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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Women With Balls: Sunetra Gupta
Sunetra Gupta is Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford. An expert in the fight against infectious diseases, she is the lead scientist behind the Oxford study that disputed…
00:29:41 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
The Edition: time to fulfil our duty to Hong Kong
As China looks to push through its national security law, is it time to offer Hong Kongers a way out? (01:00) And with the Black Lives Matter protests continuing to rage in America, can they unseat D…
00:39:49 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
The Book Club: is there alien life in our own solar system?
Is there life, as David Bowie wondered, on Mars? In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the astrobiologist Kevin Peter Hand, author of a fascinating new book Alien Oceans: The Search for Life i…
00:36:21 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
Table Talk: with writer Rhik Samadder
Rhik Samadder is an actor and columnist for the Guardian, where his column Wellness or Hellness? reviews kitchen gadgets and life hacks. On the podcast, he talks to Lara and Livvy about his mother's …
00:23:32 |
Tue 02 Jun 2020
That's Life: with Vanity von Glow
Vanity von Glow is one of the UK's most in demand drag queens. She's a singer, pianist, and comic, and also hosts a new political talk show The Vanity Project. On the episode, she talks to Andy and B…
00:24:35 |
Mon 01 Jun 2020
Audio Reads: Katy Balls, Dr John Lee, and Lionel Shriver
Hear Katy Balls on the long term impact of the Cummings affair; Dr John Lee on the problem with the way we are counting Covid deaths; and Lionel Shriver on how life isn't worth living without a littl…
00:25:05 |
Sat 30 May 2020
The Book Club: the 75th anniversary of Brideshead Revisited
In this week's Book Club podcast we're talking about Brideshead Revisited. Evelyn Waugh's great novel is 75 years old this week, and I'm joined by our chief critic Philip Hensher, and by the novelist…
00:42:29 |
Fri 29 May 2020
The Edition: escaping the dragon
It's not just coronavirus, but the government is keen to have a new approach to China. We discuss what this entails and whether or not it's a good idea (00:50). Plus, what will be the lasting impact …
00:42:10 |
Thu 28 May 2020
The Book Club: playwright Michael Frayn on the joys and perils of technology
My guest for this week’s Book Club podcast is the great Michael Frayn, talking about his new book of sketches Magic Mobile, lockdown life, the joys and perils of technology, adapting Spies for the sc…
00:24:14 |
Wed 27 May 2020
Americano: did Obama have a hand in Russiagate?
With Amber Athey, Spectator USA's Washington Correspondent.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spec…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spec…
00:19:06 |
Tue 26 May 2020
Audio Reads: Douglas Murray, Paul Dolan, and Andrew Watts
On this week's Audio Reads, Douglas Murray advises Labour to get a new attack line, now that the Conservatives have become the party of the NHS. Professor Paul Dolan, a behavioural scientist at the L…
00:19:00 |
Sat 23 May 2020
Women With Balls: Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes is an SNP MP and the Scottish Finance Secretary. She stepped in at the last minute when her predecessor, Derek MacKay, was suspended from the party on the day of the Budget. On the podcas…
00:36:37 |
Fri 22 May 2020
The Edition: Back to Brexit
Brexit is back on the agenda, but this time, talks are even more difficult than the last phase (00:45). Plus, what do we understand about immunity, and how should that inform the lockdown policy (16:…
00:35:48 |
Thu 21 May 2020
Table Talk: with Ritz chef John Williams
John Williams is the ebullient Executive Chef at the Ritz. On the podcast, he talks to Lara and Livvy about breaking into the London fine dining scene as a boy from Tyneside, how the Ritz is as far f…
00:46:19 |
Wed 20 May 2020
Coronomics: countries take one step forward two steps back
In this week's episode, the panel discuss the merits of treatment vs vaccine, American red tape, Hong Kong's fairly relaxed stance on new infections, and Italy running out of money.
With Silvia Sciori…
With Silvia Sciori…
00:44:27 |
Tue 19 May 2020
The Book Club: Philippe Sands on the trail of Nazis
In this week’s Book Club podcast Sam's guest is the writer and human rights lawyer Philippe Sands. His new book The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive describes his pains…
00:37:40 |
Mon 18 May 2020
Audio Reads: Fredrik Erixon, James Forsyth, and Leaf Arbuthnot
On this week's Audio Reads, Swedish economist Fredrik Erixon reads his cover piece explaining how European nations are all flying blind in the pandemic. James Forsyth advocates a complete rewiring of…
00:24:38 |
Sat 16 May 2020
The Book Club: the fear and fantasy of the apocalypse
In this week's books podcast Sam is joined by Mark O'Connell, a writer whose latest book Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back sees him investigate doomsday pr…
00:39:13 |
Fri 15 May 2020
The Edition: how Europe is guessing its way out of lockdown
European countries all seem to be doing something different, so what are the lessons from the continent (00:45)? Plus, how the West's lockdown impacts the developing world in a very real way (13:05).…
00:37:39 |
Thu 14 May 2020
Americano: will the 2020 election end up being all about China?
With Matt Mayer, President of free market group Opportunity Ohio and contributor to Spectator USA.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. P…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. P…
00:25:17 |
Wed 13 May 2020
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