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Chinese Whispers: who will be Taiwan's next President? from 2023-12-11T16:00:02
Taiwan goes to the polls in just over a month. This is an election that could have wide repercussions, given the island’s status as a potential flashpoint in the coming years.
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Michael Simmons and Mary Wakefield from 2023-12-09T07:00
This week: James Heale reads his politics column on Sunak's migration minefield (00:55), Michael Simmons says that Scotland's 'progressive' teaching methods have badly backfired (05:53), and M...
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Women With Balls: Jacqui Smith from 2023-12-08T07:00
Jacqui Smith was born in Malvern, where she joined the Labour party aged 16. After graduating from Oxford, Jacqui moved to London and worked briefly as a parliamentary researcher but trained t...
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The Edition: does Keir Starmer stack up? from 2023-12-07T18:01:35
In her cover piece for the magazine this week, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that whilst Keir Starmer’s accession seems certain, his agenda is less so. She tries ...
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The 26 million: how to care for people living with long-term health conditions from 2023-12-07T14:34:13
How should we think of the 26 million people in the UK living with a long-term health condition? Under the current system, only a handful of long-term conditions are prioritised. This leads to...
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The Book Club: Andrew Lycett from 2023-12-06T12:00
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Arthur Conan Doyle's biographer (and historical consultant to the new BBC TV programme Killing Sherlock) Andrew Lycett. Introducing his ne...
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Table Talk: Tara Wigley from 2023-12-05T11:00
Tara Wigley is the in-house writer for the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, she also has a weekly column in the Guardian and a monthly column in the New York Times which she shares w...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Lionel Shriver and Marcus Walker from 2023-12-02T10:30
This week: Katy Balls on what the Elgin Marbles row is really about (00:56); Lionel Shriver on feckless politicians when it comes to immigration (06:43) and Marcus Walker on his rage against m...
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The Edition: carbon capture from 2023-11-30T16:00
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In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator's assistant editor Cindy Yu – writing ahead of the COP28 summit this weekend – describes how China has corn... Listen
In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator's assistant editor Cindy Yu – writing ahead of the COP28 summit this weekend – describes how China has corn... Listen
The Book Club: Good Scammer from 2023-11-29T13:00
On this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is Guy Kennaway, whose new novel Good Scammer sprinkles a protective dusting of fiction over the true story of the real-life king of Jamaica...
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Chinese Whispers: Is Mandarin bad for China? from 2023-11-28T12:00
Across the span of China, a country as big as Europe, there are countless regional dialects and accents – perhaps even languages. Often, they're mutually unintelligible.
The Chinese c... Listen
The Chinese c... Listen
Spectator Out Loud: David Swift, Mary Wakefield&Peter Hitchens from 2023-11-25T10:00
This week: David Swift looks at whether hope remains in Jaffa, Isreal (00:51); Mary Wakefield on the civil service’s ‘say my name’ campaign (06:49) and Peter Hitchens on his time in prison (13...
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Women With Balls: Alison McGovern from 2023-11-24T07:00
Alison McGovern sits on Labour’s front bench as the shadow minister for work and pensions but was first elected as an MP in 2010. Growing up in Merseyside, her grandfather was a folk singer wh...
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The Edition: Israel's challenge from 2023-11-23T16:30
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Anshel Pfeffer writes The Spectator’s cover story this week. He voices concern that support from Israel’s allies might begin to waver if they don’t develop a ... Listen
Anshel Pfeffer writes The Spectator’s cover story this week. He voices concern that support from Israel’s allies might begin to waver if they don’t develop a ... Listen
Americano: Have we seen the last of Mitt Romney? from 2023-11-23T15:43:38
Freddy Gray talks to McKay Coppins, author of the New York Times bestselling book 'Romney: A Reckoning'.
Romney has announced he will not seek reelection in 2024. What next for the 'n... Listen
Romney has announced he will not seek reelection in 2024. What next for the 'n... Listen
The Book Club: Jonathan Jones from 2023-11-22T15:00
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the art critic Jonathan Jones. The term 'renaissance' is out of fashion among scholars these days, but in his new book Earthly Delights: A Hist...
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Table Talk: Celia Walden from 2023-11-21T10:30
Celia Walden is a journalist, novelist and critic whose most recent novel, The Square, is out now. On the podcast she tells Lara and Liv why lentils are her ultimate comfort food, exp...
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Spectator Out Loud: Svitlana Morenets, Sean Thomas and Angus Colwell from 2023-11-18T10:00
This week, Svitlana Morenets says Ukraine’s counteroffensive is not living up to the hype (00:59), Sean Thomas says he likes travelling to crappy towns (10:27), and Angus Colwell defends Londo...
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Fuel for thought: how business can make use of hydrogen from 2023-11-17T13:00
How we achieve net zero is more than just a political or environmental decision. It is one that will have huge societal impacts. How we get our energy translates to how we move around, how we ...
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The Edition: back to the future from 2023-11-16T17:00
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It's been a busy week in Westminster. On Monday, Rishi Sunak's first major reshuffle saw Suella Braverman sacked and David Cameron make a surprise return to politics. ... Listen
It's been a busy week in Westminster. On Monday, Rishi Sunak's first major reshuffle saw Suella Braverman sacked and David Cameron make a surprise return to politics. ... Listen
The Book Club: Terry Hayes from 2023-11-15T12:00
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is Terry Hayes, author of the squillion-selling thriller I Am Pilgrim. He tells me about invisible submarines, taking advice on crucifixion f...
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Chinese Whispers: how China's 'underground historians' battle the state narrative from 2023-11-14T10:00
Controlling history is key to the Chinese Communist Party’s control of the country. Whether it’s playing up the ‘century of humiliation’, or whitewashing past mistakes like the Great Leap Forw...
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Holy Smoke: how light filled the first Roman Churches from 2023-11-13T11:49:45
When I was in Rome last month, I watched the 'synod on synodality' fizzle out while the Marko Rupnik sex scandal took another sinister turn (and various Catholic journalists shamefully tried t...
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Spectator Out Loud: Michael Simmons, Christopher Howse and Melissa Kite from 2023-11-12T10:00
This week, Michael Simmons looks at the dodgy graph thats justified the second lockdown (00:55), Christopher Howse examines what happened to received pronunciation (05:56), and Melissa Kite wo...
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Women With Balls: Arlene Phillips from 2023-11-10T07:00
Arlene Phillips was born in Lancashire, but moved to London to pursue her love for dance. She started age 3 and by the age of 20 she became a dance teacher. From here she formed the dance trou...
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The Edition: keeping the peace from 2023-11-09T17:00
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In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropol... Listen
In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropol... Listen
The Book Club: Jonathan Lethem from 2023-11-08T07:00
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the novelist Jonathan Lethem. Two decades after his breakthrough book The Fortress of Solitude crowned Lethem the literary laureate of ...
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Table Talk with Victoria Hislop from 2023-11-07T07:00
Victoria Hislop is a bestselling author and a lover of all things Mediterranean. Victoria’s first book 'The Island', came out in 2005 and became an immediate international best-seller...
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Innovator of the Year Awards: Business Services and AI from 2023-11-06T14:30
Every year, The Spectator travels the country in search of the best and boldest new companies that are disrupting their respective industries. In a series of five podcasts, we will te...
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Innovator of the Year Awards: Sustainability and Social Purpose from 2023-11-05T13:00
Every year, The Spectator travels the country in search of the best and boldest new companies that are disrupting their respective industries. In a series of five podcasts, we will te...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Matthew Parris and Fabian Carstairs from 2023-11-04T07:00
This week: Katy Balls reads her politics column on Keir Starmer's ceasefire predicament (00:54), Matthew Parris warns us of the dangers of righteous anger (06:48), and Fabian Carstairs tells u...
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The Edition: the Covid farce from 2023-11-02T16:30:04
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The Covid Inquiry has reached its more dramatic stage this week with the likes of Domic Cummings, Lee Cain and Martin Reynolds giving evidence. But in his cover piece for t... Listen
The Covid Inquiry has reached its more dramatic stage this week with the likes of Domic Cummings, Lee Cain and Martin Reynolds giving evidence. But in his cover piece for t... Listen
The Book Club: Nicholas Shakespeare from 2023-11-01T11:40:43
In this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is Nicholas Shakespeare, author of Ian Fleming: The Complete Man. He tells me about the astonishing secret life of a writer whose adventures...
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Innovator of the Year Awards: Consumer from 2023-10-31T15:00
Every year, The Spectator travels the country in search of the best and boldest new companies that are disrupting their respective industries. In a series of five podcasts, we will te...
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Chinese Whispers: rethinking Chinese food with Fuchsia Dunlop from 2023-10-30T17:28:20
All cultures care about their cuisine, but the Chinese must have one of the most food-obsessed cultures in the world.
You may have come across the classic Chinese takeaway with dishes... Listen
You may have come across the classic Chinese takeaway with dishes... Listen
Innovator of the Year Awards: Healthcare from 2023-10-29T12:00
Every year, The Spectator travels the country in search of the best and boldest new companies that are disrupting their respective industries. In a series of five podcasts, we will te...
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Spectator Out Loud: Peter Oborne, Kate Andrews and Jonathan Maitland from 2023-10-28T09:00
On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Peter Oborne reads his letter from Jerusalem (00:55), Kate Andrews talks about why Rishi Sunak has made her take up smoking (07:20) and Jonathan Maitland exp...
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Women With Balls: Is Britain's housing system broken? from 2023-10-27T06:00
The UK is facing a housing crisis hitting both buyers, renters and those who aren’t in a position to live in a stable home. Factors such as rising mortgage rates and inflation mean that people...
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The Edition: Identity crisis from 2023-10-26T15:00
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In his cover piece for the mag this week, political scientist, Yascha Mounk has written about why identity politics has polarised our understanding of race. And why th... Listen
In his cover piece for the mag this week, political scientist, Yascha Mounk has written about why identity politics has polarised our understanding of race. And why th... Listen
The Book Club: Pandora's Box from 2023-10-25T17:00
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the film writer Peter Biskind. In his new book Pandora’s Box, he tells the story of what’s sometimes called “Peak TV” – and how a change in busines...
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Table Talk with John Nichol from 2023-10-24T06:00
John Nichol is a former RAF Tornado navigator who, during the first Gulf War in 1991, was famously shot down, paraded on television and held prisoner by Saddam Hussein. John wrote movingly abo...
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Innovator of the Year Awards: Manufacturing and Engineering from 2023-10-23T13:00
Every year, The Spectator travels the country in search of the best and boldest new companies that are disrupting their respective industries. In a series of five podcasts, we will tell you ab...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Christina Lamb and Sam Leith from 2023-10-21T06:00
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Katy Balls discusses the SNP’s annual conference and asks what will it take to hold the party together if things get much tougher over the next twelve months (01:10), Chri... Listen
Katy Balls discusses the SNP’s annual conference and asks what will it take to hold the party together if things get much tougher over the next twelve months (01:10), Chri... Listen
Americano: how is Joe Biden handling the Israel-Palestine crisis? from 2023-10-20T09:00
This week Freddy speaks to Dennis Ross, former Middle East coordinator under President Clinton and current Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. They discuss Biden's...
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Women With Balls: Kate Mosse from 2023-10-20T06:00
Kate Mosse is an international best-selling author who’s sold millions of books, translated into 38 different languages. She describes herself as a feminist and has worked hard to champion oth...
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The Edition: new world disorder from 2023-10-19T13:00
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In The Spectator's cover piece Jonathan Spyer writes that as America's role in international security diminishes history is moving Iran’s way, with political ... Listen
In The Spectator's cover piece Jonathan Spyer writes that as America's role in international security diminishes history is moving Iran’s way, with political ... Listen
The Book Club: Sandra Newman from 2023-10-18T09:00
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the novelist Sandra Newman, whose new book Julia retells George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four from Julia’s point of view. We disc...
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Chinese Whispers: 'The mask has slipped' – Tuvia Gering on China, Israel and Hamas from 2023-10-16T16:09:01
When China brokered a historic detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran earlier this year, it seemed that a new phase in world history – and certainly in Chinese foreign policy – had opened up. I...
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Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood, James Heale and Robin Ashenden from 2023-10-14T06:00
This week Paul Wood delves into the complex background of the Middle East and asks if Iran might have been behind the Hamas attacks on Israel, and what might come next (01:11), James Heale pon...
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Americano: how are Democrats reacting to the war in Israel? from 2023-10-13T09:00
This week Freddy speaks to Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor of Harper's Magazine, about America's response to the developments in the Middle East. On the podcast they discuss the 'squad' (a ...
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The Edition: Unholy war from 2023-10-12T17:00
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Paul Wood writes for The Spectator about the role that Iran potentially played in the Hamas attack on Israel over the weekend. He says that it is unlikely that the... Listen
Paul Wood writes for The Spectator about the role that Iran potentially played in the Hamas attack on Israel over the weekend. He says that it is unlikely that the... Listen
The Book Club: Celebrating Watership Down from 2023-10-11T17:00
In this week's Book Club podcast, we're celebrating 50 years of a unique classic – Richard Adams's Watership Down – and its forthcoming adaptation in graphic novel form. I'm joined by...
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Table Talk with Ewan Venters from 2023-10-10T06:00
Ewan Venters is the former chief executive of Fortnum & Mason and is now the CEO of Artfarm and Hauser & Wirth. Ewan is launching Artfarm’s first London venture combining food, drink a...
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What is driving the fraud explosion? from 2023-10-09T16:30
Fraud, by some margin, is the biggest crime in Britain. How did it spin out of control? Who is responsible? And who do we call to tackle and prevent the biggest menace in the digital era? ...
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Spectator Out Loud: Melissa Kite, Nigel Biggar and Matt Ridley from 2023-10-07T06:00
This week Melissa Kite mourns the Warwickshire countryside of her childhood, ripped up and torn apart for HS2, and describes how people like her parents have been treated by the doomed project...
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Americano: what's going on in the Republican party? from 2023-10-06T14:30
Freddy speaks to Roger Kimball, editor of the New Criterion and columnist for The Spectator's US edition. After Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the House this week, t...
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Women With Balls: Rosie Duffield from 2023-10-06T06:00
Rosie Duffield is the Labour MP for Canterbury and one of the most well-known faces in British politics. She first became an MP in 2017, a historic win which overturned 99 years of Tory rule. ...
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The Edition: Battle begins from 2023-10-05T15:56:30
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Katy Balls writes in her cover piece that after Tory conference the battle lines have now been drawn between the two main parties. She says we should prepare for a 'preside... Listen
Katy Balls writes in her cover piece that after Tory conference the battle lines have now been drawn between the two main parties. She says we should prepare for a 'preside... Listen
Marshall Matters: David Goodhart from 2023-10-04T17:00
This week Winston speaks to David Goodhart, author of The British Dream: Successes And Failures Of Post-War Immigration, which celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year. On the pod...
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The Book Club: Caspar Henderson from 2023-10-04T09:00
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Caspar Henderson, whose new book A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous really is a journey into sound. He tells me why the music of th...
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Spectator Out Loud: Freddy Gray, Kate Andrews and Lloyd Evans from 2023-09-30T06:00
This week Freddy Gray takes a trip to Planet Biden and imagines what would happen if little green men invaded earth and found a big orange one back in the White House (01:15), Kate Andrews fin...
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Americano: who is winning America's class war? from 2023-09-29T11:00
This week Freddy is joined in The Spectator offices by regular contributor and fellow of urban studies at Chapman University, Joel Kotkin. They discuss Biden and Trump's respective at...
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The Edition: Judgment call from 2023-09-28T15:00
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Lord Sumption makes the case for leaving the ECHR in The Spectator's cover piece. He says that the UK has strong courts and can pass judgement on hu... Listen
Lord Sumption makes the case for leaving the ECHR in The Spectator's cover piece. He says that the UK has strong courts and can pass judgement on hu... Listen
The Book Club: Mary Beard from 2023-09-27T17:00
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer, broadcaster and academic Mary Beard. In her new book, Emperor of Rome, she explores what we can and can’t know about the men w...
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Table Talk: Diana Henry from 2023-09-26T11:00
Diana Henry is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning cook, food writer and author of 12 books including the classic cookbook 'Roast Figs, Sugar Snow', which has just been update...
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Spectator Out Loud with Matthew Parris, Dan Hitchens and Leah McLaren from 2023-09-23T06:00
Matthew Parris, just back from Australia, shares his thoughts on the upcoming referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (01:08). Dan Hitchens looks at church congregations ...
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The Edition: Italy's new wave from 2023-09-21T14:30
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Christopher Caldwell writes The Spectator's cover piece on Italy’s new wave of migrants. This is in light of the situation in Lampedusa which he argues could upend... Listen
Christopher Caldwell writes The Spectator's cover piece on Italy’s new wave of migrants. This is in light of the situation in Lampedusa which he argues could upend... Listen
Marshall Matters: Mary Harrington from 2023-09-20T16:00
This week Winston speaks to journalist Mary Harrington about her new book, Feminism Against Progress.
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The Book Club: Sarah Ogilvie from 2023-09-20T11:00
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm talking to Sarah Ogilvie about the extraordinary story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, as told in her new The Dictionary People: The Un...
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Chinese Whispers: What we know about Beijing's spies from 2023-09-18T16:20:57
Two years ago, Richard Moore, head of MI6, said that China was now the organisation’s ‘single greatest priority’.
Parliamentarians and the British public have been starkly reminded of... Listen
Parliamentarians and the British public have been starkly reminded of... Listen
Spectator Out Loud: Cindy Yu, Charlie Taylor and Petroc Trelawney from 2023-09-16T06:00
Cindy Yu tells the story of how she got to know Westminster’s alleged Chinese agent and the astonishment of seeing herself pictured alongside him when the story broke (01.12), Charlie Taylor, ...
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The Edition: Bombshell from 2023-09-14T15:00
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Boris Johnson writes The Spectator’s cover piece, urging the West to supply more military assistance to Ukraine, in order to bring a swift end to th... Listen
Boris Johnson writes The Spectator’s cover piece, urging the West to supply more military assistance to Ukraine, in order to bring a swift end to th... Listen
Marshall Matters: Silkie Carlo from 2023-09-13T16:30
Winston speaks to Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, about the Online Safety Bill, the Digital Services Act and whether Britain will be the next surveillance state.
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The Book Club: Francesca Peacock from 2023-09-13T11:00
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by Francesca Peacock to talk about the remarkable life and extraordinary work of Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle. Famous ...
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Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews, Katy Balls and Max Pemberton from 2023-09-09T06:00
Kate Andrews talks crumbly concrete, overcrowded trains, NHS waiting lists, and describes the general air of despair and asks – who broke Britain? (01.15). Katy Balls analyses Keir Starmer’s r...
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The Edition: Broken Britain from 2023-09-07T16:00
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In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s economics editor Kate Andrews writes that political short termism has broken Britain. She joins the podc... Listen
In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s economics editor Kate Andrews writes that political short termism has broken Britain. She joins the podc... Listen
The Book Club: Masha Gessen from 2023-09-06T11:00
The Book Club podcast returns next week. In the meantime, here's another from the archives, and one which looks more timely now even than it was when we recorded it in 2017. Here's perhaps Rus...
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Chinese Whispers: Is China still a Confucian country? from 2023-09-04T16:30:01
For thousands of years, Confucianism has run through the fabric of Chinese society, politics and culture. Decades of Communism has taken its toll on China, so can it still be considered a Conf...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Owen Matthews, Kate Andrews and Ian Thomson from 2023-09-02T06:00
This week Katy Balls asks whether Rishi is a risk taker or whether he’ll choose to play it safe as Conference season approaches (01.17), Owen Matthews explains why America is still Ukraine’s b...
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Americano: what does Vivek Ramaswamy stand for? from 2023-09-01T16:30
This week Freddy speaks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, about Vivek Ramaswamy. What does he stand for? Could he be the ideal candidate for Trump's vice president?
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The Edition: India's century from 2023-08-31T16:00
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In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s political correspondent James Heale writes that the PM’s visit to New Delhi for the G20 Summit next week could... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s political correspondent James Heale writes that the PM’s visit to New Delhi for the G20 Summit next week could... Listen
The Book Club: Tom Holland from 2023-08-30T08:00
As Sam is still away, we've dug out one our favourite podcasts from the archives. Back in 2019 Sam spoke to the historian Tom Holland, about his book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mi...
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With Sir Nicholas Mostyn from 2023-08-29T06:00
The Hon. Mr Justice Mostyn was a British high court judge who left the Bench just a few weeks ago. Nick Mostyn enjoyed a long and distinguished career and earned the nicknames 'Mostyn Powers' ...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Svitlana Morenets, Melanie McDonagh and Richard Madeley from 2023-08-26T06:00
This week James Heale describes the mess the Conservative Party has got itself into when selecting its parliamentary candidates (01.17), Svitlana Morenets is in Ukraine witnessing first hand t...
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The Edition: Trumpvision from 2023-08-24T17:00
On the podcast this week:
In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray says that he was hardly surprised that Donald Trump chose not to par... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray says that he was hardly surprised that Donald Trump chose not to par... Listen
Chinese Whispers: What Beidaihe reveals about the changing nature of Communist leadership from 2023-08-21T14:21:48
178 miles to the east of Beijing, there’s a beach resort called Beidaihe. The water is shallow and the sand is yellow and fine. Luxurious holiday villas dot the coastline. Starting from the 19...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Lisa Haseldine and Neil Clark from 2023-08-19T06:00
This week: James Heale reads his politics column on why the Tories should fear the Greens (00:56), Lisa Haseldine outlines some of the changes to Russia's school curriculum (06:04) and Neil Cl...
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The Edition: Degrees of failure from 2023-08-17T15:00
This week:
The cover of The Spectator magazine looks at whether after years of Covid-based disruption, rising cost and lecturer strikes, university students are getting what... Listen
The cover of The Spectator magazine looks at whether after years of Covid-based disruption, rising cost and lecturer strikes, university students are getting what... Listen
Table Talk: James Dreyfus from 2023-08-15T09:56:16
James Dreyfus is an actor, best known for his roles in TV sitcoms The Thin Blue Line and Gimme Gimme Gimme. James also appeared in the film Nottinghill and has a lon...
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Americano: Why are Democrats winning on abortion? from 2023-08-15T09:32:43
Freddy Gray speaks to Inez Stepman, a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute who was last on Americano to discuss the overturning of Roe vs Wade last year. As seen in the November midterms,...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Peter Hitchens and Anthony Horowitz from 2023-08-12T06:00
This episode of Spectator Out Loud features Katy Balls on the new divisions within the Labour Party and what Jeremy Corbyn might run for next (01.08); Peter Hitchens describes the joys of cycl...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Is Putin winning the culture war? Plus, Hitchens vs e-bikes from 2023-08-11T16:02:29
Freddy Gray is joined by Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver and Rob Henderson to discuss Putin’s view of the western world and ask – does he have a point? Also on the show... William Moore tak...
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The Edition: Country strife from 2023-08-10T15:00
This week:
It’s a special episode of the Edition podcast because our very own William Moore writes The Spectator’s cover piece, on how rural pursuits are being threatened by... Listen
It’s a special episode of the Edition podcast because our very own William Moore writes The Spectator’s cover piece, on how rural pursuits are being threatened by... Listen
The Book Club: Celia Brayfield from 2023-08-09T14:00
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the journalist and author Celia Brayfield whose new book Writing Black Beauty: Anna Sewell and the story of animal rights, takes us back t...
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Marshall Matters: How to protect yourself from government propaganda – Laura Dodsworth from 2023-08-08T18:00
Laura Dodsworth is a photographer, artist and author. In her most recent book Free Your Mind: The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist it, Laura draws on the Nudge Unit, behavioural psy...
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Chinese Whispers: does China need a new economic playbook? from 2023-08-07T11:00
At the end of last year, some thought that the Chinese economic recovery after three years of zero Covid could happen just as fast as zero Covid itself ended being government policy. I admit, ...
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Spectator Out Loud: Robert Tombs, Jamie Blackett and Tanya Gold from 2023-08-05T09:00
This episode of Spectator Out Loud features Professor Robert Tombs on Canada's willingness to believe anything bad about its own history (00:55); the farmer Jamie Blackett on the harms of wild...
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Americano: UFOs – is the truth out there? from 2023-08-04T15:37:37
The US government is apparently hiding a programme to capture and reverse-engineer UFOs. At a congressional hearing last week, David Grusch, a former intelligence official who worked with a Pe...
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The Edition: Supercops from 2023-08-03T16:00:54
In this week’s cover article, The Spectator's political editor Katy Balls takes a look at the bottom-up reform that’s happening in some parts of the country, and asks whether tough po...
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Book Club: The Wolf Hunt from 2023-08-02T11:00
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the novelist and psychologist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, whose gripping new book The Wolf Hunt tells the story of an Israeli-American mother wh...
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Marshall Matters: Book bans, boomers&censorship from 2023-07-31T16:19:25
Nick Gillespie is an American libertarian journalist and the editor-at-large for Reason magazine. He is also the author of The Declaration of Independence. On the show, Nick talks abo...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Melanie McDonagh and Sam McPhail from 2023-07-29T06:00
This week (01.07) James Heale meets the Conservative London Mayoral Candidate, Susan Hall, who is ready and willing to take the fight to Sadiq Khan in next year’s elections, (06.51) Melanie Mc...
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Women With Balls: Lucy Frazer from 2023-07-28T06:00
Lucy Frazer is the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Prior to this role in government, Lucy held several ministerial positions from the Department Transport to the Ministry of J...
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The Edition: Bankrolled from 2023-07-27T15:37:39
In this week’s cover story, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes about Labour’s new paymasters – Keir Starmer’s party now receives more money from private donors than it...
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The Book Club: James Ball from 2023-07-26T11:00
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the investigative and tech writer James Ball, to talk about his new book The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the World. In it, Jame...
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Chinese Whispers: did some good come from the Qing’s dying century? from 2023-07-24T17:44:44
In the 1800s, Qing China’s final century, European powers were expanding eastwards. The industrialised West, with its gunboats and muskets, and the soft power of Christianity, pushed around th...
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Spectator Out Loud: Freddy Gray, Mary Wakefield, Gareth Roberts and Rachel Johnson from 2023-07-22T06:00
This week (01.13) Freddy Gray, on why Ron De Santis is no longer ‘de future’ in the race for the Presidency, (09.50) Mary Wakefield recounts the train journey from hell,
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(16.10) we hear fr... Listen
The Edition: Road rage from 2023-07-20T14:00
This week:
In his cover piece for the magazine Ross Clark writes about ‘the war on motorists'. He argues that the backlash against London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s expansion of Ulez is just... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine Ross Clark writes about ‘the war on motorists'. He argues that the backlash against London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s expansion of Ulez is just... Listen
The Book Club: Ferdinand Mount from 2023-07-19T09:00
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by Ferdinand Mount who in his long career has been literary and political editor of this very magazine, as well as editor of the TLS and head of Mar...
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Marshall Matters: Yeonmi Park from 2023-07-18T18:30
Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector who from fled home country through China where she was saved by Christian missionaries. She is the author of two books, In Order to Live: A North Kor...
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Americano: What went wrong for Ron DeSantis? from 2023-07-18T12:00
Freddy is joined this week by Roger Kimball, editor of the New Criterion to talk about the diminishing power of Ron DeSantis. It wasn't so long ago he looked like a serious challenger...
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Can Britain’s grid take the strain? from 2023-07-17T17:18:56
The way we use energy is changing. As electric heat pumps and electric vehicles become more popular, and as the government tries to phase out fossil fuels to reach its net zero target, some es...
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The Week in 60: Barbie Britain&Yudkowsky on death by AI from 2023-07-16T09:00
James Heale is joined by Tom Hunt MP and Tim Farron MP to debate the illegal migration bill. Also on the show, will AI kill us all? Eliezer Yudkowsky and James Phillips discuss; Katy Balls and...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Olenka Hamilton, Damian Thompson from 2023-07-15T06:00
This week: (01:08) Katy Balls on the tricky relationship between Labour and the Unions, (07:11) Olenka Hamilton on why Poland is having a row with Brussels over migrants and asylum seekers and...
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Women With Balls: Cleo Watson from 2023-07-14T06:00
Cleo Watson is a former No.10 advisor to Boris Johnson and now author or the recently published book Whips, a novel set in SW1 filled with sex, politics and scandals. On the podcast, ...
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The Edition: Barbie's world from 2023-07-13T16:30
This week:
Ahead of the release of the Barbie movie, Louise Perry writes in her cover piece about how social media is fuelling the cosmetic surgery industry. She argues that life in p... Listen
Ahead of the release of the Barbie movie, Louise Perry writes in her cover piece about how social media is fuelling the cosmetic surgery industry. She argues that life in p... Listen
Marshall Matters: Yoram Hazony from 2023-07-12T16:00
Yoram Hazony is an Israeli-American philosopher, Bible scholar, political theorist and leader of the national conservatism movement. He discusses with Winston the differences between conservat...
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The Book Club: Caitlin Moran from 2023-07-12T08:00
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Caitlin Moran. Having written one of the bestselling works of popular feminism of the last 20 years – How To Be A Woman – she has turned h...
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The Week in 60: The truth about the NHS&Andrew Neil on Europe's riots from 2023-07-09T09:00
Kate Andrews, The Spectator’s economics editor is joined by Andrew Neil and Jonathan Miller to discuss the riots taking place across France. As the NHS turns 75, Sajid Javid gives his thoughts...
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Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews, Igor Toronyi-Lalic and Ivo Dawnay from 2023-07-08T06:00
This week: Kate Andrews on the NHS and the celebrations that marked its 75th birthday (01:05), Igor Toronyi-Lalic is in Marseille watching with interest as the riots happen around him (06:57) ...
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Holy Smoke: escaping the atheist hell of North Korea from 2023-07-07T09:47:05
For 75 years, the most anti-Christian regime in modern history has thrown its citizens into prison camps if they are suspected of the slightest dissent. Ten per cent of people live in modern s...
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The Edition: why Europe riots from 2023-07-06T14:00
This week:
In the magazine we look at the recent protests in France. The Spectator's Douglas Murray argues that racism is not the problem but that a significant chunk of the ... Listen
In the magazine we look at the recent protests in France. The Spectator's Douglas Murray argues that racism is not the problem but that a significant chunk of the ... Listen
The Book Club: Tom Whipple from 2023-07-05T06:00
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Tom Whipple, science editor of the Times and author of the gripping new book The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that...
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Marshall Matters: Francis Fukuyama from 2023-07-04T16:30
Francis Fukuyama is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his famous book The End of History and The Last Man. Francis and Winston discuss the state of ...
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Table Talk: Amy Newsome from 2023-07-04T12:00
Amy Newsome is a Kew-trained horticulturalist, beekeeper and author of the new book Honey: Recipe's from a beekeepers kitchen.
On the podcast, she tells Lara and Liv how bee... Listen
On the podcast, she tells Lara and Liv how bee... Listen
Americano: Joe Biden is not OK from 2023-07-03T12:33:48
Chinese Whispers: what does Beijing think of the Wagner uprising? from 2023-07-03T11:00
It’s now a week since the Wagner Group revolted against the Kremlin.
Though the dramatic uprising was quelled within 24 hours and the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is now exiled ... Listen
Though the dramatic uprising was quelled within 24 hours and the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is now exiled ... Listen
Spectator Out Loud: Isabel Hardman, Paul Wood and Alexandra Shulman from 2023-07-01T06:00
This week: Isabel Hardman examines our curious obsession with glucose monitoring gadgets (01:03), Paul Wood wonders what exactly went on between Putin and Prigozhin (07:11), and Alexandra Shul...
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Americano: Will Hunter bring down Joe Biden? from 2023-06-30T12:30
This week Freddy is joined by Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, and Charles Lipson, professor of political science at the University of Chicago. They discuss Charles's...
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Women With Balls: Tulip Siddiq from 2023-06-30T06:00
Tulip Siddiq is the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn and shadow economic secretary to the treasury. She was born into to a prestigious Bangladeshi family. Her grandfather was the founding f...
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The Edition: After Putin from 2023-06-29T12:00
This week:
In the magazine we look at the Wagner Group’s failed coup and its implications for Putin’s reign. The Spectator’s Russia correspondent Owen Matthews examines why t... Listen
In the magazine we look at the Wagner Group’s failed coup and its implications for Putin’s reign. The Spectator’s Russia correspondent Owen Matthews examines why t... Listen
The Book Club: Laura Cumming from 2023-06-28T19:01
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the art critic Laura Cumming. Her new book Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death talks about her fascination for the pain...
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Can big tobacco ever be a force for good? An interview PMI’s CEO Jacek Olczak from 2023-06-27T15:00
Philip Morris International is one of the world's most interesting and controversial companies. Recently, they announced their vision to exit the business of making cigarettes and enter what t...
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Spectator Out Loud: Matt Ridley, Martin Newland&Mary Wakefield from 2023-06-24T09:00
This week: Matt Ridley reveals the identity of the Chinese scientists in the lab linked to Covid, Martin Newland makes the moral case for becoming a foster carer, and Mary Wakefield has a plan...
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Holy Smoke: Inside the world's most vicious liturgy wars from 2023-06-23T11:55:26
In the ancient Syro-Malabar Church of south India, clergy who try to change the liturgy do so at their peril. At St Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam last December, a long-standing disput...
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The Edition: home truths from 2023-06-22T16:36:21
This week:
First up: for the cover piece, The Spectator’s economics editor Kate Andrews has written about Britain’s mortgage timebomb, as the UK faces the sharpest interest r... Listen
First up: for the cover piece, The Spectator’s economics editor Kate Andrews has written about Britain’s mortgage timebomb, as the UK faces the sharpest interest r... Listen
Andrew Pontzen: The Universe In A Box from 2023-06-21T13:34:24
Sam Leith's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the cosmologist Andrew Pontzen. His The Universe In A Box: A New Cosmic History describes how we have learned to simulate first t...
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Marshall Matters: Exposing the censorship industrial complex from 2023-06-20T17:00
Michael Shellenberger, Twitter Files journalist and founder of Public is in London to discuss the international censorship industrial complex. He explains to Winston how the complex web of gov...
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Chinese Whispers: how divided is Europe on China? from 2023-06-19T15:10:39
The word ‘West’ is often used as a shorthand to describe liberal democracies in Europe, and perhaps in Asia too, such that we’ll often talk about ‘the West’s attitude to China’, or the ‘West’s...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Paul Wood and Hermione Eyre from 2023-06-17T06:00
This week: James Heale takes us through the runners and riders for the conservative nomination for mayor of London (1:00), Paul Wood discusses how Saudi Arabia is trying to buy the world (06:0...
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Americano: Will nuclear power heal the climate? from 2023-06-16T12:00
This week, Freddy is joined by a great American filmmaker, Oliver Stone, and a great Argentinian filmmaker, Fernando Sulichin. Their new documentary Nuclear Now proposes nuclear energ...
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Women With Balls: Isabel Oakeshott from 2023-06-16T06:00
Isabel Oakeshott is a journalist and author of numerous political biographies, formerly the political editor for the Sunday Times. She's known for a number of scoops over the years, i...
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The Edition: Get Rishi from 2023-06-15T18:00
This week:
For her cover piece, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that Boris Johnson could be attempting to spearhead an insurgency against the prime ministe... Listen
For her cover piece, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that Boris Johnson could be attempting to spearhead an insurgency against the prime ministe... Listen
The Book Club: James Comey from 2023-06-14T17:00
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the former FBI director James Comey, who is making his debut as a thriller writer with an engrossing police procedural, Central Park West....
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Marshall Matters: Tony Diver from 2023-06-13T17:00
Tony Diver is part of the investigations team at the Telegraph who exposed the Government Counter-Disinformation Unit. The unit operated during the pandemic to suppress speech deemed ...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Harry vs the press&Oxfam attacks terfs from 2023-06-11T09:00
Cindy Yu is joined by Neil Wallis and Freddy Gray to discuss Prince Harry’s lone crusade in the hacking trial against the Mirror. Also on the show, Katy Balls on the Prime Minister’s trip to W...
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Spectator Out Loud: Michela Wrong, Emily Rhodes and Cindy Yu from 2023-06-10T06:00
This week: Michela Wrong asks whether anywhere is safe for Kagame's critics (00:58), Emily Rhodes charts the rise of fake libraries (07:54), and Cindy Yu reviews a new exhibition at the Britis...
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Americano: what happened to Kim Darroch? from 2023-06-09T11:19:54
Freddy Gray is joined by Steve Edginton, video comment editor at the Telegraph and host of the Off Script podcast to discuss curious case of Sir Kim Darroch. A former civil servant ha...
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The Edition: Harry’s crusade from 2023-06-08T15:00
This week:
Prince Harry has taken the stand to give evidence in the Mirror Group phone hacking trial which The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray talks about in his cover... Listen
Prince Harry has taken the stand to give evidence in the Mirror Group phone hacking trial which The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray talks about in his cover... Listen
The Book Club: Peter Turchin from 2023-06-07T09:00
In this week's Book Club podcast I talk to Peter Turchin about his new book End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration. He proposes a scientific theory...
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Chinese Whispers: why China won't invade Taiwan from 2023-06-05T14:52:35
In much of the conversation surrounding China and Taiwan, the question of invasion seems to be a ‘when’ not an ‘if’. But is an invasion really so inevitable?
No one knows for sure, of... Listen
No one knows for sure, of... Listen
Spectator Out Loud: Lionel Shriver, Ian Williams&Matthew Dennison from 2023-06-03T09:00
This week: Lionel Shriver argues that we should rise up in our road rage (00:52), Ian Williams discusses the crackdown on China’s stand-up comics (09:42) and Matthew Dennison explains why we s...
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Women With Balls: Penny Junor from 2023-06-02T12:09:36
Penny Junor is a journalist, biographer and author of several books. She began writing at the Evening Standard. Soon into her career, Penny was given an opportunity to write a book about Princ...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Sunak the socialist&Douglas Murray on the Schofield saga from 2023-06-02T10:41:43
James Heale is joined by Kate Andrews and Sebastian Payne to discuss Rishi Sunak’s radical shift to the left. Also on the show, Quentin Letts on the navel gazing civil service; Esperanza Aguir...
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The Edition: Red Rishi from 2023-06-01T12:57:18
On this week’s episode:
Price caps are back in the news as the government is reportedly considering implementing one on basic food items. What happened to the Rishi Sunak who admired ... Listen
Price caps are back in the news as the government is reportedly considering implementing one on basic food items. What happened to the Rishi Sunak who admired ... Listen
The Book Club: Laura Freeman from 2023-05-31T13:12
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the writer and critic Laura Freeman to talk about her book Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists. Laura's book is the por...
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Spectator Out Loud: Niru Ratnam, Gus Carter and Graeme Thomson from 2023-05-27T06:00
This week: Niru Ratnam argues that teachers are putting principles before children (00:59), Gus Carter discusses the curious business of fertility (08:14), and Graeme Thomson reviews Beyonce a...
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The Edition: Ukraine's next move from 2023-05-25T14:30
This week:
In his cover piece, journalist Mark Galeotti asks whether Putin can be outsmarted by Zelensky’s counter-offensive. He is joined by The Spectator’s own Svitlana Mor... Listen
In his cover piece, journalist Mark Galeotti asks whether Putin can be outsmarted by Zelensky’s counter-offensive. He is joined by The Spectator’s own Svitlana Mor... Listen
The Book Club: In memory of Martin Amis from 2023-05-24T16:49:52
In this week’s Book Club podcast, we celebrate the life and weigh the literary reputation of Martin Amis, who died at the end of last week. I’m joined by the critic Alex Clark, the novelist Jo...
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Marshall Matters: Matt Goodwin from 2023-05-23T17:00
Matthew Goodwin, author of the bestseller Values, Voice and Virtue talks to Winston about the divide in British politics between cosmopolitans and traditionalists, the controversy sur...
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Spectator Out Loud: J. Meirion Thomas, Tom Goodenough and Adam Sweeting from 2023-05-20T06:00
This week: J. Meirion Thomas tells us about the story of the politician, the street trader and the foiled kidney transplant plot (00:57), Tom Goodenough discusses the blurred lines between spo...
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Nigel Farage on mass immigration&Putin's warlord Prigozhin from 2023-05-19T15:05:33
Freddy Gray speaks to Nigel Farage and Fraser Nelson about Britain's latest immigration figures, and what this means seven years on from the Brexit vote. Also on the show, Tim Stanley and Mary...
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Women With Balls: Dambisa Moyo from 2023-05-19T06:00
Dambisa Moyo is an economist, life peer and author of five books: from Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa to her most recent, How Boards Wor...
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The Edition: Migration nation from 2023-05-18T16:57:35
This week:
Spectator editor Fraser Nelson writes in this week’s cover story about how Brexit has led to Britain having more, not less, immigration – Rishi Sunak’s government ... Listen
Spectator editor Fraser Nelson writes in this week’s cover story about how Brexit has led to Britain having more, not less, immigration – Rishi Sunak’s government ... Listen
Anthony Ossa-Richardson&Richard J Oosterhoff: The Cosmography and Geography of Africa from 2023-05-17T16:12:30
In this week's Book Club podcast, we're talking about a very new version of a very old book. Leo Africanus's The Cosmography and Geography of Africa was the first book to introduce Af...
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Chinese Whispers: How China's mail-order brides are taking back control from 2023-05-15T12:40:46
The mail-order bride industry is booming – but today's international dating doesn't look as it used to.
It turns out that it’s not so much young and uneducated Chinese women looking t... Listen
It turns out that it’s not so much young and uneducated Chinese women looking t... Listen
Spectator Out Loud: Ece Temelkuran, Lara Prendergast&Aidan Hartley from 2023-05-13T09:00
This week Ece Temelkuran on Turkey's upcoming elections (0:54); Lara Prendergast looks at Millenial Millie – a new voter demographic (05:47) and Aidan Hartley on surviving this year's drought ...
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Americano: what do Donald Trump's children want? from 2023-05-12T13:25:04
Freddy Gray is joined by filmmaker, Alex Holder who had access to Trump’s inner circle when making the documentary Unprecedented. On the podcast, they discuss Trump's supporter base, his relat...
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The Edition: Trumps's second act from 2023-05-11T14:14:32
This week:
Having been found guilty of sexual assault, is Donald Trump still in the running for the White House? In his cover piece, Niall Ferguson says he could still defy gravity. H... Listen
Having been found guilty of sexual assault, is Donald Trump still in the running for the White House? In his cover piece, Niall Ferguson says he could still defy gravity. H... Listen
The Book Club: Madeleine Bunting from 2023-05-10T09:00
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the writer Madeleine Bunting, whose new book is The Seaside: England's Love Affair. She tells me how the great seaside resorts came into t...
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Table Talk: Niki Segnit from 2023-05-09T12:30
Niki Segnit is the author of the hit cooking books The Flavour Thesaurus and Lateral Cooking. Her new book The Flavour Thesaurus more flavours: Plant-led pairings, recipe...
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Spectator Out Loud: William Moore, Katy Balls, Dan Hitchens and Ysenda Maxtone Graham from 2023-05-06T06:00
This week: William Moore recalls the 1953 coronation with those that were there (01:02), Katy Balls reads her politics column (10:13), Dan Hitchens discusses the art of coronation (16:20) and ...
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Americano: what's happening to digital media? from 2023-05-05T14:30
Freddy Gray speaks to journalist Ben Smith, whose new book Traffic is an origins story for digital media. On the podcast they discuss how a new genre of journalism was birthed from a ...
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Women With Balls: Sam McAlister from 2023-05-05T06:00
Sam McAlister is a producer and author of Scoops: The BBC's Most Shocking Interviews from Prince Andrew to Steven Seagal. When she worked for Newsnight, she was the producer who secur...
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The Edition: a King in a hurry from 2023-05-04T16:30
This week:
In his cover piece for the magazine, Daily Mail writer, author of Queen of Our Times and co-presenter of the Tea at the Palace podcast, Robert Ha... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine, Daily Mail writer, author of Queen of Our Times and co-presenter of the Tea at the Palace podcast, Robert Ha... Listen
The Book Club: Shehan Karunatilaka from 2023-05-03T15:00
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Shehan Karunatilaka, author of last year's Booker Prize winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Shehan tells me about writing a novel who...
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Young and jobless: Is the government letting down China's Generation Z? from 2023-05-01T12:44:22
Hidden in March’s GDP figures was a shocking statistic – a fifth of Chinese 16 to 24 year olds are out of work. This is a near record high, and the economic background to a fresh wave of disil...
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Americano: is Joe Biden a good Catholic? from 2023-04-29T10:47
Freddy Gray speaks to Ed Condon who is the editor of The Pillar On the podcast they talk about Biden's Catholicism; how it plays out in his politics and whether it will be a big part of his pr...
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Spectator Out Loud: Mary Wakefield, Jenny McCartney&Robert Gore-Langton from 2023-04-29T09:00
This week: Mary Wakefield explains why the NHS is broken; Jenny McCartney on the unproductive 'productivity gurus' and Robert Gore-Langton on Richard Burton’s botched Hamlet.
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Labour's new recruits&who will win the MAGA right? from 2023-04-28T09:00
Freddy Gray is joined by Ayesha Hazarika and Katy Balls who has written the cover this week on Keir Starmer's centrist army. Also on the show, Cirino Hiteng Ofuho on Sudan's violent civil unre...
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The Edition: the Starmtroopers from 2023-04-27T15:30
This week:
In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that as Labour prepares for government, Keir Starmer is rooting out the far... Listen
In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that as Labour prepares for government, Keir Starmer is rooting out the far... Listen
The Book Club: Michio Kaku from 2023-04-26T09:00
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. In his new book Quantum Supremacy, Prof Kaku explains how – as he sees it – the advent of quantum c...
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Marshall Matters: Peter Boghossian from 2023-04-25T16:30
Winston speaks to former Portland State University professor turned international philosopher, Peter Boghossian. Peter was a prominent new atheist author and expert on the Socratic method when...
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Why did Murdoch take so long to settle? from 2023-04-23T08:45
Freddy Gray speaks to Michael Wolff, author of books on Trump and Rupert Murdoch. On the podcast, they talk about the Dominion vs Fox trial settlement. Why did Fox let this case go on for so l...
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Spectator Out Loud: Sam Leith, Lionel Shriver and Angus Colwell from 2023-04-22T10:00
This week: Sam Leith explains how he’s been keeping up friendships by playing online scrabble (00:55), Lionel Shriver questions Nike and Bud Light's recent marketing strategy (06:52) and Angus...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Douglas Murray on the Troubles and SNP breakdown from 2023-04-21T17:00
John Connolly is joined by Andrew Neil to discuss the SNP’s implosion; Douglas Murray and Arlene Foster on the ongoing sectarianism in Northern Ireland; Louise Perry and Kim Cotton on the ethi...
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The Edition: womb service from 2023-04-20T15:30
On this week's episode:
In her cover piece for The Spectator, journalist Louise Perry questions whether it is moral to separate a newborn child from their surrogate. She is j... Listen
In her cover piece for The Spectator, journalist Louise Perry questions whether it is moral to separate a newborn child from their surrogate. She is j... Listen
The Book Club: Luke Jennings from 2023-04-19T13:55:11
Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Luke Jennings, the veteran reporter and novelist whose Codename Villanelle trilogy gave rise to the hit TV series Killing Eve...
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Marshall Matters: Louise Perry from 2023-04-18T16:00
Feminist philosopher, Unherd columnist and author of The Case Against The Sexual Revolution Louise Perry discusses population growth decline, how culture, the state and femin...
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Chinese Whispers: Japan's role in the making of modern China from 2023-04-17T16:27:17
Just before Christmas, it was reported that the billionaire Jack Ma had moved to Tokyo after getting into trouble with the Chinese authorities. If he's still living there, he'd be one of sever...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Mary Wakefield and Gus Carter from 2023-04-15T06:00
This week: James Heale says the gloves are off as Labour campaigning takes a bitter turn (00:54), Mary Wakefield worries that she’s raising a snowflake (17:47), and Gus Carter tells us about t...
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Women With Balls: Baroness Martha Lane Fox from 2023-04-14T06:00
Baroness Martha Lane Fox is a dotcom pioneer having started lastminute.com in 1997. She sits on the board of some of the country's most prominent brands, i...
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The Edition: the new elite from 2023-04-13T15:00
On the podcast this week:
In his cover piece for The Spectator, Adrian Wooldridge argues that meritocracy is under attack. He says that the traditional societal pyramid – wi... Listen
In his cover piece for The Spectator, Adrian Wooldridge argues that meritocracy is under attack. He says that the traditional societal pyramid – wi... Listen
Marshall Matters: Charlie Peters from 2023-04-12T17:30
For over forty years, tens of thousands of girls and young women have been abused, raped and some brutally murdered across Britain by grooming gangs. It is a scandal that should shame the nati...
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The Book Club: Frieda Hughes from 2023-04-12T09:59:50
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the poet and artist Frieda Hughes, whose new book George: A Magpie Memoir tells the story of what caring for a foundling baby magpie taugh...
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Table Talk: Jonathan Ray from 2023-04-11T12:00
Jonathan Ray is The Spectator’s drinks editor and formerly wine critic for the Telegraph. He has also written several books on the subject of wine and how to buy it.
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Megyn Kelly on Trump&Christianity in crisis from 2023-04-09T09:00
Megyn Kelly joins Freddy Gray to take a look at the wider picture following Donald Trump's arrest. The presidential candidates' ratings have surged in the polls – has this rejuvenated Trump's ...
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Spectator Out Loud: Svitlana Morenets, Owen Matthews and Ysenda Maxtone Graham from 2023-04-08T09:00
On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Svitlana Morenets talks about how the lines between patriotism and profiteering are being blurred in Ukraine; Owen Matthews interviews Leonid Volkov, Alexei ...
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Americano: Is the progressive left making an electoral comeback? from 2023-04-07T11:41:47
Galen Druke, host of the FiveThirtyEight podcast, joins Freddy Gray on this episode to talk about what to take away from Chicago's election this week, how well the Biden team is handling the p...
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The Edition: the lost shepherds from 2023-04-06T16:00
On the podcast this week:
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Dan Hitchens examines whether Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis can heal the divisions threatening to ... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Dan Hitchens examines whether Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis can heal the divisions threatening to ... Listen
The Book Club: Katja Hoyer from 2023-04-05T13:31:10
In this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is the historian Katja Hoyer, whose new book Beyond The Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 tells the story of four decades which are vital to unde...
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Marshall Matters: Posie Parker from 2023-04-04T16:30
Posie Parker, aka Kellie-Jay Keen, is back from her Let Women Speak tour of Australia and New Zealand, where she was mobbed and hounded by radical trans activists. She tells me what happened, ...
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Chinese Whispers: Hollywood's complicated love affair with China from 2023-04-03T11:48:59
Until a few years ago, Hollywood dominated Chinese cinemas. In the People’s Republic, Marvel’s superhero romps were the people’s favourite, with Avengers: Endgame taking in over £510 million a...
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Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Lisa Haseldine and Graeme Thomson from 2023-04-01T06:00
This week: Katy Balls discusses why Humza Yousaf is the Union's best hope (01:00), Lisa Haseldine reads her interview with former Georgian defence minister David Kezerashvili (07:00), and Grae...
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Women With Balls: Penny Mordaunt from 2023-03-31T06:00
Penny Mordaunt is the Conservative MP for Portsmouth North and one of the most recognisable women in British politics. She has served in several ministerial roles from International Developmen...
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The Edition: Macron's last adventure from 2023-03-30T17:00
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In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Jonathan Miller argues that President Macron is pitting himself against the people by refusing to back down from his pl... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Jonathan Miller argues that President Macron is pitting himself against the people by refusing to back down from his pl... Listen
The Book Club: Ravenous from 2023-03-29T11:44:19
On this week's Book Club podcast my guests are the former government food tsar Henry Dimbleby and his wife and co-author Jemima Lewis, to talk about their new book Ravenous: How To Get Our...
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Marshall Matters: with Eva Vlaardingerbroek from 2023-03-28T18:03:30
Winston speaks with Dutch legal philosopher, writer and political activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Three and a half years of farmer demonstrations against technocratic environmentalist policy ha...
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Solving Britain’s energy crisis: could demand be the answer? from 2023-03-27T16:31:18
Britain’s high energy prices, insecure supply, and climate change commitments mean people’s relationship with energy will need to change. How could consumers change their attitude to energy co...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Putin in Xi's pocket and lockdown's ghost children from 2023-03-26T15:32
Cindy Yu, the Spectator's assistant editor speaks to Katy Balls about Boris's future – is the show over for the political influencer? Also on Spectator TV, Harriet Sergeant reveals the stories...
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Spectator Out Loud: Ian Williams, Kara Kennedy and Oscar Edmondson from 2023-03-25T07:00
This week: Ian Williams asks how China will cope with the rise of AI chatbots (00:56), Kara Kennedy recounts her upbringing in the Welsh ‘murder capital’ of Pontypridd (08:11), and Oscar Edmon...
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Roger Stone on pardoning, Trump's arrest and Ron DeSantis from 2023-03-24T18:16:43
Freddy Gray speaks to the Republican strategist and advisor Roger Stone about the Trump's possible arrest; his views on Ron De Santis and the end of honest journalism.
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The Edition: ghost children from 2023-03-23T13:00
This week:
In her cover piece for The Spectator, Harriet Sergeant asks what's happened to the 140,000 pupils who have been 'severely absent' from school since the pandemic. ... Listen
In her cover piece for The Spectator, Harriet Sergeant asks what's happened to the 140,000 pupils who have been 'severely absent' from school since the pandemic. ... Listen
The Book Club: Victoria Smith from 2023-03-22T11:00
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer Victoria Smith, whose new book Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women explains why one of the oldest forms of misogyny is ...
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Chinese Whispers: what Beijing wants out of the Russian invasion from 2023-03-20T16:33:30
As Xi Jinping visits Vladimir Putin in Russia this week, this episode of Chinese Whispers is returning to one of the missions of this podcast series – to look at things as the Chinese see them...
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Americano: Is capitalism melting down? from 2023-03-19T10:00
Freddy Gray is joined by Joe Weisenthal, co-host of the Odd Lots podcast at Bloomberg. On the podcast, Joe talks about the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and the moral hazard of state...
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Spectator Out Loud: Cindy Yu, Leah McLaren and Hannah Tomes from 2023-03-18T07:00
This week: Cindy Yu discusses Britain’s invisible East Asians (00:51), Leah McLaren discloses the truth about single motherhood (06:02), and Hannah Tomes reads her notes on dining alone (12:08...
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Women With Balls: Ash Regan from 2023-03-17T10:34:39
Ash Regan is the MSP for East Edinburgh who has served as minister for community safety. Since Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, she has put herself forward to be the next First Minister for Scot...
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The Edition: crash test from 2023-03-16T17:00
On the podcast:
The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews looks back on a week of economic turbulence and asks whether we should be worried, for her cover piece in the ma... Listen
The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews looks back on a week of economic turbulence and asks whether we should be worried, for her cover piece in the ma... Listen
The Book Club: Ian Buruma from 2023-03-15T18:37:12
Sam Leith's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer and editor Ian Buruma, to talk about his new book Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War Two
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Marshall Matters: David Zweig from 2023-03-14T18:00
Winston speaks with Twitter files journalist David Zweig just as the Twitter files scandal goes to congress. They discuss the significance of the hearing, Big Tech/government censorship, what ...
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Table Talk: Eleanor Steafel from 2023-03-13T07:00
Eleanor is a features writer and columnist for the Daily Telegraph where she writes the the regular food column The Art of Friday Night Dinner. Her new book – of the same name – is re...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Trump vs DeSantis&Rishi meets Macron from 2023-03-12T15:00
Freddy Gray The Spectator’s deputy editor speaks to Andrew Cockburn and Danielle Lee Tomson about the battle for the American right – who will win out of Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump? Also on...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Cosmo Landesman and Miranda Morrison from 2023-03-11T07:00
This week: James Heale asks whether the cabinet secretary Simon Case can carry on (01:00), Cosmo Landesman tells the story of when a man – and his axe – came to visit his home in London (05:03...
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Americano: Who on earth is George Santos... from 2023-03-10T17:45:38
Freddy Gray speaks to Shawn McCreesh, a features writer at New York Magazine who recently spent time with Republican Congressman, George Santos.
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The Edition: Don vs Ron from 2023-03-09T18:06:02
In the cover piece of this week's magazine, deputy editor Freddy Gray writes about the fight for the American right: it's Don (Trump) vs Ron (DeSantis). Who will win? On the podcast, Freddy is...
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The Book Club: Sara Wheeler from 2023-03-08T14:00
On this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is Sara Wheeler, who looks back on her travelling life in Glowing Still: A Woman's Life on the Road. She tells me why it's 'a book about tit...
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Marshall Matters: Simon Fanshawe from 2023-03-07T18:00
Winston speaks with Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer, author and co-founder of gay rights charity Stonewall, Simon Fanshawe. They discuss the history of Stonewall, Fanshawe’s recent book...
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Chinese Whispers: spy planes and infiltrators from 2023-03-06T15:45:24
The Chinese Communist Party likes to blame its domestic political problems on foreign interference, and it has done so since the days of Chairman Mao.
But sometimes, does this paranoi... Listen
But sometimes, does this paranoi... Listen
Americano: is Seymour Hersh wrong about the Nord Stream pipelines? from 2023-03-05T17:25
Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Emily Rhodes and Daisy Dunn from 2023-03-04T07:00
This week: Max Jeffery reads his letter from Abu Dhabi where he visited the International Defence Exhibition (00:56), Emily Rhodes discusses the tyranny of World Book Day (05:59), and Daisy Du...
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Women With Balls: What next for women in tech? from 2023-03-03T07:00
Women make up half of the workforce in the UK. Yet when it comes to high-skilled, high-income jobs in tech, just 26 per cent of the workforce are women and 77 per cent of tech leaders are men....
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The Edition: is Putin winning? from 2023-03-02T15:00
This week:
Is Putin winning?
In his cover piece for the magazine, historian and author Peter Frankopan says that Russia is reshaping the world in its favour by cultivating... Listen
Is Putin winning?
In his cover piece for the magazine, historian and author Peter Frankopan says that Russia is reshaping the world in its favour by cultivating... Listen
The Book Club: Carlo Rovelli from 2023-03-01T14:00
On this week’s Book Club, I’m joined by the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli to talk about his new book Anaximander and the Nature of Science, in which he explains how a radical th...
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Marshall Matters: Matt Walsh from 2023-02-28T16:00
Winston speaks with American author, film-maker, political commentator and activist Matt Walsh. They discuss Matt’s film ‘What Is A Woman’ and its cultural and political impact, the difference...
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Table Talk: Tom Athron from 2023-02-27T11:00
Tom Athron is the CEO of luxury brand Fortnum and Mason, a position which he undertook during the pandemic having held senior roles at John Lewis and Waitrose.
On the podcast he talks... Listen
On the podcast he talks... Listen
Spectator Out Loud: Isabel Hardman, Christopher Howse and Lucy Dunn from 2023-02-25T07:00
This week: Isabel Hardman asks whether politics and religion can mix (00:58), Christopher Howse discusses the transformative power of folk costume (08:06), and Lucy Dunn reads her notes on mea...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Brexit's back and the real Shamima Begum from 2023-02-24T16:41:55
On this week's show, Kate Andrews The Spectator's economics editor speaks to historian Andrew Roberts about Britain's hollow army; Arlene Foster on the Northern Ireland Protocol; Andrew Drury ...
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The Edition: farewell to arms from 2023-02-23T17:00
This week:
In his cover piece for the magazine, Andrew Roberts says that the British Army has been hollowed out by years of underfunding and a lack of foresight when it comes to repla... Listen
In his cover piece for the magazine, Andrew Roberts says that the British Army has been hollowed out by years of underfunding and a lack of foresight when it comes to repla... Listen
Marshall Matters: Andrew Doyle from 2022-05-03T08:56:01
This week on Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Comedian, author and TV host Andrew Doyle. They discuss his book Free Speech and Why it Matters, Elon Musk, Twitter, Andrew’s creati...
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Chinese Whispers: does China want to change the international rules-based order? from 2022-05-02T08:57:52
China is often accused of breaking international rules and norms. Just last week at Mansion House, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said: 'Countries must play by the rules. And that includes China'...
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Americano: What is the new right? from 2022-04-30T12:08:54
Freddy Gray talks to the journalist James Pogue about his latest piece for Vanity Fair magazine, in which he details the key figures and thinking behind the 'new right'. Pogue is the ...
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Spectator Out Loud: James Bartholomew, Freddy Gray and Kate Andrews from 2022-04-30T09:30
On this week's episode, we’ll hear from James Bartholomew on how taking in a Ukrainian refugee has improved his social clout. (00:50)
After, Freddy Gray on the Republican fight again... Listen
After, Freddy Gray on the Republican fight again... Listen
The Edition: Can Elon Musk take on the tech censors? from 2022-04-28T15:55:56
In this week’s episode: Is Elon Musk heading for a clash with the British Government over free speech?
Elon Musk is buying Twitter. But might the Tesla CEO be in fo...
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Women With Balls: the Nadine Dorries edition from 2022-04-28T09:00
Nadine Dorries is the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sports and MP for Mid Bedfordshire. After leaving school at 16, Dorries went on to become a nurse and an entre...
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The Book Club: Stephen Dodd from 2022-04-27T16:23:06
In this week's Book Club podcast, our subject is the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima - whose novel Beautiful Star is being published in English for the first time this month. My guest is its tra...
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Table Talk: Ameer Kotecha from 2022-04-26T09:37:10
Ameer Kotecha is a British diplomat, pop-up chef and food writer. His first cookbook the Platinum Jubilee Cookbook, in which he chronicles 70 recipes related to the Royals, Diplomacy ...
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A vision for the future: Can Britain become a biotech superpower? from 2022-04-25T16:06
The UK's vaccine programme was hailed by the government as a success story for Global Britain. It became an example of how Britain could speed up regulation, reduce bureaucracy and become a wo...
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The Week in 60 Minutes: Macron's ego and Putin's propaganda from 2022-04-24T09:00
John Connolly, The Spectator's news editor, is joined by Mark Galeotti, director of Mayak Intelligence; Freddy Gray, The Spectator's deputy editor; Cindy Yu, The Spectator's broadcast...
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Spectator Out Loud: Jonathan Miller, Cindy Yu and Laura Freeman from 2022-04-23T09:00
On this week's episode, Jonathan Miller says that whoever wins France's election on Sunday, the country is going to the dogs. (01:00) After, Cindy Yu says that China's online censors are strug...
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Generation spent: can renters be better protected? from 2022-04-22T06:00
The cost of living is rising, as is the cost of renting. Zoopla estimates that rents are rising at the fastest rate in 14 years, which means that the average rent in the UK is now over £1000 a...
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The Edition: How much longer can Boris Johnson keep going? from 2022-04-21T12:05:20
In this week’s episode: Is Boris going to limp on?
In her cover piece this week, Katy Balls writes that although Boris Johnson believes he can survive the partygate scandal, he has so... Listen
In her cover piece this week, Katy Balls writes that although Boris Johnson believes he can survive the partygate scandal, he has so... Listen