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Average duration: 33 minutes
Episodes: 2370
Years Active: 2016 - 2025

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Marshall Matters: With Ariel Pink

Winston speaks with American indie legend Ariel Pink. The accomplished singer-songwriter had his life turned on its head for the great crime of supporting Trump. Listen to find out what happened and …

00:25:59 | Mon 15 Aug 2022

Spectator Out Loud: Freddy Gray, Mary Killen and Jonathan Miller

Freddy Gray questions Biden’s supposed ‘hot streak’ (00:55), Mary Killen warns that a neighbourly feud is worse than a hosepipe ban (07:19) and Jonathan Miller talks about France’s sexual civil war (…

00:20:45 | Sat 13 Aug 2022

The Edition: Water woes

In this week’s episode:

Who’s to blame for the water shortages?

James Forsyth, The Spectator’s political editor and Ciaran Nelson from Anglian Water join us to discuss the UK’s deteriorating water supp…

00:38:18 | Thu 11 Aug 2022

The Book Club: Andrea Wulf

In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by Andrea Wulf to talk about the birth of Romanticism at the end of the 18th century. Her new book Magnificent Rebels tells the story of the "Jena set" – …

00:47:31 | Wed 10 Aug 2022

Podcast special: Is British farming fit for the future?

It’s estimated that the average age of a British farmer is 59. This raises questions about the future of British farming. Are young people just not interested?

On this episode, The Spectator’s economi…

00:27:11 | Mon 08 Aug 2022

The Week in 60 Minutes: Trump's FBI raid & Britain dries up

Katy Balls, The Spectator’s deputy political editor, speaks to Freddy Gray, our deputy editor, about the FBI raid of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence:

‘There’s some desperation to get Trump. It’s s…

00:59:36 | Sun 07 Aug 2022

Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Rachel Johnson and Neil Clark

On this week's episode: Katy Balls has written about what foreign policy would look like under a Liz Truss government (0:54). Rachel Johnson believes we can all learn from the Lionesses’ victory (06…

00:20:53 | Sat 06 Aug 2022

Chinese Whispers: Taiwan deals with the fallout from Pelosi's tour

Nancy Pelosi’s controversial trip to Taiwan made headlines across the world this week, after President Xi’s warnings to the US ‘not to play with fire’. Furious, Beijing has responded with economic sa…

00:25:08 | Fri 05 Aug 2022

The Edition: China's baby bust

In this week’s episode:

Is China heading for a demographic disaster?

Rana Mitter and Cindy Yi discuss China’s declining birth rate and what this could do to their economy. (0.52)

Also this week:

What wou…

00:36:16 | Thu 04 Aug 2022

The Book Club: Chloë Ashby

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the critic, novelist and art historian Chloë Ashby. In her new book Colours of Art: The Story of Art in 80 Palettes she takes a look at how the history of…

00:38:54 | Wed 03 Aug 2022

Table Talk: Aidan Hartley

Aidan Hartley is a writer and entrepreneur. Born in Kenya, he grew up in Africa and England and has worked as a reporter for Reuters all over the world. Aidan has also written The Spectator’s Wild li…

00:23:12 | Tue 02 Aug 2022

Americano: Is Nancy Pelosi about to cause world war three?

Freddy Gray speaks with Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of The National Interest, ahead of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. They discuss if this is a turning point in US relations with Taiwan…

00:14:15 | Tue 02 Aug 2022

Marshall Matters: With Rosie Kay

Winston speaks with dancer and choreographer Rosie Kay. Rosie is returning to the world of dance after being forced to resign from her eponymous company in 2021 when she ran afoul of trans ideologues…

00:36:07 | Mon 01 Aug 2022

Spectator Out Loud: Sam Leith, Kate Andrews and Toby Young

On this week's episode: Sam Leith looks at what TikTok and tech have done to our memories (0:34). Kate Andrews is in two minds about Trussonomics (06:50) and Toby Young tells us about a holiday to Ic…

00:17:25 | Sat 30 Jul 2022

Americano: Is inflation over?

Freddy Gray is joined by Kate Andrews, the Spectator’s economics editor; and Mark Asquith, a fund manager, to discuss if the worst of America's inflationary pressures will soon be a thing of the past…

00:20:43 | Fri 29 Jul 2022

The Edition: Rishi's mad dash

In this week’s episode:

Can Rishi catch up?

Katy Balls and Kate Andrews discuss Rishi Sunak’s mad dash to catch up with his rival, Liz Truss in the polls (0.55)

Also this week:

Is it time the UK severed …

00:46:58 | Thu 28 Jul 2022

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