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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Podcast special: how to wean Britain off Russian fertiliser
28 per cent of the world's fertiliser supply comes from Russia and Ukraine. Since war broke out in February, fertiliser prices have rocketed to record highs because of the disruption. British farmers…
00:17:18 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Chinese Whispers: being gay in China
I recently caught a rare viewing of a 2001 Chinese film, Lan Yu. It tells the story of two gay men falling in love and finding domestic life throughout the reform and opening years of China. The film…
00:30:42 |
Mon 17 Oct 2022
Innovator of the Year Awards: Leeds
For the next round of The Spectator’s Economic Innovator of the Year Awards sponsored by Investec, we met in Leeds at the Dakota hotel and restaurant.
For the Yorkshire and Northeast region, three f…
For the Yorkshire and Northeast region, three f…
00:22:40 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Harriet Sergeant, Lionel Shriver, Martin Vander Weyer and Philip Patrick
This week: Harriet Sergeant writes about why ethnicity matters in sexual abuse cases (0:30), Lionel Shriver takes aim at the American university students failing their exams, (8:06), Martin Vander We…
00:30:15 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
Women With Balls: Fiona Hill
Fiona Hill is a seasoned political advisor, consultant and strategist. Born in Glasgow, she began her career as the first-ever female football reporter in Scotland. Then after moving into politics, s…
00:39:23 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Innovator of the Year Awards: Edinburgh
The second regional podcast for The Spectator’s Economic Innovator of the Year Award sponsored by Investec was set in the picturesque city of Edinburgh where the judges and finalists met for lunch at…
00:25:57 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
The Edition: Kremlin crack-up
This week:
In his cover piece for the magazine Owen Matthews writes about the power struggle at the heart of Russia. He is joined by Jade McGlynn, specialist in Russian Studies at the Monterey Initiat…
In his cover piece for the magazine Owen Matthews writes about the power struggle at the heart of Russia. He is joined by Jade McGlynn, specialist in Russian Studies at the Monterey Initiat…
00:38:46 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
The Book Club: Al Murray
My guest on this week's podcast is best known as a stand-up comic, and co-host of the hit second world war podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Now Al Murray has produced a book – Command: How Th…
00:46:47 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Table Talk: With Ayesha Hazarika
Ayesha Hazarika is a journalist, broadcaster, stand-up comic and former advisor to three Labour leaders.
On the podcast, she discusses memories of her mother's chicken curry, navigating bacon sandwic…
On the podcast, she discusses memories of her mother's chicken curry, navigating bacon sandwic…
00:20:34 |
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Marshall Matters: James Dreyfus
This week Winston speaks with actor James Dreyfus, star of Gimme Gimme Gimme, The Thin Blue Line and Notting Hill. They discuss his cancellation from Dr Who, the misogyny and homophobia of Trans Radi…
00:37:44 |
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Innovator of the Year Awards: Manchester
This year’s regional podcast series for The Spectator’s Economic Innovator of the Year Awards kicked off with news of a fascinating lunch at The Ivy Cafe in Manchester.
We invited four finalists for …
00:27:47 |
Sun 09 Oct 2022
The Week in 60 Minutes: Putin's nuclear threats & Bolsonaro's surprise
Freddy Gray, The Spectator’s deputy editor, speaks to former Pentagon official, and the author of The Strategy of Denial, Elbridge Colby about the risk of nuclear war with Russia:
‘I’m very suspicious…
‘I’m very suspicious…
01:07:51 |
Sun 09 Oct 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews, Anthony Whitehead and Michael Simmons
This week: Kate Andrews laments how Truss is hurting the free-market cause (00:51), Anthony Whitehead explains the 'arrogance' of the latest environmental activist movement the Tyre Extinguishers (06…
00:16:14 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
Americano: will Biden's pot pardons pay off?
This week Freddy speaks to Madeleine Kearns, staff writer at the National Review, about President Joe Biden's decree that cannabis possession should no longer be a federal crime. Is this a vote winne…
00:19:44 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
Women With Balls: Justine Roberts
Justine Roberts is the CEO and founder of Mumsnet. A website that makes parents’ lives easier by pooling knowledge, advice and support on everything from baby names, and household tips, to who they’r…
00:25:52 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
The Edition: Crash course
On this week's podcast:
As Liz Truss returns from Conservative Party Conference with her wings clipped, has she failed in her revolutionary aims for the party?
James Forsyth discusses this in the cove…
As Liz Truss returns from Conservative Party Conference with her wings clipped, has she failed in her revolutionary aims for the party?
James Forsyth discusses this in the cove…
00:37:09 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
The Book Club: Peter Stothard
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Peter Stothard, whose new book Crassus: The First Tycoon tells the story of the third man in Rome’s great triumvirate: landlord, power-broker, Spartacus’s…
00:40:20 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
Can Britain fight tomorrow's wars?
Join Fraser Nelson and guests as they assess the West’s ability to deter conflict and defend its interests, and discuss how the UK’s armed forces can harness innovation to retain its edge against new…
00:34:56 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
Can Aukus shift the balance in the Pacific?
Liz Truss has spoken about an axis of liberty becoming the basis of Britain’s foreign policy. The Aukus alliance is a cornerstone of new security architecture. Join The Spectator’s Cindy Yu and speci…
00:41:33 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
74 Years of the NHS: Can its crisis be cured?
As the NHS turns 74, the service has never been under so much strain. The pandemic has created record waiting lists of almost seven million in England alone. Every month, tens of thousands of acciden…
00:30:02 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
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