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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Chinese Whispers: Hollywood's complicated love affair with China
Until a few years ago, Hollywood dominated Chinese cinemas. In the People’s Republic, Marvel’s superhero romps were the people’s favourite, with Avengers: Endgame taking in over £510 million at Chine…
00:31:43 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Lisa Haseldine and Graeme Thomson
This week: Katy Balls discusses why Humza Yousaf is the Union's best hope (01:00), Lisa Haseldine reads her interview with former Georgian defence minister David Kezerashvili (07:00), and Graeme Thom…
00:19:40 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
Women With Balls: Penny Mordaunt
Penny Mordaunt is the Conservative MP for Portsmouth North and one of the most recognisable women in British politics. She has served in several ministerial roles from International Development to De…
00:26:48 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
The Edition: Macron's last adventure
On the podcast:
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Jonathan Miller argues that President Macron is pitting himself against the people by refusing to back down from his plans to raise the …
In his cover piece for the magazine, journalist Jonathan Miller argues that President Macron is pitting himself against the people by refusing to back down from his plans to raise the …
00:36:15 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
The Book Club: Ravenous
On this week's Book Club podcast my guests are the former government food tsar Henry Dimbleby and his wife and co-author Jemima Lewis, to talk about their new book Ravenous: How To Get Ourselves and …
00:44:56 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Marshall Matters: with Eva Vlaardingerbroek
Winston speaks with Dutch legal philosopher, writer and political activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Three and a half years of farmer demonstrations against technocratic environmentalist policy has culmi…
00:53:09 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Solving Britain’s energy crisis: could demand be the answer?
Britain’s high energy prices, insecure supply, and climate change commitments mean people’s relationship with energy will need to change. How could consumers change their attitude to energy consumpti…
00:18:25 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
The Week in 60 Minutes: Putin in Xi's pocket and lockdown's ghost children
Cindy Yu, the Spectator's assistant editor speaks to Katy Balls about Boris's future – is the show over for the political influencer? Also on Spectator TV, Harriet Sergeant reveals the stories of chi…
00:14:09 |
Sun 26 Mar 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Ian Williams, Kara Kennedy and Oscar Edmondson
This week: Ian Williams asks how China will cope with the rise of AI chatbots (00:56), Kara Kennedy recounts her upbringing in the Welsh ‘murder capital’ of Pontypridd (08:11), and Oscar Edmondson ma…
00:19:59 |
Sat 25 Mar 2023
Roger Stone on pardoning, Trump's arrest and Ron DeSantis
Freddy Gray speaks to the Republican strategist and advisor Roger Stone about the Trump's possible arrest; his views on Ron De Santis and the end of honest journalism.
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00:35:45 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
The Edition: ghost children
This week:
In her cover piece for The Spectator, Harriet Sergeant asks what's happened to the 140,000 pupils who have been 'severely absent' from school since the pandemic. She is joined by The Spect…
In her cover piece for The Spectator, Harriet Sergeant asks what's happened to the 140,000 pupils who have been 'severely absent' from school since the pandemic. She is joined by The Spect…
00:32:55 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
The Book Club: Victoria Smith
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer Victoria Smith, whose new book Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women explains why one of the oldest forms of misogyny is seeing a vicious…
00:45:54 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Chinese Whispers: what Beijing wants out of the Russian invasion
As Xi Jinping visits Vladimir Putin in Russia this week, this episode of Chinese Whispers is returning to one of the missions of this podcast series – to look at things as the Chinese see them.
My gu…
My gu…
00:51:47 |
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Americano: Is capitalism melting down?
Freddy Gray is joined by Joe Weisenthal, co-host of the Odd Lots podcast at Bloomberg. On the podcast, Joe talks about the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and the moral hazard of state interv…
00:35:40 |
Sun 19 Mar 2023
Spectator Out Loud: Cindy Yu, Leah McLaren and Hannah Tomes
This week: Cindy Yu discusses Britain’s invisible East Asians (00:51), Leah McLaren discloses the truth about single motherhood (06:02), and Hannah Tomes reads her notes on dining alone (12:08).
Prod…
Prod…
00:15:11 |
Sat 18 Mar 2023
Women With Balls: Ash Regan
Ash Regan is the MSP for East Edinburgh who has served as minister for community safety. Since Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, she has put herself forward to be the next First Minister for Scotland. B…
00:33:09 |
Fri 17 Mar 2023
The Edition: crash test
On the podcast:
The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews looks back on a week of economic turbulence and asks whether we should be worried, for her cover piece in the magazine. She is joined by t…
The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews looks back on a week of economic turbulence and asks whether we should be worried, for her cover piece in the magazine. She is joined by t…
00:40:08 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
The Book Club: Ian Buruma
Sam Leith's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer and editor Ian Buruma, to talk about his new book Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War Two. A Chinese p…
00:48:32 |
Wed 15 Mar 2023
Marshall Matters: David Zweig
Winston speaks with Twitter files journalist David Zweig just as the Twitter files scandal goes to congress. They discuss the significance of the hearing, Big Tech/government censorship, what he unco…
01:07:06 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
Table Talk: Eleanor Steafel
Eleanor is a features writer and columnist for the Daily Telegraph where she writes the the regular food column The Art of Friday Night Dinner. Her new book – of the same name – is released on the 30…
00:25:45 |
Mon 13 Mar 2023
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