20266 min

Live from the Arab Media Summit: The UAE’s new role in war and peace

Sep 19, 202632 min

Explainer 535: Could Andy Burnham be the UK’s last prime minister?

Sep 16, 20267 min

The firewall falls: what does the AfD’s breakthrough mean for Europe?

Sep 12, 202633 min

Why is Jamaica asking the United Kingdom for $10bn (€8.6bn)?

Sep 9, 20266 min

Powering purpose in Stavanger

Sep 7, 202644 min

The geopolitics of going nuclear

Sep 5, 202631 min

Explainer 533: Disgraced war criminal or Serbian hero? The diplomatic conundrum of Ratko Mladić’s death

Sep 2, 20266 min

Iran: Is the US out of options?

Aug 29, 202634 min

Explainer 532: Why is Syria back on Washington’s Christmas card list?

Aug 26, 20267 min

After America: Europe’s new security order

Aug 22, 202637 min

Explainer 531: Could Moldova reunite with Romania?

Aug 19, 20268 min

The Democrats’ warring factions: Each have won battles but who will win the war?

Aug 15, 202632 min

Explainer 530: Who even is Russia’s anti-war party?

Aug 12, 20267 min

The Ceuta border crisis: Who’s really threatening Schengen?

Aug 8, 202631 min

Explainer 529: What’s driving Morocco’s Trump highway?

Aug 5, 20267 min
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