The Foreign Desk

Monocle

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.

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The Foreign Desk

Episodes (100)

Yesterday Explainer 505: Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?
Saturday Is it worth prosecuting the powerful?
Wed Feb 11th Explainer 504: The jailing of Jimmy Lai: China’s stand against Hong Kong media and the UK’s middling response

The Foreign Desk

Feb 18, 2026
7¼ minutes
7 MB

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was not allowed to compete in a helmet decorated with pictures of athletes killed in the war with Russia. But is it really true that the Olympics are apolitical? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Foreign Desk

Explainer 505: Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?

Monocle

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