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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2370
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Table Talk: With Carole Hayman
Carole Hayman is a writer, broadcaster, actor and director. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Liv about facing anorexia, London in the late 70s, smoking on stage and cooking while writing.
Hosted …
00:37:40 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Holy Smoke: The Greek Orthodox ancestry of Prince Philip
What were Prince Philip's religious beliefs? The Duke of Edinburgh had Orthodox Christian ancestry, but how was he drawn to its traditions, was he influenced by the Queen's faith, and why was he crit…
00:38:51 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
The Week in 60 Minutes: Salmond's fightback and vaccine ID cards
On this week's episode, Andrew Neil is joined by Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, chief executive of UK Music and former special adviser to Matt Hancock; Spectator contributor Alexander Pelling-Bruce; Alba Party…
00:52:39 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Philip Eade, Dominic Green, Anshel Pfeffer and Lionel Shriver
On this week's episode, Philip Eade, biographer to Prince Philip, reads his obituary of the Prince. We're also joined by Dominic Green, Spectator USA's Life and Arts Editor, who reads his article on …
00:31:50 |
Sat 10 Apr 2021
Americano: why should we hate 'vaxports'?
Vaccine passports seem all but inevitable in the UK and parts of the US. While some are relatively relaxed about the prospects of a de facto bio-security ID card, others are not. Spectator US contrib…
00:27:33 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
The Edition: Road to nowhere
Will life ever return to normal? (00:50) Is the government pandering to statue protestors? (14:30) And what’s Prince Harry’s new job? (27:55)
With Kate Andrews, the Spectator's economics editor; Spect…
With Kate Andrews, the Spectator's economics editor; Spect…
00:38:12 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
The Book Club: Barbarossa
Sam's guest this week is the broadcaster and historian Jonathan Dimbleby. In Barbarossa: Hitler's Greatest Mistake, Jonathan describes the extraordinary and horrifying story of the Nazi campaign agai…
00:42:08 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
Weathering the pandemic: has cloud computing become essential?
The pandemic has led to a surge in digitisation in so many aspects of our lives. Cloud computing, in particular, has been a cornerstone of this time - not least for stay at home employees to maintain…
00:27:32 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Chinese Whispers: why does China care about Taiwan?
Cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan seem to be hotting up, with headlines frequently touting the possibility of a military takeover by Beijing. But why does China care so much about this …
00:40:33 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Carlo Rovelli, David Abulafia and Laura Freeman
On this episode, writer and physicist Carlo Rovelli, ponder time and space in a world were the meaning of both has shifted. (01:00) Then, David Abulafia talks about the need for conservatives at univ…
00:25:54 |
Sat 03 Apr 2021
Women With Balls: Can apprenticeships solve the Covid jobs crisis?
The pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives but one of the biggest is the way we work– with 46% of people working from home last year. Perhaps no group has been more impacted by this than the …
00:36:39 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
The Edition: can the West take on China?
Can the West take on China? We may need some kind of economic Nato (00:50). Are Mormons misunderstood, by Netflix and everyone else? (14:15) And what does it really mean to be Spiritual But Not Relig…
00:37:39 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
The Book Club: Lynda La Plante
Sam's guest this week is crime queen Lynda La Plante - talking about her new novel Judas Horse, and three decades of her most famous creation, Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison. She tells Sam how she wro…
00:47:20 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Table Talk: With Lydia Forte
Lydia Forte is the Group Director of Food & Beverage at Rocco Forte Hotels. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Liv about missing Martini's, cooking in lockdown, and hosting a family Come Dine With Me…
00:20:41 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Americano: the alarming rise of Big Dope
Young people are now more likely to consume marijuana than smoke tobacco. Is weed just a benign stimulant, or is Big Dope pushing a drug that could lead to a schizophrenia epidemic? Freddy Gray speak…
00:17:47 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
The Week in 60 Minutes: EU panic and Sturgeon's stramash
On this week's episode, Andrew Neil is joined by Andrew Adonis, a Labour peer and chair of the European Movement; Jackie Baillie, the deputy leader of Scottish Labour who sits on the Holyrood committ…
01:04:36 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
Spectator Out Loud: Katja Hoyer, Fraser Nelson and Toby Young
On this episode, Katja Hoyer looks at Ursula von der Leyen past mistakes. (00:45) Then, Fraser Nelson says the Defence Review could be a sign that Britain is learning from its foreign policy failings…
00:18:05 |
Sat 27 Mar 2021
Americano: what's driving the NFT digital art boom?
A piece of digital art by the illustrator Beeple has sold for $69 million. Is it worth the cash, or just a picture on a screen? Freddy Gray talks to Nima Sagharchi, director of Middle Eastern, Islami…
00:17:47 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
The Edition: what's behind Europe's vaccine panic?
As the EU threatens a vaccine export ban, is their blind panic a sign of incoming crisis? (1:15) Plus, will a new Instagram account for teenage girls to report sexual assault restart a battle of the …
00:38:36 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
The Book Club: Do Not Disturb
This week on the Book Club podcast, Sam is joined by the veteran foreign correspondent Michela Wrong to talk about her new book Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime G…
00:43:41 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
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