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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Book Club: Mark Bostridge
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Mark Bostridge. In his new book In Pursuit of Love: The Search for Victor Hugo’s Daughter, Mark describes his quest to uncover the traces of Adele Hugo an…
00:41:14 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Table Talk: Hadley Freeman
Hadley Freeman is a journalist and author. She writes for The Sunday Times, having previously written for The Guardian. Her books include House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century …
00:24:08 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Americano: is anti-white racism tearing America apart?
Freddy Gray speaks to Jeremy Carl, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute. They discuss his book, The Unprotected Class: how anti-white racism is tearing America apart. They also cover affirmative …
00:52:28 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Spectator Out Loud: Natasha Feroze, Robert Ades, Lucasta Miller, Sam McPhail, Toby Young and Catriona Olding
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Natasha Feroze reports on the return of ex-Labour MP Keith Vaz (1:10); Robert Ades presents the case against sociology A-level (7:39); Lucasta Miller reviews Kather…
00:37:43 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
Women With Balls: Harriet Harman
The most recent 'mother of the house', Harriet Harman has been an MP for 42 years. She has served in a number of cabinet positions, under six Labour leaders, both during government and opposition. Sh…
00:29:42 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
The Edition: can Macron still outplay Le Pen?
This week: Macron’s game.
Our cover piece looks at the big news following the European elections at the weekend, President Macron’s decision to call early parliamentary elections in France. Madness or…
Our cover piece looks at the big news following the European elections at the weekend, President Macron’s decision to call early parliamentary elections in France. Madness or…
00:45:31 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
The Book Club: Marlon James
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Marlon James, who ten years ago published his Booker Prize winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. He tells me how that remarkable book came abou…
00:39:39 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Chinese Whispers: How would Britain's Labour party change UK-China relations?
In less than a month’s time, Britain may well have a new prime minister – and a different ruling party. Under 14 years of the Conservative party, the UK’s approach to China has swung from the sycopha…
00:33:56 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Americano: how can you stop Donald Trump?
Freddy Gray is joined by Alex Castellanos, Republican Party strategist who has served as media consultant to seven U.S. Presidential campaigns. They discuss Donald Trump's presidential campaign, his …
00:32:40 |
Sun 09 Jun 2024
Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Melanie McDonagh, Matthew Parris, Iain MacGregor and Petronella Wyatt
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery reports on the rise of luxury watch thefts in London (1:18); Melanie McDonagh discusses the collapse of religion in Scotland (5:51); reflecting on the l…
00:28:05 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
Women With Balls: Nickie Aiken
Nickie Aiken has been an elected public servant for 18 years. An MP since 2019, she has served as a deputy chairman and a vice-chair of the Conservative Party. She was also a councillor in Westminste…
00:36:07 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
Americano: what's the matter with America's media?
Freddy Gray speaks to Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza from the Mixed Signals podcast. They discuss the state of American media, whether the US has any appetite for public service broadcasting, and whether…
00:26:52 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
The Edition: The Farage factor
This week: The Farage factor. Our cover piece looks at the biggest news from this week of the general election campaign, Nigel Farage’s decision to stand again for Parliament. Farage appealed to vote…
00:44:44 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
The Book Club: Richard Flanagan
In this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is the Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan, talking about his extraordinary new book Question 7. It weaves together memoir, reportage and the ima…
00:33:17 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Table Talk: Theo Randall
Theo Randall is a Head Chef, restaurant owner, and food writer. He's currently the Chef Patron of Theo Randall at the InterContinental, and he was famously awarded a Michelin star at The River Cafe. …
00:23:49 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Women With Balls: Claudia Mendoza
Claudia Mendoza is one of the most high profile spokespeople for the Jewish community in Britain. She has studied the Middle East, and worked at various think tanks with a focus on Iran and the trans…
00:29:13 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Spectator Out Loud: Peter Parker, Wayne Hunt, Nicholas Lezard, Mark Mason and Nicholas Farrell
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Peter Parker takes us through the history of guardsmen and homosexuality (1:12); Prof. Wayne Hunt explains what the Conservatives could learn from the 1993 Canadian…
00:32:44 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Americano: Trump found guilty but will it matter?
Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. The Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver joins Freddy Gray to respond to the news. Was it a fair trial? What could it mea…
00:22:49 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Americano: John Mearsheimer on Ukraine, Gaza & escalation dominance
Professor John Mearsheimer joins Freddy Gray to talk about the powder keg situation in Eastern Europe, why Putin is possibly the least hawkish of possible Russian leaders and why Israel has lost esca…
00:47:14 |
Fri 31 May 2024
The Edition: Wannabes
On this week's Edition: Wannabes - are any of them ready? Our cover piece takes a look at the state of the parties a week into the UK general election campaign. The election announcement took everyon…
00:35:07 |
Thu 30 May 2024
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