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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Women With Balls: saving for a rainy day
The past year has served as a reminder how quickly one's personal circumstances can change. In uncertain times such as these, financial resilience is more important than ever. But whilst savings for …
00:37:40 |
Fri 28 May 2021
The Edition: how the lab leak theory is looking increasingly plausible
We’re still none the wiser about the origins of coronavirus, but has the lab leak theory just got more credible (00:55) Also on the podcast: are English tourists welcome in Scotland (15:25)? And is b…
00:37:31 |
Thu 27 May 2021
The Book Club: the crew who braved an Antarctic winter
Sam Leith's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Julian Sancton, whose new book Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night, documents the crew of men w…
00:43:08 |
Wed 26 May 2021
Table Talk: with Patrick Jephson
Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times best selling author. From 1988 to 1996, Patrick worked first as Princess Diana's equerry and then as her private secretary.…
00:33:19 |
Tue 25 May 2021
Playing catch-up: getting on top of cancer waiting lists
As the UK’s vaccine rollout provides a way out of the Covid pandemic, we are set to discover a host of new crises created from over a year spent in and out of lockdown.
The cancer crisis is just star…
00:28:52 |
Mon 24 May 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Richard Dobbs, Tanya Gold and Rory Sutherland
In this episode, Richard Dobbs reads his piece on why he's considering giving up his second vaccine for people more in need (00:55); Tanya Gold reports from her Kent road trip in a Ferrari (07:50); a…
00:17:22 |
Sat 22 May 2021
Around the corner: what will the future of transport look like?
What does the future of transport look like? From electric vehicles to driverless cars, a smarter way to get around the city may be just around the corner. The future of transport will be more effici…
00:29:28 |
Fri 21 May 2021
The Edition: TikTok intifada
In this week’s podcast, we talk to James Ball, author of this week’s cover story on the ‘TikTok Intifada’ about the themes he uncovers in his analysis of the impact of social media on the conflict in…
00:33:42 |
Thu 20 May 2021
The Book Club: the great and comedic life of D H Lawrence
Sam Leith's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Frances Wilson, whose new book Burning Man: The Ascent of D H Lawrence sets out to take a fresh look at a now unfashionable figure. Frances tells…
00:43:41 |
Wed 19 May 2021
The Green Room: has liberalism gone too far?
In this week’s episode of The Green Room, Deputy Editor of The Spectator's world edition Dominic Green meets the author Sohrab Ahmari for a chat about his new book, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering T…
00:26:39 |
Tue 18 May 2021
Chinese Whispers: the fightback against facial recognition
China has run wild with facial recognition. From using it to ration tissues in public toilets, to identifying highest paying customers in stores and criminals from a crowd, what is a budding technolo…
00:40:21 |
Mon 17 May 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Leo McKinstry, Emily Hill and Daisy Dunn
On this week's episode, Leo McKinstry starts by arguing that having to sell the family home to pay for social care is not an injustice. (00:50) Then, Emily Hill reads her piece. She's not looking for…
00:19:07 |
Sat 15 May 2021
Women With Balls: with Katy Searle
Katy Searle is the Executive Editor of Politics at BBC News. She is known for overseeing numerous blockbuster political moments, including the infamous kitchen interviews with Ed Miliband and David C…
00:30:17 |
Fri 14 May 2021
The Edition: the great pretender
In this week’s podcast, we talk to The Spectator's editor Fraser Nelson and associate editor Douglas Murray about the challenges facing a freshly re-elected SNP. What next for Nicola Sturgeon - full …
00:31:00 |
Thu 13 May 2021
The Book Club: Happy 80th birthday, Bob Dylan
In this week's Book Club podcast, we're celebrating the 80th birthday of Bob Dylan. Sam Leith's guests are the former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, and Clinton Heylin, the Dylanologist's Dylanologist …
00:40:28 |
Wed 12 May 2021
Table Talk: with Jonathan Drori
Jonathan Drori CBE is a Trustee of the Eden Project and Cambridge Science Centre, an ambassador for WWF, and was for nine years a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In a previous life at the …
00:25:13 |
Tue 11 May 2021
The Week in 60 Minutes: Second Cold War and steely Sturgeon
On this week's episode, Cindy Yu is joined by the journalist Isabel Oakeshott, Spectator contributor Stephen Daisley, historian Niall Ferguson, and Professor Jay Bhattacharya.
We discuss why Boris can…
We discuss why Boris can…
01:07:27 |
Sun 09 May 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Leading article, Fiona Mountford, Laurie Graham and Isabel Hardman
On this week's episode, Fraser Nelson starts by reading our leading article: the Prime Minister promised 'data, not dates', so should we reopen before 21 June? (01:15) Fiona Mountford is on next, say…
00:24:09 |
Sat 08 May 2021
Brexit Britain: the opportunities and pitfalls for British healthcare
If it hadn't been for the pandemic, the past year would have likely been dominated by a familiar topic - Brexit. The decision to leave, we're told, presents the UK with endless opportunity in a varie…
00:31:09 |
Fri 07 May 2021
The Edition: The China model
In this week’s podcast, we talk to the author of our cover story, eminent author, historian and broadcaster Niall Ferguson, who says that the West and China are in the throes of a new cold war. Joini…
00:26:01 |
Thu 06 May 2021
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