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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Coronomics: how the pandemic is exposing global social divides
In this week's episode, the Coronomics panel discuss Hong Kong's reopening, lockdown confusion in the UK, the American unemployment nightmare, and the growing divides between northern and southern It…
00:43:57 |
Tue 12 May 2020
Table Talk: Rory MacLean
Rory MacLean is a historian and travel writer. His latest book, Pravda Ha Ha, is out now. On the podcast, he talks to Lara and Livvy about how his mother was the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Mo…
00:28:12 |
Mon 11 May 2020
Audio Reads: Douglas Murray, Nigel Farndale, and Susan Hill
This week, Douglas Murray writes on why we shouldn't be hugging China any closer; Nigel Farndale writes on why there's nothing morbid about obituaries; and Susan Hill on the lessons she's re-learnt f…
00:21:40 |
Sat 09 May 2020
Women With Balls: saving for an uncertain future
The economic impact of coronavirus is already felt keenly by many people. A large chunk of the population is having to dig into its savings to cover for lost income. But what if you don't have much i…
00:32:31 |
Fri 08 May 2020
The Edition: who can tame the virus?
The government is looking at easing the lockdown, but how much remains unknown about the coronavirus (00:40)? In the meantime, Joe Biden is batting off sexual assault allegations (10:15), and we take…
00:32:02 |
Thu 07 May 2020
That's Life: with Toby Young
Toby Young is the Spectator's No Sacred Cows columnist and founder of the Free Speech Union. On the podcast, he talks to Andy and Benedict about getting coronavirus, the worst WHO gaffes, and the har…
00:29:25 |
Wed 06 May 2020
Coronomics: is a second wave unavoidable?
In this week's episode, the Coronomics panel discuss the confusions of Italy's lockdown easing; Hong Kong's large-scale repatriation of residents from South Asia; the potential watershed moment of Am…
00:50:59 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Carbon offsetting: medieval indulgence or the way to Net Zero?
Carbon offsetting refers to the suite of schemes that compensate for the emissions we put out, by making up for them elsewhere. Included in those schemes are so-called 'nature-based solutions' - init…
00:33:48 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Audio Reads: Rachel Johnson, Paul Wood, and Simon Barnes
This week's episode features Rachel Johnson's diary, in which she talks about becoming an aunt again; Paul Wood on why mass testing isn't good enough - we need to test everyone; and Simon Barnes on t…
00:24:32 |
Sat 02 May 2020
The fall of Margaret Thatcher: a Whodunnit
Charles Moore recently published Herself Alone, the final volume of an authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher. When writing, he realised that the story is half-tragedy, half-Whodunnit. Many of tho…
00:45:58 |
Fri 01 May 2020
The Edition: what's the Prime Minister's way out?
With the Prime Minister back, the government is pivoting towards a South Korean model on coronavirus. So what's taken them so long (00:45)? Plus, how does oil complicate the pandemic in Russia (14:50…
00:36:39 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
The Book Club: why America loves Shakespeare
In this week's books podcast I'm joined from across the Atlantic by the eminent Shakespearean James Shapiro to talk about his new book Shakespeare in a Divided America, which discusses the myriad way…
00:34:54 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Coronomics: is lockdown fatigue taking over?
This six-part series is the latest addition to Spectator Radio. Each week, our panellists from around the world each select a story that gives you an inside look at what's happening outside their win…
00:40:28 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Table Talk: Ryan Riley
Ryan Riley is a chef and entrepreneur, whose organisation Life Kitchen gives free cookery classes to people with cancer. On the podcast, he talks about his own mother's struggle with cancer, how the …
00:28:15 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Audio Reads: Tom Holland, Douglas Murray, Mary Wakefield, and Tanya Gold
It's the 10,000th edition. This week's episode features historian Tom Holland on the Spectator's winning recipe; Douglas Murray on why he loves journalists; Mary Wakefield on coronavirus uncertainty;…
00:24:08 |
Sat 25 Apr 2020
Women With Balls: Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax is an actress, comedian, and mental health campaigner, for which she received an OBE. On the podcast, she tells Katy about her difficult upbringing which put Carrie Fisher's to shame, the mo…
00:26:32 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
The Edition: the 10,000th
This week, the Spectator celebrates it's 10,00th edition - we discuss the magazine's history of the last two centuries (26:15). Also on the podcast, we discuss Boris's difficult decision on lockdown …
00:40:26 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
The Book Club: Salman Rushdie on the Age of Anything-Can-Happen
‘Things that would have seemed utterly improbable now happen on a daily basis’, Sir Salman Rushdie said to Sam when they spoke in an interview for the Spectator's 10,000th edition. Sam met Salman in …
01:00:53 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Coronomics: how the pandemic is becoming political
This six-part series is the latest addition to Spectator Radio. Each week, our panellists from around the world select a story that gives you an inside look at what's happening outside their windows.
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00:39:11 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Americano: Are we all political hobbyists now?
With Eitan Hersh, political scientist and author of Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on Am…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on Am…
00:23:39 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
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