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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Edition: Get Rishi
This week:
For her cover piece, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that Boris Johnson could be attempting to spearhead an insurgency against the prime minister. She joins the podcast a…
For her cover piece, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that Boris Johnson could be attempting to spearhead an insurgency against the prime minister. She joins the podcast a…
00:34:22 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
The Book Club: James Comey
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the former FBI director James Comey, who is making his debut as a thriller writer with an engrossing police procedural, Central Park West. Jim tells me ho…
00:32:01 |
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Marshall Matters: Tony Diver
Tony Diver is part of the investigations team at the Telegraph who exposed the Government Counter-Disinformation Unit. The unit operated during the pandemic to suppress speech deemed dangerous. Tony …
00:35:27 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
The Week in 60 Minutes: Harry vs the press & Oxfam attacks terfs
Cindy Yu is joined by Neil Wallis and Freddy Gray to discuss Prince Harry’s lone crusade in the hacking trial against the Mirror. Also on the show, Katy Balls on the Prime Minister’s trip to Washingt…
00:59:06 |
Sun 11 Jun 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Michela Wrong, Emily Rhodes and Cindy Yu
This week: Michela Wrong asks whether anywhere is safe for Kagame's critics (00:58), Emily Rhodes charts the rise of fake libraries (07:54), and Cindy Yu reviews a new exhibition at the British Museu…
00:21:12 |
Sat 10 Jun 2023
Americano: what happened to Kim Darroch?
Freddy Gray is joined by Steve Edginton, video comment editor at the Telegraph and host of the Off Script podcast to discuss curious case of Sir Kim Darroch. A former civil servant has accused the go…
00:33:51 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
The Edition: Harry’s crusade
This week:
Prince Harry has taken the stand to give evidence in the Mirror Group phone hacking trial which The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray talks about in his cover piece for the magazine. H…
Prince Harry has taken the stand to give evidence in the Mirror Group phone hacking trial which The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray talks about in his cover piece for the magazine. H…
00:31:23 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
The Book Club: Peter Turchin
In this week's Book Club podcast I talk to Peter Turchin about his new book End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration. He proposes a scientific theory of history, map…
00:48:51 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
Chinese Whispers: why China won't invade Taiwan
In much of the conversation surrounding China and Taiwan, the question of invasion seems to be a ‘when’ not an ‘if’. But is an invasion really so inevitable?
No one knows for sure, of course, but ther…
No one knows for sure, of course, but ther…
00:40:47 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Lionel Shriver, Ian Williams & Matthew Dennison
This week: Lionel Shriver argues that we should rise up in our road rage (00:52), Ian Williams discusses the crackdown on China’s stand-up comics (09:42) and Matthew Dennison explains why we shouldn’…
00:23:03 |
Sat 03 Jun 2023
Women With Balls: Penny Junor
Penny Junor is a journalist, biographer and author of several books. She began writing at the Evening Standard. Soon into her career, Penny was given an opportunity to write a book about Princess Dia…
00:32:33 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
The Week in 60 Minutes: Sunak the socialist & Douglas Murray on the Schofield saga
James Heale is joined by Kate Andrews and Sebastian Payne to discuss Rishi Sunak’s radical shift to the left. Also on the show, Quentin Letts on the navel gazing civil service; Esperanza Aguirre on t…
00:55:03 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
The Edition: Red Rishi
On this week’s episode:
Price caps are back in the news as the government is reportedly considering implementing one on basic food items. What happened to the Rishi Sunak who admired Margaret Thatcher…
Price caps are back in the news as the government is reportedly considering implementing one on basic food items. What happened to the Rishi Sunak who admired Margaret Thatcher…
00:38:38 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
The Book Club: Laura Freeman
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the writer and critic Laura Freeman to talk about her book Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists. Laura's book is the portrait of one of …
00:39:04 |
Wed 31 May 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Niru Ratnam, Gus Carter and Graeme Thomson
This week: Niru Ratnam argues that teachers are putting principles before children (00:59), Gus Carter discusses the curious business of fertility (08:14), and Graeme Thomson reviews Beyonce at Murra…
00:19:45 |
Sat 27 May 2023
The Edition: Ukraine's next move
This week:
In his cover piece, journalist Mark Galeotti asks whether Putin can be outsmarted by Zelensky’s counter-offensive. He is joined by The Spectator’s own Svitlana Morenets to discuss Ukraine's…
In his cover piece, journalist Mark Galeotti asks whether Putin can be outsmarted by Zelensky’s counter-offensive. He is joined by The Spectator’s own Svitlana Morenets to discuss Ukraine's…
00:38:52 |
Thu 25 May 2023
The Book Club: In memory of Martin Amis
In this week’s Book Club podcast, we celebrate the life and weigh the literary reputation of Martin Amis, who died at the end of last week. I’m joined by the critic Alex Clark, the novelist John Nive…
00:36:54 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Marshall Matters: Matt Goodwin
Matthew Goodwin, author of the bestseller Values, Voice and Virtue talks to Winston about the divide in British politics between cosmopolitans and traditionalists, the controversy surrounding the Nat…
01:03:32 |
Tue 23 May 2023
Spectator Out Loud: J. Meirion Thomas, Tom Goodenough and Adam Sweeting
This week: J. Meirion Thomas tells us about the story of the politician, the street trader and the foiled kidney transplant plot (00:57), Tom Goodenough discusses the blurred lines between sport and …
00:22:55 |
Sat 20 May 2023
Nigel Farage on mass immigration & Putin's warlord Prigozhin
Freddy Gray speaks to Nigel Farage and Fraser Nelson about Britain's latest immigration figures, and what this means seven years on from the Brexit vote. Also on the show, Tim Stanley and Mary Harrin…
01:08:02 |
Fri 19 May 2023
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