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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
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
Chinese Whispers: will Truss declare a genocide in Xinjiang?
After a long summer of hustings, Liz Truss has finally been confirmed today as the next leader of the Conservative party. As she gets the keys to Downing Street, she'll finally be able to carry out h…
00:23:38 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
The Week in 60 Minutes: Meghan returns and Macron vs Truss
John Connolly, The Spectator's news editor, is joined by deputy editor Freddy Gray; political editor James Forsyth; business editor Martin Vander Weyer; assistant editor Isabel Hardman; contributors …
01:10:23 |
Sun 04 Sep 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Keiron Pim, Miranda Morrison and Cosmo Landesman
This week on Spectator Out Loud: Keiron Pim discusses what young Ukrainians can learn from the works of Joseph Roth (01:00), Miranda Morrison reflects on her decision to quit her job as a teacher (11…
00:24:45 |
Sat 03 Sep 2022
Americano: Is Catholicism becoming cool?
Freddy Gray speaks to Julia Yost about her recent New York Times column, 'New York's Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church'.
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00:24:38 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
The Edition: Drama queens
In this week's episode:
We look ahead to Harry and Meghan’s UK tour next week, how will they be received?
Freddy Gray and Tanya Gold join the Edition podcast to discuss (01:01).
Also this week:
In th…
We look ahead to Harry and Meghan’s UK tour next week, how will they be received?
Freddy Gray and Tanya Gold join the Edition podcast to discuss (01:01).
Also this week:
In th…
00:36:08 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
The Book Club: Francis Fukuyama
This week we spotlight our most popular episode of the last year, Sam's conversation with Francis Fukuyama about his book Liberalism and its Discontents. He tells Sam how a system that has built peac…
00:37:09 |
Wed 31 Aug 2022
Table Talk: With Al and Kitty Tait
Al and Kitty Tait run the Orange Bakery in Watlington, and are the authors of Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives. On the podcast, the father-and-daughter pair explain how cooking changed their r…
00:24:30 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Marshall Matters: With Yasmine Mohammed
Winston speaks with author and human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed. They discuss Salman Rushdie’s Fatwa, The Satanic Verses, Islamic blasphemy laws and how liberals empower radical Islam.
Hosted…
00:47:31 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Svitlana Morenets, Cindy Yu and John Connolly
This week on Spectator Out Loud, Svitlana Morenets discusses the changes to the syllabus in Ukraine and the difficult decision parents are having to make over whether to send their children back to s…
00:18:12 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
Americano: What is going on with Curtis Yarvin?
Curtis Yarvin is, according to the New York Times, a 'neo-reactionary blogger'. What would Henry VII make of Elizabeth II? What good has American foreign policy done? Why did he support the war in Ir…
01:23:48 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
The Edition: lockdown files
In this week’s episode:
What has Rishi Sunak revealed about the lockdown decisions made behind closed doors?
Fraser Nelson, Katy Balls and Kate Andrews join the Edition podcast to discuss (1.14).
Also t…
What has Rishi Sunak revealed about the lockdown decisions made behind closed doors?
Fraser Nelson, Katy Balls and Kate Andrews join the Edition podcast to discuss (1.14).
Also t…
00:41:48 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
The Book Club: Salman Rushdie
This week we revisit Sam's conversation with Sir Salman Rushdie, recorded just before the pandemic. ‘Things that would have seemed utterly improbable now happen on a daily basis’, Sir Salman Rushdie …
01:00:46 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
Americano: what next for Liz Cheney?
Yesterday Liz Cheney lost the Republican nomination for Wyoming's House seat to the Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman. Freddy Gray is joined by the author and journalist James Pogue to discuss t…
00:20:09 |
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Chinese Whispers: how China replaced Russia in Kazakhstan and beyond
What does China want with Xinjiang? Its systematic repression of the Uyghur people and other regional minorities has shocked the world, eliciting accusations of genocide from politicians and activist…
00:41:14 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
The Week in 60 Minutes: Truss's cabinet and Rushdie's critics
Fraser Nelson, The Spectator’s editor, speaks to our columnist Lionel Shriver about the attack on Salman Rushdie:
‘Publishing has become completely paranoid about putting out anything that might be in…
‘Publishing has become completely paranoid about putting out anything that might be in…
01:06:44 |
Sun 21 Aug 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Toby Young and Mark Palmer
On this episode of Spectator Out Loud, Katy Balls discusses the challenges facing prospective PM Liz Truss (00:52). Toby Young shares why he is defending a pro-Putin apologist (06:45) and Mark Palmer…
00:14:52 |
Sat 20 Aug 2022
The Edition: Prima donna
In this week’s episode:
Is Giorgia Meloni the most dangerous woman in Europe?
Spectator contributor, Nicholas Farrell and political correspondent at Bloomberg, Chiara Albanese join us to discuss the…
Is Giorgia Meloni the most dangerous woman in Europe?
Spectator contributor, Nicholas Farrell and political correspondent at Bloomberg, Chiara Albanese join us to discuss the…
00:43:03 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Book Club: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones – whose new book A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA looks at the real-life story behind one of the most mythologised age…
00:45:58 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Table Talk: Paul Feig
Paul Feig is an actor, comedian and acclaimed filmmaker. He has been behind films such as Bridesmaids, The Heat and the 2016 remake of Ghostbusters as well as episodes of Parks and Recreation and The…
00:25:01 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
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