Best of the Spectator
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Coffee House Shots: could the courts strike down the backstop?
With James Forsyth and special guest David Shiels, Policy Analyst at Open Europe.
Hosted by Katy Balls.
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How close are the Tories to a backstop breakthrough?
With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.
Presented by Katy Balls.
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Americano: Why is measles spreading in America?
With Barbara Boland.
Presented by Freddy Gray.
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Coffee House Shots: Is pork-barrelling the way to win Labour Brexit votes?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Spectator Podcast: can May's Brexit mission succeed?
This week, May prepares for her last shot with Brussels, but can she get what she wants (0:35)? We also talk to Stephen Gibbs, a journalist on the ground in Caracas, about the nightmare in Venezuela …
Spectator Books: is it time to stop working?
In this week's books podcast Sam is joined by Josh Cohen, author of the Not Working: Why We Have To Stop. Josh is a literary critic and a working psychoanalyst, and his book is a thoughtful and subtl…
Holy Smoke: my sister Carmel on her cancer and her faith
This is a picture of my sister Carmel and I having tea a few days after our mother’s funeral. She looks cheerful, doesn’t she? That’s because she was: although we both missed our mother intensely, an…
Women With Balls: the Sarah Baxter Edition
Sarah Baxter is Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times. Katy talks to Sarah about what it was like to be a woman in the lobby before 'Blair's Babes', the best way to tackle sexism (she says, ignore it and…
The Spectator Podcast: are vegans winning the war on meat?
Have vegans and vegetarians won the moral argument in the war on meat (1:00)? Plus, are Anglicans hoping to reconcile with Catholics (11:25)? And last, why is Michael Gove crusading against the wood-…
Spectator Books: what the Bible gets wrong
Coffee House Shots: can MPs take no-deal off the table?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Americano: What do Americans think of Brexit?
With Zack Christenson.
Presented by Freddy Gray.
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Coffee House Shots: are we heading for an early general election?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
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The Spectator Podcast: does parliament have a plan for Brexit?
It’s another crazy week in Westminster, and the question on everyone’s minds – what happens next? We talk to Paul Mason, Henry Newman, and Katy Balls (00:50). Plus, should councils turf out the socia…
Spectator Books: why has Sweden covered up incidences of mass sexual assault?
In this week's episode, Sam talks to investigative journalist Kajsa Norman about her book 'Sweden's Dark Soul'. In it, she turns her gaze on the oppressive forces at the heart of Sweden’s ‘model demo…
Coffee House Shots: can anything rescue May from a historic defeat?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
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Coffee House Shots: what happens when her deal fails?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Americano: Shutdown Day 22 - has Trump overplayed his hand?
With Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest.
Presented by Freddy Gray.
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Coffee House Shots: can Labour save May's Brexit deal?
With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.
Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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