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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Marshall Matters: Peter Boghossian
Winston speaks to former Portland State University professor turned international philosopher, Peter Boghossian. Peter was a prominent new atheist author and expert on the Socratic method when he res…
01:07:06 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Why did Murdoch take so long to settle?
Freddy Gray speaks to Michael Wolff, author of books on Trump and Rupert Murdoch. On the podcast, they talk about the Dominion vs Fox trial settlement. Why did Fox let this case go on for so long?
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00:19:48 |
Sun 23 Apr 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Sam Leith, Lionel Shriver and Angus Colwell
This week: Sam Leith explains how he’s been keeping up friendships by playing online scrabble (00:55), Lionel Shriver questions Nike and Bud Light's recent marketing strategy (06:52) and Angus Colwel…
00:22:59 |
Sat 22 Apr 2023
The Week in 60 Minutes: Douglas Murray on the Troubles and SNP breakdown
John Connolly is joined by Andrew Neil to discuss the SNP’s implosion; Douglas Murray and Arlene Foster on the ongoing sectarianism in Northern Ireland; Louise Perry and Kim Cotton on the ethical dil…
01:04:43 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
The Edition: womb service
On this week's episode:
In her cover piece for The Spectator, journalist Louise Perry questions whether it is moral to separate a newborn child from their surrogate. She is joined by Sarah Jones, head…
In her cover piece for The Spectator, journalist Louise Perry questions whether it is moral to separate a newborn child from their surrogate. She is joined by Sarah Jones, head…
00:36:34 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
The Book Club: Luke Jennings
Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Luke Jennings, the veteran reporter and novelist whose Codename Villanelle trilogy gave rise to the hit TV series Killing Eve. As his new thrille…
00:39:38 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Marshall Matters: Louise Perry
Feminist philosopher, Unherd columnist and author of The Case Against The Sexual Revolution Louise Perry discusses population growth decline, how culture, the state and feminism are failing mothers a…
00:48:15 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Chinese Whispers: Japan's role in the making of modern China
Just before Christmas, it was reported that the billionaire Jack Ma had moved to Tokyo after getting into trouble with the Chinese authorities. If he's still living there, he'd be one of several well…
00:48:34 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Mary Wakefield and Gus Carter
This week: James Heale says the gloves are off as Labour campaigning takes a bitter turn (00:54), Mary Wakefield worries that she’s raising a snowflake (17:47), and Gus Carter tells us about the colo…
00:15:28 |
Sat 15 Apr 2023
Women With Balls: Baroness Martha Lane Fox
Baroness Martha Lane Fox is a dotcom pioneer having started lastminute.com in 1997. She sits on the board of some of the country's most prominent brands, including Marks & Spencer and Channel 4, and …
00:33:07 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
The Edition: the new elite
On the podcast this week:
In his cover piece for The Spectator, Adrian Wooldridge argues that meritocracy is under attack. He says that the traditional societal pyramid – with the upper class at the …
In his cover piece for The Spectator, Adrian Wooldridge argues that meritocracy is under attack. He says that the traditional societal pyramid – with the upper class at the …
00:40:10 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Marshall Matters: Charlie Peters
For over forty years, tens of thousands of girls and young women have been abused, raped and some brutally murdered across Britain by grooming gangs. It is a scandal that should shame the nation, yet…
00:49:50 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
The Book Club: Frieda Hughes
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the poet and artist Frieda Hughes, whose new book George: A Magpie Memoir tells the story of what caring for a foundling baby magpie taught her about life…
00:39:42 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Table Talk: Jonathan Ray
Jonathan Ray is The Spectator’s drinks editor and formerly wine critic for the Telegraph. He has also written several books on the subject of wine and how to buy it.
On the podcast Lara, Liv and Jonn…
On the podcast Lara, Liv and Jonn…
00:32:44 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
The Week in 60 Minutes: Megyn Kelly on Trump & Christianity in crisis
Megyn Kelly joins Freddy Gray to take a look at the wider picture following Donald Trump's arrest. The presidential candidates' ratings have surged in the polls – has this rejuvenated Trump's campaig…
01:04:48 |
Sun 09 Apr 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Svitlana Morenets, Owen Matthews and Ysenda Maxtone Graham
On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Svitlana Morenets talks about how the lines between patriotism and profiteering are being blurred in Ukraine; Owen Matthews interviews Leonid Volkov, Alexei Navalny…
00:19:54 |
Sat 08 Apr 2023
Americano: Is the progressive left making an electoral comeback?
Galen Druke, host of the FiveThirtyEight podcast, joins Freddy Gray on this episode to talk about what to take away from Chicago's election this week, how well the Biden team is handling the progress…
00:36:24 |
Fri 07 Apr 2023
The Edition: the lost shepherds
On the podcast this week:
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Dan Hitchens examines whether Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis can heal the divisions threatening to tear apart the Ch…
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Dan Hitchens examines whether Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis can heal the divisions threatening to tear apart the Ch…
00:40:25 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
The Book Club: Katja Hoyer
In this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is the historian Katja Hoyer, whose new book Beyond The Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 tells the story of four decades which are vital to understand modern Ge…
00:49:08 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Marshall Matters: Posie Parker
Posie Parker, aka Kellie-Jay Keen, is back from her Let Women Speak tour of Australia and New Zealand, where she was mobbed and hounded by radical trans activists. She tells me what happened, why she…
00:45:46 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
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