2024-11-23
33 分钟Former first lady Melania Trump and future US health secretary, RFK Jr, are teaming up to improve the president-elect’s diet. Then, Europe prepares for Trump tariffs and Cop29 discussions go into overtime. Join regular Monocle Radio commentator Vincent McAviney and Georgina Godwin for these stories and more of the week’s news and culture. Plus: arts specialist Issabella Orlando explores how crafted goods from homewares to clothing can inspire us to consume less, value more and forge lasting connections with the things we own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This edition of Monocle on Saturday was first broadcast on 23rd November 2024 on Monocle Radio.
Hello, I'm Georgina Godwin broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
This is Monocle on Saturday.
Coming up on today's program, we look through the week's news and culture with journalist and Monocle radio regular Vincent McAviny.
Then I think that's one of the things that inspired us actually was this idea of like an evolved object.
So rather than a name designer, their products have kind of been made in the same way for generations and that's shaped the product or the objects themselves.
Arts and culture specialist and documentary maker Isabella Orlando speaks to two artisan retailers about how their attention to craftsmanship affects consumption.
That's all ahead here on Monocle on Saturday with me, Georgina Godwin.
First though, here's the news.
A powerful Israeli airstrike targeted central Beirut today, security sources said, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran backed Hezbollah group.
Lebanon's national news agency said early this morning that the attack resulted in a large number of fatalities and injuries and destroyed an eight storey building.
US President elect Donald Trump said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Besant as US Treasury Secretary.
The choice of Besant, 62, who spent his career in finance, gives Wall street an advocate for tax reform and deregulation.
And some strategists said his nomination was a relief as he understands markets and his appointment could reduce the chance of sever severe tariffs.
And the Italian artist Maurizio Catalan, who created the banana duct taped to a wall that sold this week for $6.2 million, said in an interview that the work was a provocation and an invitation to appreciate the true value of art.
It's the market that's decided to take a banana stuck on the wall so seriously.
If the system is so frail to slip on a banana skin, maybe it was already slippery.
Catalan said.
And that's your Monocle Ra.
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