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Update frequency: every day
Average duration: 33 minutes
Episodes: 2369
Years Active: 2016 - 2025

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The Edition: At sea

On this week's podcast:

Can Rishi Sunak steady the ship?

Patrick O'Flynn argues in his cover piece for The Spectator that the asylum system is broken. He is joined by Sunder Katwala, director of the th…

00:35:56 | Thu 03 Nov 2022

The Book Club: Ian Rankin

This week’s Book Club podcast is a live special, recorded at this year’s inaugural Braemar Literary Festival. I’m talking to Sir Ian Rankin, in an exclusive pre-publication event, about his new Rebus…

00:38:58 | Wed 02 Nov 2022

Marshall Matters: Candace Owens

Winston speaks with American author, conservative commentator and activist Candace Owens. They discuss why she and Kanye West wore White Lives Matter shirts at Paris Fashion Week, Kanye’s offensive t…

00:52:26 | Mon 31 Oct 2022

Chinese Whispers: Xi's absolute power after the 20th Party Congress

This week Xi Jinping has taken his new Politburo Standing Committee on a group trip – to Yan’An, the base of Mao Zedong’s Communist revolution after the Long March. The symbolism is easy to see.

On th…

00:32:04 | Sun 30 Oct 2022

Spectator Out Loud: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Julian Jessop and Melanie McDonagh

On this week's podcast: former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg tells us why it's good to back on the back benches (01:00), Julian Jessop reflects on his part in Liz Truss's downfall (06:41), and M…

00:16:12 | Sat 29 Oct 2022

Women With Balls: Alicia Kearns

Alicia Kearns is the Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton; and the first female chair of the foreign affairs select committee. Alicia built a reputation as a foreign policy powerhouse working in co…

00:35:18 | Fri 28 Oct 2022

The Edition: Is Rishi ready?

On this week's podcast:

We have a new prime minister, but is Rishi Sunak ready to take on the numerous problems that James Forsyth outlines in his cover piece for The Spectator this week? James is joi…

00:37:10 | Thu 27 Oct 2022

The Book Club: Andrey Kurkov

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov – who has this year become one of the most articulate ambassadors to the West for the situation in his homeland. As a…

00:30:59 | Wed 26 Oct 2022

Table Talk: With Capri Cafaro

Capri Cafaro was a member of the Ohio Senate for 10 years before becoming a political commentator. She can often be found on American television news channels and also hosts her own food podcast, Eat…

00:23:28 | Tue 25 Oct 2022

Marshall Matters: Helen Joyce

Author and journalist Helen Joyce speaks to Winston about the most contentious issue of the age: the transgender debate. They discussed Mermaids, Tavistock, the Scottish Gender Bill and her new book;…

01:02:47 | Mon 24 Oct 2022

The gig economy – how far have we come?

When Uber arrived in Britain ten years ago, the app transformed the way people move around cities. All of a sudden, at the click of a button, city dwellers could order a car for a competitive price w…

00:31:32 | Mon 24 Oct 2022

Innovator of the Year Awards: London

For the final round of The Spectator’s Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, our kind sponsors, Investec, hosted us at their offices on Gresham Street, London. We met 11 finalists for lunch — out of…

00:21:38 | Sun 23 Oct 2022

Spectator Out Loud: Mary Wakefield, James Ball and Christopher Howse

This week on Spectator Out Loud: Mary Wakefield tells us about her frustrating experience trying to give blood (00:49), James Ball says that it may be the beginning of the end for Mark Zuckerberg (07…

00:22:04 | Sat 22 Oct 2022

Will the Republicans win the midterms?

Republican strategist Luke Thompson returns to Americano to give Freddy Gray the lowdown on how things are shaping up ahead of the midterm elections in November.

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00:41:46 | Fri 21 Oct 2022

Innovator of the Year Awards: Bristol and Birmingham

For this year's Midlands and Southwest Innovator of the Year Awards, the judges met four finalists at each region respectively. These eight finalists were shortlisted down from a record 176 applicati…

02:59:46 | Fri 21 Oct 2022

The Edition: the lady vanishes

On this week's podcast:

After the markets saw off Kwarteng, Trussonomics and now Truss herself, James Forsyth writes in The Spectator that the markets will be driving British politics for the foresee…

00:40:42 | Thu 20 Oct 2022

Coffee House Shots Live

Fraser Nelson, James Forsyth, Katy Balls and Kate Andrews discuss plans to stop spiralling inflation – and a spiralling government.