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Monocle culture editor Robert Bound takes an international look at the latest in film, music and the arts. Plus – weekly Midori House music sessions.

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Robert Bound heads to Art Basel to speak to the artists and curators behind this year’s show, we find out about the singer causing a stir on Arab Idol, and celebrate the 10th birthday of record label Arts & Crafts in Toronto. Plus, a live Midori House Session from Finland’s Husky Rescue.

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88 17 Jun 2013
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Robert Bound heads to Art Basel to speak to the artists and curators behind this year’s show, we find out about the singer causing a stir on Arab Idol, and celebrate the 10th birthday of record label Arts & Crafts in Toronto. Plus, a live Midori House Session from Finland’s Husky Rescue.

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87 10 Jun 2013
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Robert Bound gets lost in space in a new exhibition at London’s National Maritime Museum, we hear the secrets behind Sonar festival’s 20-year success story, and learn why writers are coming down from their garrets in Adelaide. Plus, an energetic session from a combined pair of Salvador’s finest bands.

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86 3 Jun 2013
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We soak up the sights and sounds of the 55th Venice Biennale, hear what TV the US networks have been touting to overseas buyers at LA screenings, and meet the woman reviving the lost art of letter writing. Plus, we meet some of Morrissey’s more fanatical Latino admirers on the West Coast.

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85 27 May 2013
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How global economics has impacted the Art Fair of Athens, we talk music business at The Great Escape conference in Brighton, and enjoy a session from Josh Rouse.

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84 20 May 2013
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Advertising special: we hear from London’s hottest creative team, learn why everyone loves to shoot ads in South Africa, ask how you advertise western products in Tehran, and learn why legacy is becoming an important part of any campaign. Plus, a stroll down the sunset strip, the best car ad ever made and a special iconic ad soundtrack.

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83 13 May 2013
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Robert Bound brings us his highlights from the second Frieze New York art fair, we get a musical tour of Toronto courtesy of producer Gil Masuda, and enjoy a session from keyboard virtuoso, Gentry. Plus, where does philosophy sit in modern culture?

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82 6 May 2013
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Robert Bound meets the man who knows everything about anything in the music business – Stephen Budd, South Korean indie rockers Goonam entertain us with a loud Midori House session, we mingle with the crowds at Berlin’s Gallery Weekend, and meet the filmmaker whose documentary about North Korea was the talk of Hot Docs in Toronto.

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81 29 Apr 2013
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Robert Bound visits Paris Photo in LA, we get check out Portuguese film at the 10th edition of Indie Lisboa, meet the director of a documentary that tells the musical story of Muscle Shoals in Alabama, and enjoy live music from José James.

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80 22 Apr 2013
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Poet Murray Lachlan Young drops by to talk nonsense verses, we learn how South Korea's soft-power sensation Psy makes big money from all those YouTube hits, and there’s a Midori House session from US country-music star Kacey Musgraves.

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79 15 Apr 2013
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Record Store Day Special: We visit some of the independent businesses celebrating the physical store in an age of digital and hear how hand-printed gig posters are having a renaissance. Plus, all the industry news from MIPTV and a trip to the Istanbul Film Festival.

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78 8 Apr 2013
00:52:57

Monocle culture editor Robert Bound meets the man with a new business model for freelance journalism, hears from SP-Arte fair in Brazil, and enjoys a session from the New Orleans-based Hot 8 Brass Band.

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77 1 Apr 2013
00:55:24

Robert Bound visits London’s newest theatre space, The Shed, we hear from the Bologne Children’s Book Fair and enjoy a session from the Leisure Society. Plus a Mexican festival where indigenous culture meets international pop.

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