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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Women With Balls: with Barbara Amiel
Barbara Amiel, Baroness Black, is a journalist, writer and socialite. She's been married four times - her fourth to the newspaper proprietor Conrad Black. On the podcast, she talks to Katy Balls abou…
00:58:56 |
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Biden's Burden: can he save the free world?
Joe Biden wants his administration to be a departure from the days of Donald Trump, but will a change in foreign policy harm American interests? (01:00) Why is it taking so long to reach a Brexit dea…
00:42:09 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
The Book Club: one man's failed attempt to climb Everest
In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam Leith's guest is the journalist Ed Caesar, whose new book The Moth and the Mountain tells the story of a now forgotten solo assault on Everest that ended in disa…
00:36:20 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Table Talk: with Henry Jeffreys
Henry Jeffreys is features editor of Masters of Malt, and author of The Cocktail Dictionary. On the podcast, he tells Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts about living like the Goodfellas in Leeds, bein…
00:26:04 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
Chinese Whispers: Beijing's long history of student protests
When thinking about Chinese student protests, you'll inevitably think about Hong Kong or Tiananmen. But there's one that kicked it all off in modern Chinese history, and its reverberations are still …
00:29:24 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
The Week in 60 Minutes: Black Lives Matter and lockdown rebels
Andrew Neil is joined by Trevor Phillips, managing director of Webber and Phillips, and columnist for The Times; Mark Harper, Conservative MP and former chief whip; Emily Gray, managing director of I…
01:01:20 |
Sun 06 Dec 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Alex Massie, Paul Wood and Melissa Kite
On this week's episode, the Spectator's Scotland editor Alex Massie asks why Nicola Sturgeon's popularity keeps growing, despite her government's underperformance. (00:55) Next, Paul Wood argues that…
00:26:09 |
Sat 05 Dec 2020
Americano: the unbearable mawkishness of modern American politics
From Brett Kavanaugh to Joe Biden, American politics too often seems to be a display of emotions rather than policies. On the podcast, Freddy Gray talks to political analyst Thomas Frank, author of T…
00:40:03 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
The Edition: The Sturgeon paradox
Despite her government’s underperformance on education, health and Covid-19, Nicola Sturgeon’s popularity continues to climb – why? (01:10) Does spending more on overseas aid mean we care more? (14:0…
00:37:02 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
The Book Club: Shuggie Bain
Sam's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize, Douglas Stuart. His first novel, Shuggie Bain, tells the story of a boy growing up in poverty in 1980s Glasgow wit…
00:34:35 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
Table Talk: with Pen Vogler
Pen Vogler is the author of Scoff, which describes the history of food in the British class system. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Liv about being vegetarian for a year, eating at Oxford colleges…
00:25:04 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
Americano: Will the Biden presidency mean more wars?
Joe Biden's supporters say he will restore America's standing in the world, but with his foreign policy team looking like an Obama-era reunion, will the country simply become more interventionist? Fr…
00:33:35 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
The Week in 60 Minutes: Vaccine scepticism and the Brexit deadline
Andrew Neil is joined by Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK's permanent representative to the EU between 2013 and 2017; Dr Stuart Ritchie, a behavioural scientist at Kings College London; and a team of Spectato…
01:04:09 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Rod Liddle, Paul Embery and Rachel Johnson
On this week's episode, Rod Liddle reflects on the public sector pay freeze, and wonders why teachers won't teach. (00:50) Next, Paul Embery argues that the Labour Party has become disassociated with…
00:23:55 |
Sat 28 Nov 2020
Women With Balls: with Gillian Keegan
Gillian Keegan is the minister for apprenticeships and skills, and Conservative MP for Chichester. She previously worked at Natwest, Mastercard, Travelport and Amadeus. On the podcast, she tells Katy…
00:41:54 |
Fri 27 Nov 2020
The Edition: when will the country truly recover from the virus?
The vaccine might be just around the corner, but can the country truly recover? (01:00) How can the Labour party win back the working class? (11:15) And finally, should we celebrate the new statue of…
00:31:47 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
The Book Club: War Against the BBC
On this week's Book Club podcast, we're talking about a subject that never ceases to arouse strong feelings: Auntie Beeb. Sam's guests, Patrick Barwise and Peter York, say - in their new book The War…
00:51:15 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Table Talk: with Marcus Wareing
Marcus Wareing is a celebrated, Michelin-starred chef, a judge on Masterchef: The Professionals and Chef Patron at Marcus in Knightsbridge. On the podcast, he tells Lara and Livvy about eating in sch…
00:36:15 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Chinese Whispers: has China really beaten Covid?
As the UK and much of the West continues to struggle against Covid, in China, things largely seem back to normal. Pictures from the 'Golden Week', a week of state holidays to celebrate the People's R…
00:59:49 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Lara Prendergast and Andrew Wilson
On this week's episode, Douglas Murray is first, reflecting on the US election, and wondering why people who see the same thing can come to different conclusions. (00:51) Lara Prendergast is next, wi…
00:20:22 |
Sat 21 Nov 2020
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