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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Book Club: Tom Burgis
In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam talks to the investigative reporter Tom Burgis – just days after the High Court threw out an attempt from a London-based company run by eastern European oligarch…
00:53:13 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Americano: The kleptocratic connections between the US and Ukraine
Freddy sits down with Casey Michel, author of the book American Kleptocracy. On the podcast Casey talks about the curious and rather shady financial ties between Ukraine and America.
Hosted on Aca…
00:29:59 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Marshall Matters: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
On this week's episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in Ukraine. Svyatoslav is the lead singer of Ukraine’s biggest band, Okean Elzy. He has also served in the Ukraini…
00:20:04 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Chinese Whispers: Freud and China – a love affair
This episode of Chinese Whispers is slightly different – instead of taking a look at a theme within China, Cindy and her guest see China through the eyes of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Professor…
00:40:09 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Freddy Gray, Lionel Shriver and Philip Patrick
On this week's episode, we'll hear from Freddy Gray on his time spent on the Poland–Ukraine border. (00:52)
Next, Lionel Shriver on the return of actual badness. (06:28)
And finally, Philip Patrick on …
Next, Lionel Shriver on the return of actual badness. (06:28)
And finally, Philip Patrick on …
00:21:03 |
Sat 05 Mar 2022
The Edition: Putin's rage
In this week’s episode: What’s the mood on the ground in Ukraine and Russia?
For this week’s cover piece, Owen Matthews asks whether the invasion of Ukraine will mean the end of Putin’s regime. And in…
00:38:23 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
The Book Club: Christopher de Bellaigue
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam is joined by the historian Christopher de Bellaigue to talk about The Lion House, his scintillating and idiosyncratic new book about the great Sultan Suleyman th…
00:39:05 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Marshall Matters: Artemy Troitsky
On this week’s episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Russian author, journalist and culture and music historian Artemy Troitsky. Troitsky has had a long history of being anti-establishment…
00:35:35 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Spectator Out Loud: John Keiger, Mary Wakefield and Sean Thomas
On this week's episode, we’ll hear from John Keiger on Emmanuel Macron’s brand of performative diplomacy. (00:53)
Next, Mary Wakefield on the few pros and many cons of the lady carriage. (10:30)
And fi…
Next, Mary Wakefield on the few pros and many cons of the lady carriage. (10:30)
And fi…
00:20:43 |
Sat 26 Feb 2022
The Edition: Vlad the Invader
In this week’s episode: What does Putin really want for Russia?
For this week’s cover story, Niall Ferguson writes about how Putin seems to be trying to recreate the Russia of the Past, while this wee…
00:35:19 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
The Book Club: The centenary of literary Modernism
In this week's Book Club podcast, we're going back 100 years to 1922 – the year which is usually seen as heralding the birth of literary Modernism. Sam's guests are Richard Davenport-Hines, author of…
00:43:06 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Chinese Whispers: what happens when China's population shrinks?
China’s population is ageing. It’s estimated that a quarter of Chinese people will be elderly within three decades. The relaxing of its one child policy – first to two children in 2016 and then to th…
00:45:41 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Marshall Matters: Tracy-Ann Oberman
This week on Marshall Matters Winston is joined by British actress Tracy-Ann Oberman, star of Afterlife, Toast of London, Ridley Road and Eastenders, to name but a few. Tracy-Ann discussed the proble…
00:44:37 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Is Joe Biden all that bad?
Freddy Gray talks to Dr Julie Norman, lecturer and co-director of the Centre on US politics at University College London, about the case for the defence of the Biden presidency so far.
Hosted on A…
00:31:49 |
Sat 19 Feb 2022
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Julie Bindel and Douglas Murray
On this week's episode, we’ll hear from Katy Balls on Labour’s strategy – would Starmer actually prefer Boris Johnson to stay in place? (00:51)
Next, Julie Bindel on the rise of lesbian divorce (06:12…
Next, Julie Bindel on the rise of lesbian divorce (06:12…
00:22:30 |
Sat 19 Feb 2022
The Edition: Theatre of war
In this week’s episode: What is the next act in Putin’s theatre of war?
For this week’s cover story, James Forsyth writes about Putin’s dangerous dramatics on the Russian-Ukrainian border and where th…
00:33:50 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
The Book Club: Anna Keay
Sam's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the historian Anna Keay. In her new book The Restless Republic: Britain Without A Crown she describes the short but traumatic period between the execut…
00:37:34 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Table Talk: With Rory Stewart
Former Tory MP, Rory Stewart, has played many roles through out his life. An academic, a diplomat, and a soldier. Rory is currently a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global A…
00:17:01 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Marshall Matters: Don McLean
This week Winston is joined by American songwriting legend Don McLean. Don discusses his work, the atmosphere of America when he was starting in the 60s compared to now, and how he predicted the stat…
00:25:14 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Americano: Is it possible to be a conservative on social media?
Freddy sits down with Lauren Southern a former YouTube personality and now a documentary filmmaker. Lauren has been described as one of the leaders of the Alt-Right movement. Which is a label Lauren …
00:28:11 |
Sun 13 Feb 2022
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