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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2365
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Petroc Trelawny, Gareth Roberts, Tom Lee, Leyla Sanai and Iram Ramzan
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Petroc Trelawny reads his diary for the week (1:14); Gareth Roberts wants us to make book jackets nasty again (6:22); Tom Lee writes in defence of benzodiazepines (…
00:28:07 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
The Edition: Trump shock, cousin marriage & would you steal from a restaurant?
This week: Trump’s tariffs – madness or mastermind?
‘Shock tactics’ is the headline of our cover article this week, as deputy editor Freddy Gray reflects on a week that has seen the US President upend…
‘Shock tactics’ is the headline of our cover article this week, as deputy editor Freddy Gray reflects on a week that has seen the US President upend…
00:38:44 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
The Book Club: What Is Free Speech?
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Fara Dabhoiwala, whose new book What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea looks not just at the origins of free speech as an idea, but also its…
00:44:28 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Americano: has trump stopped the oligarchy?
Global financial markets are experiencing significant declines following the announcement of new tariffs by President Trump. These tariffs led to widespread panic among investors and sparked debates …
00:20:45 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Table Talk: Gok Wan
Gok Wan is a renowned stylist and television presenter. Over the years, Gok has transformed the way we think about style and body image with his much-loved series How to Look Good Naked and Gok’s Fas…
00:25:29 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Chinese Whispers: what does it take to be an 'old friend of the Chinese people'?
** Chinese Whispers is coming to an end. Later this year, Cindy Yu will be joining The Times and The Sunday Times to write a regular column on China. To stay abreast of her latest work, subscribe to …
00:37:44 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Women With Balls: Katie Lam
Katie Lam was elected as a new Conservative MP, for Weald of Kent, at the 2024 election. While studying at Cambridge she was president of the Cambridge Union and chairman of the Conservative Associat…
00:28:45 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Gavin Mortimer, Colin Freeman, Lawrence Osborne, Lionel Shriver and Anthony Cummins
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Gavin Mortimer looks at how the French right can still win (1:48); Colin Freeman interviews Americans who have fought in Ukraine and feel betrayed by Trump (11:01);…
00:34:10 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Coffee House Shots: Marine Le Pen – justice or lawfare?
Marine Le Pen, president of Rassemblement National (National Rally) was found guilty this week of embezzling EU funds to boost her party’s finances. The guilty verdict was widely expected, however he…
00:14:04 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
Americano: Trump's tariffs – madman or mastermind?
President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs, including a 10 per cent duty on all UK exports to the United States, as part of his 'Reciprocal Tariffs' plan aimed at addressing trade imba…
00:28:51 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
The Edition: Cruel Labour, the decline of sacred spaces & Clandon Park’s controversial restoration
This week: Starmerism’s moral vacuum
‘Governments need a mission, or they descend into reactive incoherence’ writes Michael Gove in this week’s cover piece. A Labour government, he argues, ‘cannot sur…
‘Governments need a mission, or they descend into reactive incoherence’ writes Michael Gove in this week’s cover piece. A Labour government, he argues, ‘cannot sur…
00:50:51 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Americano: will Trump’s tariffs unravel the neoliberal global order?
Freddy is joined by James Fishback – writer, investor and chief executive of investment firm Azoria – on ‘Liberation Day’, when Donald Trump is set to announce a raft of new tariffs (at 9 p.m. UK tim…
00:32:55 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
The Book Club: Joe Dunthorne
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the poet and novelist Joe Dunthorne, who is here to talk about his new non-fiction book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance. In it, he describes how …
00:39:35 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Holy Smoke: the tin ear of Justin Welby
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is back in the news following his interview this week with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg. The interview – his first since he resigned last November – w…
00:28:47 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Americano: Douglas Murray on JFK, Covid-19 & conspiracy culture
The Spectator's columnist Douglas Murray joins Freddy Gray to discuss his recent column on why the JFK conspiracies just won't die. They also discuss the moon landing, the emergence of American self-…
00:27:18 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Women With Balls: Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater has been an MP since winning the Batley & Spen by-election for Labour in 2021. She was elected to the constituency that her sister, Jo Cox, had served until she was murdered during the…
00:35:45 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews, James Heale, Francis Pike, Christian House and Mark Mason
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews argues that Turkish President Erdogan’s position is starting to look shaky (1:19); James Heale examines the new party of the posh: the Lib Dems (7:51)…
00:32:06 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
Coffee House Shots: Michael Heseltine on Thatcher, Boris and Badenoch
An MP for 35 years, Michael Heseltine served as Environment Secretary and then Defence Secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s government. Following his well-publicised resignation in 1986, he returned to g…
00:29:36 |
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Holy Smoke: who is actually running the Catholic Church?
A greatly enfeebled Pope Francis is now living in enforced isolation in a suite at his Santa Marta residence that has been converted into hospital accommodation. He won't be resuming public duties fo…
00:11:25 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Coffee House Shots Live with Maurice Glasman, David Frost and James Kanagasooriam
Join Katy Balls, Michael Gove, Lord Glasman, Lord Frost and pollster James Kanagasooriam as they unpack the highly anticipated Spring Statement and its implications for national policy and global sec…
01:10:29 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
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