Porta's Listen...The Monocle Weekly EDITION 10

-01 March

The team regroups in London for this week's edition of The Monocle Weekly and welcomes our Beirut correspondent Carole Corm to catch up on the latest happenings in the Middle East. Joshua Cooper Ramo, managing director at Kissinger Associates and former foreign editor of TIME magazine, is also in the studio to talk about his new book, The Age of the Unthinkable, which reveals a radical new model for looking at the world. On the line from Abu Dhabi is Nick Brown, editor of Jane's International Defence Review, to share his findings from the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX). Culture Editor Rob Bound reveals an interesting musical find from Taiwan and British menswear designer Oliver Spencer is in the studio to give us his views on the fashion and retail industry following London fashion week.

Tyler Brûlé
Editor-in-chief

Andrew Tuck
Editor

Robert Bound
Culture editor

Carole Corm
Beirut correspondent

Joshua Ramo
Managing director, Kissinger Associates

Oliver Spencer
British menswear designer

I have become addicted to The Monocle Weekly editions in the past month. Every Sunday, Tyler Brule, Robert Bound and the gang bring on a couple interesting people and talk about what’s going on in the world. The show runs about 35-45 minutes long and touches on topics such as Tokyo’s mission for the 2012 Olympic games, the development of cultures from Korea to Africa, and the state of retail for independents and large companies. This edition Olivier Spencer was a guest as they spoke about how well established and important the online retail scene is in the UK. It’s interesting to hear the differences between North America and the UK in these aspects and to hear a designers take on it is kind of fresh. There is so much going on in the world these days, often too much to read and cover yourself, so I find the Monocle Weekly gives a nice little insight into some of the positives around the globe. Of course having a little sense of humor and nice taste in music doesn’t hurt either. The editions are fresh, quick moving and really easy to digest, definitely a recommended at-work listen.

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