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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2365
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Americano: is China serious about 'war' with America?
Freddy Gray is joined with Michael Auslin who is an academic and historian at the Hoover Institute and author of the Substack 'THE PATOWMACK PACKET'. They discuss China's response to Trump's tariffs,…
00:48:02 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Harry Cole, Zoe Strimpel, Michael Simmons, Nigel Warburton and Justin Marozzi
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Having returned from Washington D.C., Harry Cole reads his diary for the week (1:16); Zoe Strimpel reports on the Gen Z fliers obsessed with maximalising their air …
00:29:15 |
Sun 09 Mar 2025
Coffee House Shots: who would be a Conservative? – Kate Andrews vs Michael Gove
It’s a special (and emotional) edition of Coffee House Shots this Saturday because it is the last with Kate Andrews on this side of the Atlantic. She joins our editor Michael Gove and political corre…
00:24:55 |
Sat 08 Mar 2025
Women With Balls: Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez has been the Conservative MP for Hornchurch and Upminster since 2017. Her first political experience was working for the then-MP for the Cities of London and Westminster Mark Field, befor…
00:32:25 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
The Edition: why Ukraine's minerals matter, the NHS's sterilisation problem & remembering the worst poet in history
This week: the carve-up of Ukraine’s natural resources
From the success of Keir Starmer’s visit to Washington to the squabbling we saw in the Oval Office and the breakdown of security guarantees for U…
From the success of Keir Starmer’s visit to Washington to the squabbling we saw in the Oval Office and the breakdown of security guarantees for U…
00:42:20 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
The Book Club: Michael Wolff
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by Donald Trump's outstanding Boswell, the magazine writer Michael Wolff. Michael’s new book, All or Nothing:
How Trump Recaptured America, takes Donald T…
How Trump Recaptured America, takes Donald T…
00:33:21 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Americano: the case for energy humanism
Robert Bryce, an energy expert and author of The Question of Power, discusses the state of global energy, electric vehicles, and government policies both in the UK and America. Freddy and Robert look…
00:28:04 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood, Matthew Parris, Ian Buruma, Hermione Eyre and Francis Young
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood reads his letter from the Vatican (1:17); Matthew Parris warns Conservatives from embracing causes that could lose them as much support as they would gain…
00:33:19 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Coffee House Shots Live: A Look To The Year Ahead
The Spectator’s Katy Balls, Michael Gove and Kate Andrews were joined by special guests Robert Jenrick and Jonathan Ashworth for a live podcast, recorded at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster.
The mai…
The mai…
01:10:14 |
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Americano: how successful was Keir Starmer's visit to Washington?
Freddy is joined by The Spectator World’s deputy US editor, Kate Andrews, and The Telegraph columnist, Tim Stanley, to talk about Keir Starmer’s much-anticipated meeting with Donald Trump in Washingt…
00:25:20 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Women With Balls: Alexandra Shulman, former Vogue Editor
Alexandra Shulman is one of the most influential figures in British fashion. She is the longest serving editor-in-chief at British Vogue, having led the magazine for 25 years before stepping down in …
00:29:08 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
The Edition: inside Nigel’s gang, my day as a ‘missing person’ & how to save James Bond
This week: Nigel’s gang – Reform’s plan for power.
Look at any opinion survey or poll, and it’s clear that Reform is hard to dismiss, write Katy Balls and James Heale. Yet surprisingly little is known…
Look at any opinion survey or poll, and it’s clear that Reform is hard to dismiss, write Katy Balls and James Heale. Yet surprisingly little is known…
00:37:39 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
The Book Club: Mesopotamia and the Making of History
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the Assyriologist Selena Wisnom, author of The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History. Selena tells me about the vast and strang…
00:44:36 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Holy Smoke: Conclave - what really happens when a Pope dies?
The film Conclave has picked up a host of awards across all the major ceremonies so far, including at the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, and winning Best Picture at the BAFTAs. Adapted from …
00:53:57 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Table Talk: Emma Fox, CEO of Berry Bros & Rudd
Emma Fox is the chief exec of Berry Bros & Rudd, the world's oldest fine wine and spirit merchant. A retail veteran, Emma's broad experience has been shaped by a career spanning over 30 years.
On the…
On the…
00:28:16 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Chinese Whispers: What China's planned mega-dam means for Asia
Just before the end of 2024, Chinese state media Xinhua slipped out an announcement – the long discussed mega-dam in Medog County, Tibet, has been greenlit. When built, it will generate three times m…
00:28:30 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Americano: was 'free trade' really working?
Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of think-tank American Compass, sits down with Freddy Gray at the ARC conference in London. They react to the announcement by President Trump over the weekend o…
00:28:21 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Hugh Schofield, Igor Toronyi-Lalic & Michael Simmons, Lisa Haseldine, Alice Loxton and Aidan Hartley
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Hugh Schofield asks why there is no campaign to free the novelist Boualem Sansal (1:26); The Spectator’s arts editor, Igor Toronyi-Lalic, reacts to the magazine’s c…
00:36:57 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Coffee House Shots: How the Whips' office really works
Simon Hart joins James Heale to talk about his new book Ungovernable: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip. Having stepped down at the 2024 election, Simon has become the first former Chief Whip to …
00:34:47 |
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Holy Smoke: Holy War and Antichrist, the rise of extremist rhetoric inside the Russian Orthodox Church
The subject of Ukraine shattered the unity of Eastern Orthodoxy long before Russia’s full-scale invasion began. In 2018 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church declared independence from Moscow with the approv…
00:35:06 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
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