Best of the Spectator
Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Are progressive elites destroying the idea of America?
Freddy Gray talks to the academic Victor Davis Hanson about his latest book The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America.
Hosted on Aca…
00:26:29 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
The Book Club: James Holland
In this week's Book Club podcast Sam is joined by the historian James Holland to talk about his fascinating new book Brothers In Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day. J…
00:36:02 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Podcast special: Can green growth supercharge the north?
Will the green agenda really create new jobs - or will the cost of net zero dampen economic growth? Katy Balls, the Spectator's deputy political editor is at Conservative Party Conference for a live …
00:59:18 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Aftershock: Education
Aftershock is an occasional podcast series by award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman. In every episode she asks how we can fix the damage caused by the pandemic to a different part of British societ…
00:41:14 |
Tue 19 Oct 2021
Chinese Whispers: Will Xi invade Taiwan?
Last week, the US and Canada each sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan has appealed to the US for faster delivery of fighter aircraft. It's been a tense month in the Strait, kicked off…
00:31:28 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Podcast special: Can fast food ever be green?
Can the company that feeds the world beef burgers lead hospitality in reaching net zero? That’s what McDonald’s hopes to do as they lay out their Plan for Change 2021. With 1400 restaurants, over 23,…
00:37:48 |
Sun 17 Oct 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Paul Wood, Tanya Gold
On this week's episode, we’ll hear Douglas Murray on how the pandemic has made cynics of us all. (00:50)
Paul Wood on why after 10 years he and his family are leaving Lebanon. (08:02)
And finally Tanya…
Paul Wood on why after 10 years he and his family are leaving Lebanon. (08:02)
And finally Tanya…
00:18:36 |
Sat 16 Oct 2021
The Edition: Baby doomers
In this week’s episode: Why are a growing number of people putting the planet before parenthood? Madeleine Kearns writes about this phenomenon in this week’s issue and thinks that some of these fears…
00:37:41 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
The Book Club: Joan Bakewell
In this week’s Book Club podcast Sam's guest is Joan Bakewell, who talks on the podcast about her new book The Tick Of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On. It describes how she made the decision to sell …
00:33:04 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Table Talk: With Laurie Woolever
Laurie Woolever is a writer and editor, and for nearly a decade worked as the assistant to the late author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain. On the podcast, she talks to Lara and Liv about tend…
00:29:24 |
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Holy Smoke: How Christians can fight the menace of university 'cancel culture'
The University of Nottingham has been forced to abandon its sinister attempt to ban Fr David Palmer from becoming its Catholic chaplain because his defence of unborn life might upset snowflakes. In t…
00:30:33 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Lynn, Tanya Gold, James Innes-Smith
On this week's episode, we’ll hear Matthew Lynn’s thoughts on how the gas shortages could lead to a very cold winter. (00:51)
Then, Tanya Gold with a critical take on critics. (04:41)
And finally, Jam…
Then, Tanya Gold with a critical take on critics. (04:41)
And finally, Jam…
00:13:05 |
Sat 09 Oct 2021
Women WIth Balls: the Dehenna Davison Edition
Dehenna Davison is the MP for Bishop Auckland, and a rising star in Boris Johnson's 2019 'red wall' intake. On this episode, recorded just after Conservative party conference, Dehenna tells Katy abou…
00:30:34 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
The Edition: Power grab
In this week’s episode: with the energy crisis picking up pace who are set to be the winners and losers in this cold war for gas? Domestically we are seeing queues for petrol, rising gas prices all i…
00:38:35 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
Americano: Why did Trump's CIA want Assange killed?
On the 15th anniversary of Wikileaks, Freddy Gray speaks to its Editor in Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson about the recent Yahoo article that exposed the fact that the Trump Administration along with the CI…
00:25:51 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
Chinese Whispers: China's love of drinking
Throughout Chinese history, as seen by poems and novels, drinking has been seen as a source for literary inspiration; or a form of manly competition; or, as ever, a status symbol. After a century of …
00:31:49 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Innovator of the Year Awards: Midlands
Our Midlands regional final took place on Zoom — a blast from the regional past, you might say — but was no less enjoyable and stimulating for that, all four regional entrants giving an excellent acc…
00:28:59 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Innovator of the Year Awards: Yorkshire and North East
Our venue for the Yorkshire & North East regional final was the former Leeds Club — where the entrepreneurs of the region’s textile and other manufacturing industries would once have congregated.
We …
We …
00:29:30 |
Sun 03 Oct 2021
The Week in 60 Minutes: Starmer's purge and petrol crisis
Kate Andrews is joined by writer and political activist Paul Embery; journalist Ayesha Hazarika; Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith; security expert Elisabeth Braw, resident fellow at the American Enterprise …
01:07:22 |
Sun 03 Oct 2021
Innovator of the Year Awards: West and South West
All the way south and west to sunny Exeter to meet three more finalists: Bower Collective, a subscription-based provider of a range of household and personal care products with reusable packaging; CC…
00:23:34 |
Sat 02 Oct 2021
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of The Spectator. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.