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Jan 2023
32m 56s

Friday 20 January

MONOCLE
About this episode
Our final live broadcast from the World Economic Forum comes as this year’s gathering comes to a close. We’ll look at the key takeaways from this edition with Thomas Seifert, deputy editor-in-chief of Austria’s ‘Wiener Zeitung’; hear from former US ambassador to Ukraine, John E Herbst, on the ongoing war and sit down with the CEO of Heathrow airport, John Holland-Kaye. Plus: Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo and Tom Webb recap the week for us.

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