President-elect Donald Trump has made Elon Musk a cost-cutting tsar as the head of a newly created Department of Government Efficiency. Then: we examine how the violence in Amsterdam surrounding a football match involving an Israeli team unfolded. Plus: how Finns combat the winter blues and the surge in Americans looking to move abroad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You're listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on the 13th of November, 2024 on Monocle Radio.
Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting to you live from Studio one here at Midori House in London, I'm Georgina Godwin.
Coming up on today's program, I look.
At what you do.
You walk in and you just say.
You want to quit.
They go on strike.
I won't mention the name of the company, but they go on strike and you say, that's okay, you're all gone.
You're all gone.
So every one of you is gone.
And you are the greatest.
You would be very good.
Oh, you would love it.
Donald Trump, the US President elect, follows up on his promise to make Elon Musk his efficiency tsar, or should that be redundancy director?
We'll ask how the appointment of loyalists might affect the running of the country.
Then to Amsterdam to examine how, how the violence surrounding a football match between an Israeli and a local team unfolded.
Plus, I am profoundly honored to announce that the winner of The Booker Prize, 2024 is Samantha Harvey for Orbital.
We'll speak to a judge from the Booker Prize to hear more about the winning book.
And we'll find out how residents of Helsinki celebrate Finland's greyest day.
And finally, Google searches by Americans on how to move abroad have surged.