Best of the Spectator
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Table Talk: with Bee Wilson
Beatrice ‘Bee’ Wilson is an acclaimed food writer and journalist, who has authored several books on topics from how bees make honey to the history of the sandwich. On the podcast, Bee discusses the f…
00:44:27 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Inflation, rates and dividends: A financial review of 2021
The world economy is bouncing back from the economic impacts of Covid 19. It has been bumpy year of recovery with labour shortages and consistent inflationary pressures. But it hasn't been all doom a…
00:36:01 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Spectator Out Loud Christmas Special: Lara Prendergast, Christopher Howse, Lionel Shriver, Peter Hitchens, Joanna Lumley, Caroline Moore
On this week's very special Christmas episode, we'll hear from Lara Prendergast on why she’s planning to party hard this Christmas. (00:57)
Next, Christopher Howse on those helping to preserve the UK’…
00:55:05 |
Sat 18 Dec 2021
Americano's Year in Review - 2021
Douglas Murray joins Freddy Gray for a look back at yet another tumultuous year in American politics. They discuss the irreconcilable divide between left and right, the origins of Covid-19, the war i…
00:41:46 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Women With Balls: with Tzipi Hotovely
Tzipi Hotovely is the current Israeli Ambassador to the UK. She was formerly a politician in Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, having climbed the ranks to become deputy foreign minister. On the episo…
00:29:45 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
The Edition: Christmas Special
Welcome to the special Christmas episode of The Edition!
In this episode, we look at five major topics that dominated the news this year and the pages of The Spectator.
First up a review of the year …
01:29:20 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
The Book Club: Siri Hustvedt
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer Siri Hustvedt, whose latest book is a collection of essays: Mothers, Fathers and Others. She tells Sam what literary critics get wrong, why …
00:46:53 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Podcast special: Health and the big social divide
We've long known that where you live, who you live with, how you grew up and your quality of life can have long-lasting consequences for your health. Socioeconomic backgrounds are directly linked to …
00:27:32 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Health and the big social divide
We've long known that where you live, who you live with, how you grow up, and how much money you have can have long lasting consequences for you health. Those that live in inner city neighbourhoods a…
00:27:32 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Chinese Whispers: the power of Weibo
When the tennis star Peng Shuai had a row with her former lover, the retired Party cadre Zhang Gaoli, she took to Weibo, the Chinese social media platform, where she had half a million followers. It …
00:39:24 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Mary Wakefield, Peter Hitchens
On this week's episode, we’ll hear from Douglas Murray on the political fate of US vice president Kamala Harris. (00:58)
Next, Mary Wakefield on her experience during storm Arwen and subsequent media …
00:22:07 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Americano: Ian Maxwell on the treatment of Ghislaine
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell has gripped the world, a woman accused of truly horrendous crimes. But have we as a society thrown out the cardinal rule of innocent until proven guilty? Freddy Gray si…
00:23:37 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
Was COP26 really worth crying about?
When the Glasgow climate jamboree ended after two weeks, COP26 President Alok Sharma broke down in tears and seemed to apologise for his failure to get countries like China and India on side. But now…
00:32:02 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
The Edition: How Britain became Europe’s drugs capital
In this week’s episode: Is there any substance to the government’s new drugs agenda?
In The Spectator this week Fraser Nelson writes the cover story on the government’s new 10 years drugs plan and fin…
00:37:09 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
The Book Club: Kevin Birmingham
Sam's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Kevin Birmingham, whose new book The Sinner and The Saint: Dostoevsky, A Crime and its Punishment, tells the extraordinary story of how Dostoevsky came…
00:39:12 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Table Talk: with Alf Dubs
Lord Alf Dubs is a politician. He moved to the UK as a child when the Nazis invaded what was then Czechoslovakia, and went on to become an MP, a parliamentary under secretary for Northern Ireland, an…
00:23:39 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Wolfgang Munchau, Andrew Watts, Hannah Tomes
On this week's episode, we’ll hear from Wolfgang Munchau on the political situation in Germany. (00:49)
Next, Andrew Watts on his year long battle against a parking ticket. (11:01)
And finally, Hannah …
00:18:28 |
Sat 04 Dec 2021
Women With Balls: with Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson is the shadow education secretary and MP for Houghton and Sunderland South. On this episode, recorded just before Labour's last reshuffle where Bridget was promoted, she talks to K…
00:27:28 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
The Edition: Hospital pass
In this week’s episode: Is the current NHS crisis a bug or a feature?
In the Spectator’s cover story this week, our economics editor Kate Andrews writes about the state of the NHS and why even though …
00:40:57 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
Podcast special: money through the generations
Money is not generally discussed at the dinner table, and inheritance even less so. So, do parents do enough to pass down responsible personal finance habits to the next generation? And if not, how c…
00:29:01 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
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