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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Americano: Can the west end the Ukraine war?
The Spectator's contributing editor Paul Wood interviews Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution, who also served as a director within President Trump's national security council, where her brief …
00:45:37 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
The Edition: Biden's war
In this week’s episode: Is Biden’s approach to the war in Ukraine more calculating than it seems?
For this week’s cover piece, in this week’s cover piece, Matt Purple examines Biden’s response to the …
00:36:17 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
The Book Club: Helen Bond and Joan Taylor
In this week's Book Club podcast, we ask: did the chroniclers of the early Church cover up evidence that the disciples and evangelists of Christ were as often women as men? Sam's guests are the schol…
00:36:28 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Table Talk: Lance Forman
Lance Forman is the owner of H. Forman & Son, Britain's leading salmon smokers and author of Forman's Games. He was elected a Brexit Party MEP for London in the 2019 European election but quit the pa…
00:22:23 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson, Jade McGlynn and Nick Newman
On this week's episode, we'll hear from Damian Thompson on the Patriarch in league with Putin. (00:58)
Next, Jade McGlynn on how Russian TV is presenting the war to its people. (08:46)
And finally, Nic…
Next, Jade McGlynn on how Russian TV is presenting the war to its people. (08:46)
And finally, Nic…
00:23:31 |
Sat 26 Mar 2022
Women With Balls: the Anji Hunter edition
Anji Hunter is the former gatekeeper to Tony Blair's Labour government. She was once described as the most influential non-elected person in Downing Street and became one of Blair's closest confidant…
00:48:03 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
The Edition: Turkey's dilemma
In this week’s episode: could President Erdogan broker a peace deal between Putin and the West?
For this week’s cover piece, Owen Matthews has written about how Turkey’s President Erdogan became a ke…
00:38:56 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Chinese Whispers: the Taiwanese view on Ukraine
Taiwan is not Ukraine. But despite the very important differences in their situations, the Russian invasion can still shed much light on Taiwan's future. Even many Taiwanese think so – and have follo…
00:35:22 |
Tue 22 Mar 2022
The Book Club: Francis Fukuyama
In this week’s Book Club podcast Sam is joined by Francis Fukuyama to talk about his new book Liberalism and its Discontents. He tells Sam how a system that has built peace and prosperity since the E…
00:37:09 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Lionel Shriver, Kate Andrews and Nicholas Farrell
On this week's episode, we'll hear from Lionel Shriver on if western populations would fight to defend their homeland in the way we have seen the Ukrainians have. (00:53)
Next, Kate Andrews on the rea…
Next, Kate Andrews on the rea…
00:21:17 |
Sat 19 Mar 2022
The Edition: The Western Front
In this week’s episode: Has Putin’s invasion of Ukraine exposed the West’s weakness - or its strength?
For this week, Sergey Radchenko, a Cold War historian writes about the draconian anti-war measure…
00:44:32 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Marshall Matters: Konstantin Kisin
This week Winston is joined by Russian-British comedian, podcaster and author Konstantin Kisin. Konstantin gives his insight into the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Russian mindset, the potent myth of f…
00:34:32 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
The Book Club: Colm Toibin
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Colm Toibin. Best known as a novelist, Colm’s new book is his first collection of poetry, Vinegar Hill. He tells me about coming late to poetry, the freed…
00:39:46 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Should the West offer Putin an ‘Offramp’?
Freddy talks to Anatoly Karlin, author of the Powerful Takes Substack. Speaking from Moscow, Anatoly discloses the extent of support for anti-war protests in Russia and the role of the US in inciting…
00:38:57 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Table Talk: with Mitch Tonks
Mitch Tonks is an award-winning restauranteur and chef. He runs the Rockfish restaurant group in Devon and Dorset, and the Seahorse restaurant in Dartmouth. He has written six cookbooks. On the podca…
00:18:04 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Mary Wakefield and Nicola Shulman
On this episode of Spectator Out Loud, Douglas Murray starts by explaining why C. S. Lewis was right about war. (00:56) Mary Wakefield is up next, looking at the founding myth that Russia and Ukraine…
00:28:30 |
Sat 12 Mar 2022
Women With Balls: with Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman is the Conservative MP for Fareham and became the first female elected Attorney General in 2020. Formerly known as one of the Brexit Spartans, she talks on the podcast, about growing…
00:37:05 |
Fri 11 Mar 2022
The Edition: Border farce
In this week’s episode: is the UK dragging its feet when it comes to Ukrainian refugees?
For this week’s cover piece, Kate Andrews and Max Jeffery report from Calais, where they have been talking with…
For this week’s cover piece, Kate Andrews and Max Jeffery report from Calais, where they have been talking with…
00:42:11 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Lessons from history: improving UK railways for passengers
The UK has recently lifted almost every Covid restriction and with that, thousands of commuters will return to their offices. Will those memories of delays, cancellations, costly tickets and overcrow…
00:30:06 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Women With Balls: how to fight back online scams?
During the pandemic, we spent more time online than ever before and this has seen a boom in online fraud. It's estimated that scam adverts have tricked 1 in 10 people on the biggest online platforms …
00:27:32 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
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