Presenter:Phil Whelan
Welcome to Monday on The Brew. We’re just making one stop today and that is right in the middle of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, to say hi to our friend and Bureau Chief-at-large, Neil Runcieman. Join him at 1:25, and on Facebook live, for all the New Year’s latest. Robbie McRobbie is having an extended Hogmanay in the old country, and will be back next week.
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01/01/2026
Presenter:Phil Whelan
Welcome to your midweek Brew. Author, poet, writer to the stars, and of course… our New York correspondent, Tracy Quan, will be back with us this week At 12:10. RTL France's Philippe Dova is getting lost somewhere in the French countryside, so he will return next week. Wednesday is 'classical' music day, and this time our friend Paul Archibald will be coming to you live… from a monastery… in Poland! There's so much world class sport going on right now that today’s theme is about just that. Listen as Paul introduces some music of the great composers that is all about games and tournaments.