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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Jonathan Miller, Matthew Lynn and Melissa Kite
On this week's episode, Jonathan Miller, author of France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown talks about the French 'vaccine passport' protests; Financial columnist Matthew Lynn reflects o…
00:19:27 |
Sat 14 Aug 2021
Holy Smoke: Is the Catholic Church falling apart?
In the last episode of Holy Smoke, I discussed Pope Francis's brutal and petty new document which seeks to ban as many Latin Masses as possible. This week we look at the other recent developments, wh…
00:19:32 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
The Edition: The cost of net zero
This week on The Edition:
How expensive will it be to get to net zero and what is the cost of not reaching this goal?(00:48) Also on the podcast: Are international PCR tests a new racket?(17:56) And …
How expensive will it be to get to net zero and what is the cost of not reaching this goal?(00:48) Also on the podcast: Are international PCR tests a new racket?(17:56) And …
00:35:11 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
Americano: Why did Andrew Cuomo resign?
Andrew Cuomo has resigned as governor of New York after an inquiry found he sexually assaulted multiple women. Why was the Governor so loved by Democrats, should he really have resigned over the stat…
00:24:19 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
It is all about you: building a patient-centred NHS
Conversations about ‘modernising’ the NHS have been happening for almost as long as the NHS itself. The 2019 Long Term Plan put so-called ‘patient-centred care’ at the forefront, writing that: “The N…
00:33:15 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Chinese Whispers: ketamine in China
It might be an understatement to say that China has a difficult relationship with drugs. Most infamously, the Opium Wars of the 1800s saw British soldiers fight against the Qing dynasty to protect th…
00:23:06 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
The Week in 60 Minutes: Vaccine bribes & Putin's pirates
Cindy Yu is joined by Professor Ciaran Martin, former chair of the National Cyber Security Centre; Robert Bigman, former chief information security officer at the CIA; Andy Owen, author and former in…
01:04:26 |
Sun 08 Aug 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Andy Owen, Mary Wakefield and Toby Young
On this week's episode, former intelligence officer Andy Owen gives his reflections on where we went wrong in Afghanistan - based on what he saw on the ground; Spectator columnist Mary Wakefield talk…
00:20:18 |
Sat 07 Aug 2021
Americano: Will Michael Wolff ever have to write a fourth Trump book?
Freddy's guest on this week's episode is the famed journalist Michael Wolff, author of three books on Donald Trump - the bestseller Fire and Fury, its very popular follow up Siege and the latest, Lan…
00:30:00 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
The Edition: The heist
This week in The Edition: What is the true threat of ransomware both to our governments and us individually?(00:30) Also on the podcast: What are the Italian ‘Green Pass’ Protests?(15:14) And finally…
00:37:06 |
Thu 05 Aug 2021
The Book Club: Iain MacGregor
In this week's Book Club podcast we anticipate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up by talking to Iain MacGregor about his book Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall And The M…
00:54:10 |
Wed 04 Aug 2021
Table Talk: Molly Baz
Molly Baz is a cook, recipe developer, video host, cookbook author, and a self proclaimed weenie lover. On this episode, Ella talks to Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts about her food revelation with…
00:35:27 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Charlotte Eagar, Lionel Shriver and Tom Ough
This week we’ll hear Charlotte Eagar on how the arrival of the alpha migrants may be the solution to our labour shortage (00:56), Lionel Shriver on her bewilderment about people still having the Covi…
00:19:17 |
Sat 31 Jul 2021
Women with Balls: The Joanna Scanlan Edition
Joanna Scanlan, an actress best known for her role of Terri in the The Thick of It, had a long and winding road before becoming a star of stage and screen. Born in Cheshire and moved to Wales aged th…
00:38:13 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
The Edition: Turning the tide
This week on The Edition: Is there a humane solution to Britain’s migrant crisis?(00:52) Also on the podcast: Why is the WHO so down on e-cigarettes?(16:23) and finally... after a year and a half ins…
00:40:10 |
Thu 29 Jul 2021
The Book Club: Mary Ann Sieghart
Sam's guest in this week’s books podcast is Mary Ann Sieghart, whose new book The Authority Gap accumulates data to show that so-called 'mansplaining' isn’t a minor irritation but the manifestation o…
00:36:29 |
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Spectator Briefings: can businesses achieve net zero?
Responsible for 17 per cent of the UK’s carbon usage, government will be looking to the private sector to reduce its emissions in the years to come. But what does it really mean for a business to ach…
00:59:00 |
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Chinese Whispers: black cat or white cat?
For most people, Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping stand out as the two Communist leaders of the People’s Republic of China. But growing up, it was actually a third man, by the name of Deng Xiaoping, whose l…
00:41:27 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Douglas Murray and Nigel Farndale
This week we’ll hear Katy Balls on the government’s dwindling COVID optimism (00:41), Douglas Murray’s prediction of a dull decade of arrested development (04:26) and finally Nigel Farndale of why we…
00:21:41 |
Sat 24 Jul 2021
The Edition: The right to party
This week on The Edition:
How free are we after freedom day?(00:27) Also on the podcast: Why does it take hours to refuel your car in Lebanon?(10:19) and finally… Is British gardening wilting or bloom…
How free are we after freedom day?(00:27) Also on the podcast: Why does it take hours to refuel your car in Lebanon?(10:19) and finally… Is British gardening wilting or bloom…
00:33:41 |
Thu 22 Jul 2021
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