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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Michael Simmons, Christopher Howse and Melissa Kite
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 wonders w…
00:19:26 |
Sun 12 Nov 2023
Women With Balls: Arlene Phillips
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 troupe Hot …
00:33:32 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
The Edition: keeping the peace
On the podcast:
In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropolitan Police Chief Mark Row…
In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropolitan Police Chief Mark Row…
00:40:23 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
The Book Club: Jonathan Lethem
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 Brooklyn, he ret…
00:48:33 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
Table Talk with Victoria Hislop
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. Victoria’s sub…
00:30:23 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Innovator of the Year Awards: Business Services and AI
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 about the…
00:31:14 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
Innovator of the Year Awards: Sustainability and Social Purpose
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 about the…
00:31:38 |
Sun 05 Nov 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Matthew Parris and Fabian Carstairs
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 us how h…
00:19:33 |
Sat 04 Nov 2023
The Edition: the Covid farce
This week:
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 the magazine Carl …
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 the magazine Carl …
00:38:20 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
The Book Club: Nicholas Shakespeare
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 in espionage we…
00:51:45 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Innovator of the Year Awards: Consumer
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 about the…
00:32:28 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Chinese Whispers: rethinking Chinese food with Fuchsia Dunlop
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 like sweet and s…
You may have come across the classic Chinese takeaway with dishes like sweet and s…
00:50:22 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Innovator of the Year Awards: Healthcare
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 about the…
00:27:30 |
Sun 29 Oct 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Peter Oborne, Kate Andrews and Jonathan Maitland
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 explains h…
00:18:00 |
Sat 28 Oct 2023
Women With Balls: Is Britain's housing system broken?
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 are in…
00:29:46 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
The Edition: Identity crisis
On the podcast:
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 the left has come t…
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 the left has come t…
00:28:09 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
The Book Club: Pandora's Box
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 business model…
00:40:33 |
Wed 25 Oct 2023
Table Talk with John Nichol
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 about his …
00:36:05 |
Tue 24 Oct 2023
Innovator of the Year Awards: Manufacturing and Engineering
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 about the…
00:38:05 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Christina Lamb and Sam Leith
This week:
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), Christina Lamb goes t…
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), Christina Lamb goes t…
00:20:22 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
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