The Foreign Desk
Hosted by Andrew Mueller · Monocle
4.7from 439 ratings
- 370
- Episodes
- 279
- Transcribed
- 439
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 11M
- YouTube views
About The Foreign Desk
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.
- Publisher
- Monocle
- Category
- education · government · history · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Mar 2023
- Latest episode
- 19 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
279 of 370 episodes have a transcript.
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live from the Arab Media Summit: The UAE’s new role in war and peace
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Explainer 535: Could Andy Burnham be the UK’s last prime minister?
12 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The firewall falls: what does the AfD’s breakthrough mean for Europe?
Inside a recent episode
Live from the Arab Media Summit: The UAE’s new role in war and peace
Published 19 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Building trust is not easy, but you need to have a window to build trust. You can't just not keep a dialogue happening between a country that is 100 kilometers away from your shore. So I believe the leadership here are choosing what will be the long term. vision of us living in a stable region. This region requires stability more than you think. And I think if we know the history of this region, if you know the downturns and the great stuff that are happening here, we just want to live in a day that we see that there's no disputes, there's no militia right and left, there's no drones flying over your head. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Arancha González Laya
- Tinne Van der Straeten
- Stephen Bull
- Steffen Syvertsen
- Mark Montgomery
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 10,568,132
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 105 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 334 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts The Foreign Desk?
Andrew Mueller host the show. Published by Monocle.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Foreign Desk take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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