- 749
- Episodes
- 701
- Transcribed
- 298
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 14M
- YouTube views
About The Briefing
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.
- Publisher
- Monocle
- Category
- business · government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
701 of 749 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is UNGA where the middle powers stop talking and start acting?
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The UN General Assembly convenes against the backdrop of the Iran war
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro battle for votes ahead of Brazil’s big election day
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Is UNGA where the middle powers stop talking and start acting?
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But, you know, putting things into action is hard. I mean, you know, so many countries have different interests. And if they can really turn this alliance and whoever joins next into something practical into, you know, really making deals fast, you know, responding to whatever the situation is globally, whether that's economically, whether it's because of a conflict. If they can really do this compared to all the other bodies that we've been talking about and that we've been really relying on since the end of World War II, if they can do that, fantastic. I think there's just a lot of work still that has to be done. […]
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- YouTube views
- 14,456,078
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 101 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 197 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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