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Average duration
33 minutes
Episodes
2366
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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Coffee House Shots: would Tory remainers bring down May's government?

Coffee House Shots: would Tory remainers bring down May's government?

With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.

Presented by Lara Prendergast.


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00:17:42  |   Tue 08 Jan 2019
The Green Room: Anarchy and Empire with Robert Kaplan

The Green Room: Anarchy and Empire with Robert Kaplan

In this fascinating podcast, Dominic Green talks to author and foreign policy analyst Robert Kaplan. They look back at ‘The Coming Anarchy’ after a quarter of a century, and trace the ambitions and d…
00:43:17  |   Mon 07 Jan 2019
The Spectator Podcast: are Europe's populists one election away from reforming the EU?

The Spectator Podcast: are Europe's populists one election away from reforming the EU?

As we move into 2019, two big elections could shake up the rest of the year. In May, the European elections could see an unprecedented populist surge. What would that mean for the European Union (00:…

00:36:20  |   Fri 04 Jan 2019
Coffee House Shots: Brexit after Christmas - has anything changed?

Coffee House Shots: Brexit after Christmas - has anything changed?

With Henry Newman, Director of Open Europe, and Katy Balls.

Presented by Lara Prendergast.


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00:11:24  |   Thu 03 Jan 2019
Spectator Books: Ed Vulliamy - how music helps me report from the front line

Spectator Books: Ed Vulliamy - how music helps me report from the front line

In this week’s books podcast we’re going to the wars. Sam's guest is Ed Vulliamy, the veteran war correspondent who has written a fascinating memoir called When Words Fail: A Life With Music, War and…
00:37:53  |   Wed 02 Jan 2019
Women with Balls: Dame Helena Morrissey

Women with Balls: Dame Helena Morrissey

Join Katy Balls as she interviews Dame Helena Morrissey - a financier, a campaigner for more women in the boardrooms, and the mother to nine children. How does she balance kids and a career? Why does…
00:36:57  |   Fri 21 Dec 2018
Spectator Books: conversing with Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick

Spectator Books: conversing with Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick

In this week’s books podcast Sam talks to Chris Kraus — author of the semi-autobiographical cult novel I Love Dick and the new essay collection Social Practices — about her strange and interesting li…

00:21:38  |   Wed 19 Dec 2018
The Green Room: Auctions, sculptures, and horse flesh - the best of art exhibitions in 2018

The Green Room: Auctions, sculptures, and horse flesh - the best of art exhibitions in 2018

Dominic talks to the team of crack art critics from The New Criterion: James Panero, Benjamin Riley and Andrew Shea in this review of the best art exhibitions of the year. In between high brow chats …
00:25:12  |   Tue 18 Dec 2018
Table Talk: with Sophia Money-Coutts

Table Talk: with Sophia Money-Coutts

Sophia Money-Coutts is former features editor at Tatler magazine, and now columnist for the Sunday Telegraph. Her new book, The Plus One, came out earlier this year. In this episode of Table Talk, La…

00:28:43  |   Mon 17 Dec 2018
The Spectator Podcast: the Christmas Edition

The Spectator Podcast: the Christmas Edition

So, it’s the end of the year, and we can safely say 2018 hasn’t been any less loopy than its recent predecessors. In this year’s final Spectator Podcast, we’ll be taking a look at some of the major p…

01:51:09  |   Fri 14 Dec 2018
Coffee House Shots: has the next Tory leadership contest started?

Coffee House Shots: has the next Tory leadership contest started?

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.

Presented by Lara Prendergast.


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00:10:55  |   Thu 13 Dec 2018
Spectator Books: why runners up are more interesting than those who come first

Spectator Books: why runners up are more interesting than those who come first

In this week’s books podcast Sam Leith talks to the great trivia expert Mark Mason about his new The Book of Seconds: The Incredible Stories of the Ones Who Didn’t (Quite) Win. Here’s the Christmas p…
00:21:20  |   Wed 12 Dec 2018
The Green Room: the last interview with Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks

The Green Room: the last interview with Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks

Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks passed away last week at the age of 63. A long-term fan, Dominic Green talked to Pete in November this year. They talk about experimenting with punk, performing live, and th…

00:22:02  |   Tue 11 Dec 2018
Coffee House Shots: Brexit vote cancelled - what happened?

Coffee House Shots: Brexit vote cancelled - what happened?

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.

Presented by Fraser Nelson.


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00:10:58  |   Mon 10 Dec 2018
Women With Balls: the Liz Truss edition

Women With Balls: the Liz Truss edition

Katy Balls talks to Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, about her shameful Lib Dem past, why she loves cheese, and how The Thick Of It made her life harder.

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00:27:08  |   Fri 07 Dec 2018
Americano: was George H.W. Bush really that great?

Americano: was George H.W. Bush really that great?

With Daniel McCarthy, Editor of Modern Age.

Presented by Freddy Gray.


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00:19:42  |   Thu 06 Dec 2018
The Spectator Podcast: what next in the Brexit cliffhanger?

The Spectator Podcast: what next in the Brexit cliffhanger?

With just days to go till the meaningful vote, the government looks set to lose it by a humiliating margin. What next for Theresa May? We ask one of the MPs opposing her deal – former universities mi…

00:36:49  |   Thu 06 Dec 2018
Spectator Books: presidential lessons from Lincoln to Trump, with Doris Kearns Goodwin

Spectator Books: presidential lessons from Lincoln to Trump, with Doris Kearns Goodwin

In this week's books podcast, Sam is speaking to the Pulitzer-prizewinning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times -- in which sh…
00:32:14  |   Wed 05 Dec 2018
The Green Room: Mick Jagger in Performance, with Jay Glennie

The Green Room: Mick Jagger in Performance, with Jay Glennie

Dominic Green talks to cinema historian Jay Glennie, author of a definitive account of the legendary and still alarming making of Performance, a 1970 release starring Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, a…
00:29:45  |   Tue 04 Dec 2018
Coffee House Shots: after a weekend of PR, is May's Brexit deal any more likely to pass?

Coffee House Shots: after a weekend of PR, is May's Brexit deal any more likely to pass?

With James Forsyth and Katy Balls.

Presented by Isabel Hardman.


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00:12:28  |   Mon 03 Dec 2018
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