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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Jenny McCartney, Dan Hitchens and Gus Carter
This week on Spectator Out Loud, Jenny McCartney argues that tomorrow belongs to Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland. What could this mean for reunification (00:55)? Then, Dan Hitchens asks why Oxford kill…
00:24:00 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
Podcast special: Britain in the global fight against Covid
The UK was the first country in the world to begin its formal vaccine rollout, starting with the 91 year old Margaret Keenan. In the years since, the pandemic has been almost entirely routed in this …
00:38:45 |
Fri 30 Sep 2022
The Edition: What crisis?
On this week's podcast:
For the cover of the magazine Kate Andrews assesses the politics of panic, and the fallout of last week's so-called fiscal event. She is joined by Robert Colvile, director of t…
For the cover of the magazine Kate Andrews assesses the politics of panic, and the fallout of last week's so-called fiscal event. She is joined by Robert Colvile, director of t…
00:41:20 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
The Book Club: Lawrence Freedman
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the doyen of war studies, Lawrence Freedman. His new book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine takes a fascinating look at t…
00:40:10 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Americano: Has conservatism been misunderstood?
This week Freddy is joined by political theorist Yoram Hazony. They discuss Yoram's new book Conservatism: A Rediscovery, the origins of American conservatism and whether the family unit will be the …
00:27:10 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Table Talk: With Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. Before this he held prominent positions in Gordon Brown's cabinet, including health secretary and culture secretary.
On the podcast …
On the podcast …
00:23:43 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
The Week in 60 Minutes: Hitchens on nukes & Truss's gas gamble
Katy Balls, The Spectator's deputy political editor, is joined by journalist Peter Hitchens; Spectator contributor Paul Wood; The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews; political editor James For…
00:56:16 |
Sun 25 Sep 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Oliver Basciano, Mary Wakefield and Fiona Mountford
This week on Spectator Out Loud, Oliver Basciano warns that we should brace ourselves for a coup in Brazil (00:53). Then, is three – or more – a crowd? Mary Wakefield discuses this in her Spectator c…
00:20:16 |
Sat 24 Sep 2022
The Edition: Cornered
In this week’s episode:
For the cover of the magazine, Paul Wood asks whether Putin could actually push the nuclear button in order to save himself?
He is joined by The Spectator’s assistant online edi…
For the cover of the magazine, Paul Wood asks whether Putin could actually push the nuclear button in order to save himself?
He is joined by The Spectator’s assistant online edi…
00:41:22 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Americano: what's going to happen in the midterms?
This week Freddy speaks to journalist and political analyst Sean Trende about what we can expect from the November midterms. Is there a red wave incoming? Or will the Democrats do better than expecte…
00:18:49 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
The Book Club: Rediscovering Josephine Tey
On this week’s Book Club podcast we’re talking about the best crime writer you’ve (probably) never heard of. As Penguin reissues three of Josephine Tey’s classic Golden Age novels, I’m joined by Nico…
00:37:49 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Chinese Whispers: life in a mega-city
In the last four decades, hundreds of millions of Chinese have moved into cities. Today, two thirds of the country live in urban areas (compared to just one third in 1985), and many of these are hubs…
00:36:41 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews, Cindy Yu and Alicia Healey
This week on Spectator Out Loud, Owen Matthews evaluates Russia’s ultra-nationalist threat (00:55), Cindy Yu reviews Perhat Tarsun’s The Backstreets (12:36) and ex-royal ladies maid Alicia Healey tel…
00:19:07 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
The Edition: Queen Elizabeth II
On this week’s podcast:
We reflect on the life and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
For The Spectator, A.N. Wilson writes that Queen Elizabeth was a constant in a country that has changed so much, an…
We reflect on the life and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
For The Spectator, A.N. Wilson writes that Queen Elizabeth was a constant in a country that has changed so much, an…
00:33:05 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
The Book Club: A.M. Homes
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is A.M. Homes. She talks about her new novel The Unfolding, which imagines a conspiracy of angry Republicans forming after John McCain’s 2008 election defeat…
00:30:11 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Table Talk: With Oliver Woodhead
Oliver Woodhead is founder of L'Entente, the British brasserie in Paris. On the podcast, he tells Lara and Liv about what the French think about a traditional English breakfast, explains how he was i…
00:23:31 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Marshall Matters: With Laurence Fox
This week on Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with actor turned political activist Laurence Fox on his new film My Son Hunter, Biden corruption, being ostracised from the film industry and the import…
00:30:41 |
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Melanie McDonagh, Katy Balls and Nigel Richardson
This week on Spectator Out Loud: after the sad passing of our longest reigning monarch, the great Queen Elizabeth II, Melanie McDonagh reads her poignant piece on how Britain, as a nation, will be le…
00:14:52 |
Sat 10 Sep 2022
The Edition: Buckle up
In this week’s episode:
As the Liz Truss era begins, we assess the bumpy road that lies ahead of her.
James Forsyth and Rachel Wolf, co-author of the 2019 conservative manifesto, join the Edition pod…
00:34:52 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
The Book Club: Ian McEwan
Sam Leith's guest in this week’s Book Club is Ian McEwan – whose latest novel Lessons draws on his own biography to imagine an 'alternative life' for himself. He tells Sam about what drew him, in his…
00:47:19 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
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