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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The humiliation of Becciu and the return of Pell
The Vatican is in the grip of a paranoia reminiscent of the days when Renaissance popes (and their dinner guests) were forced to employ food-tasters.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, until 2018 the sostenuto …
00:24:09 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Sam Leith, Melissa Kite and Toby Young
On this week's episode, Douglas Murray argues that Boris's new picks to take charge of the BBC and Ofcom will give the institutions a much-needed shake-up; Sam Leith defends 'wokeness'; Melissa Kite …
00:24:47 |
Sat 03 Oct 2020
Women With Balls: with Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh is the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland. On the podcast, she talks to Katy Balls about her family's political roots, why she left the LSE, and whether or not nominating Jer…
00:31:37 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
The Edition: is the American election a democratic disaster?
Is this week's presidential debate a taste of the chaos to come? (00:55) In defence of 'wokeness' (15:10) and are male-only spaces immoral? (30:25)
With Matt Purple, Senior Editor at the American Cons…
With Matt Purple, Senior Editor at the American Cons…
00:40:22 |
Thu 01 Oct 2020
The Book Club: On Seamus Heaney
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the distinguished Irish historian Roy Foster, talking about his new book On Seamus Heaney. He tells Sam how 'Famous Seamus'’s darkness has been under-r…
00:34:50 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
The Spectator's Innovator of the Year Awards: the human touch, real and virtual
Which are the companies that will rewrite the rules and help rebuild the economy in 2020 and beyond? The Spectator and Julius Baer have come together once again to celebrate creative entrepreneurship…
00:30:17 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
Chinese Whispers: how green is China?
China is the world's largest polluter. At the same time, it accounts for a quarter of international investment into renewable energy, and it's the leading exporter of solar panels. So are ideas of Ch…
00:33:24 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Jeff Fynn-Paul, Christopher Snowdon and Jo Deacon
On this week's episode, Jeff Fynn-Paul argues that land taken over by European colonialists in North America wasn't 'stolen'; Christopher Snowdon says the economic scars of coronavirus will define th…
00:24:34 |
Sat 26 Sep 2020
Women With Balls: with Emily Sheffield
Emily Sheffield is the editor of the Evening Standard. She was formerly deputy editor at Vogue, and has started her own journalistic venture at This Much I Know. She also happens to be sister of Sama…
00:39:28 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
The Edition: the coming Tory brawl over Covid rules
Another Conservative civil war threatens to bubble over, so will the government start taking its backbenchers seriously? (00:55) Plus, the contentious fight over the next Supreme Court nominee (15:25…
00:38:57 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
The Book Club: The Haunting of Alma Fielding
In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam's guest is Kate Summerscale, here to talk about her latest book The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story. Kate uses the true story of an eruption of pol…
00:31:45 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Economic Innovators of the Midlands and the North East
Which are the companies that will rewrite the rules and help rebuild the economy in 2020 and beyond? The Spectator and Julius Baer have come together once again to celebrate creative entrepreneurship…
00:27:24 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Americano: what guides Mike Pompeo's foreign policy?
Mike Pompeo has guided Donald Trump's foreign policy, and has been hailed with bringing the president's ideology to life. In the latest US edition of the Spectator, Dominic Green interviews the secre…
00:23:52 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Paulina Neuding, Toby Young and Lloyd Evans
On this week's episode, Swedish journalist Paulina Neuding talks about Sweden's crime surge; Toby Young on why he has given up on Boris; and Lloyd Evans on going to the theatre in the age of Covid.
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00:16:46 |
Sat 19 Sep 2020
The Edition: Where's Boris?
From Covid to Brexit to even the culture wars, Boris's performance seems to have been lacklustre. Where is the effervescent leader he was promised to be? (00:45) Sweden's violent crime is spiking - a…
00:36:38 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
The Book Club: reflecting on childhood summers
In this week's books podcast Sam's guest is the writer Ysenda Maxtone Graham, whose new book casts a rosy look back at the way children used to spend their summer holidays. British Summer Time Begins…
00:30:04 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
The economics of magic money: how real is the stock market surge?
Has the government found the magic money tree? It certainly seems like it when the furlough scheme and various other Covid measures have taken government debt to above £2 trillion. The crazy amount o…
00:30:44 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
Chinese Whispers: why the Chinese love luxury goods
It's said that Bicester Village is the second most popular attraction for Chinese tourists in the UK, coming just behind Buckingham Palace. The pandemic recovery figures show much the same - while re…
00:24:21 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Francis Pike and Philip Hensher
On this week's episode, Douglas Murray asks - why would anyone want to be a government adviser, given what's happened to Tony Abbott? The historian Francis Pike reads his piece on Thailand's Caligula…
00:31:31 |
Sat 12 Sep 2020
Women With Balls: with Sarah Sands
Sarah Sands is the former editor of the Today programme. On the podcast, she talks to Katy Balls about her departure from the Sunday Telegraph after just nine months as Editor; giving John Humphreys …
00:37:20 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
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