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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Americano: Could coronavirus trigger war between America and China?
With Michael Auslin, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Asia's New Geopolitics.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside.…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside.…
00:29:33 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Women With Balls: Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry is the shadow Foreign Secretary and former contender for the Labour leadership. On the podcast, she talks to Katy about her challenging childhood, what practising law taught her abou…
00:37:11 |
Fri 20 Mar 2020
The Edition: how will lockdown change our lives?
It's the first few days of a national lockdown, so have humans been hubristic in not expecting something like this to happen (1:10)? Over in France, is President Macron dealing with this any better (…
00:30:50 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
Holy Smoke: is the Church any help during this time of crisis?
Do you sense that something is missing in the churches' response to the coronavirus? In this week's Holy Smoke episode, Dr Gavin Ashenden, a former chaplain to the Queen, argues that the bishop's att…
00:29:45 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Americano: how is America coping with the coronavirus?
With Amber Athey, Washington Editor of Spectator USA.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator …
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator …
00:18:15 |
Tue 17 Mar 2020
The Book Club: Hadley Freeman on her family’s escape from Europe
In this week’s Book Club, Sam's guest is the writer Hadley Freeman, whose new book House of Glass tells the story of 20th century jewry through the hidden history of her own family. The four Glahs si…
00:34:21 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Americano: Has coronavirus killed Trump's presidency?
With Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest and a columnist for Spectator USA.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented b…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented b…
00:17:56 |
Fri 13 Mar 2020
The Edition: how oil is the real threat to the world economy
This week kicked off with an incredible fall in oil prices globally, so what on earth happened (00:50)? We also talk about the Budget, where Rishi Sunak set out in more detail how the government's 'l…
00:36:25 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Americano: Can Bernie stop Biden?
With Deroy Murdock, a Fox News contributor and contributing editor of the National Review online.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Pr…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Pr…
00:23:44 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
The Book Club: how rape is being used as a weapon of war
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam's guest is the veteran foreign correspondent Christina Lamb. Christina’s new book, Our Bodies Their Battlefield: What War Does To Women is a deeply reported surv…
00:37:37 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Holy Smoke: Has the Vatican become a mouthpiece for Beijing?
With Ed Condon, Washington bureau chief of the Catholic News Agency.
Holy Smoke is a series of podcasts where Damian Thompson dissects the most important and controversial topics in world religion, wi…
Holy Smoke is a series of podcasts where Damian Thompson dissects the most important and controversial topics in world religion, wi…
00:19:44 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
Women With Balls: Prue Leith
Prue Leith is a restaurateur, Bake Off judge, and advisor to the government's review on hospital food. On the podcast, she talks to Katy about growing up in apartheid South Africa, how she got her fi…
00:31:54 |
Fri 06 Mar 2020
The Edition: is the coronavirus a tipping point for globalisation?
As the coronavirus sweeps across the globe, it's causing businesses, consumers, and governments to rethink their globalised lives. Is this a tipping point for hyper-globalisation (1:00)? Plus, is the…
00:37:48 |
Thu 05 Mar 2020
Americano: what's behind Biden's Super Tuesday victory?
With Bill Barnard, former chair of Democrats Abroad UK and American history.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gra…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gra…
00:17:41 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
Table Talk: Chris Atkins on prison food
Chris Atkins is a journalist and documentary filmmaker, whose work on the tabloid media led him to give evidence in the Leveson Inquiry. In 2016, he was sentenced to five years in prison for tax offe…
00:38:08 |
Tue 03 Mar 2020
The Book Club: Why 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
Don’t Panic! Next month marks the 42nd anniversary of the first radio broadcast of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Joining Sam on this week’s podcast to discuss the genesis, genius and legacy o…
00:30:24 |
Mon 02 Mar 2020
Americano: could the coronavirus cost Trump the presidency?
With Kate Andrews, Economics Correspondent of the Spectator.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spe…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spe…
00:14:41 |
Fri 28 Feb 2020
The Edition: the coming Brexit showdown
As the UK and the EU both set out what they want to get in the upcoming trade negotiations, are they heading for an almighty Brexit showdown (00:40)? We also have a look at the constitutional reforms…
00:40:33 |
Thu 27 Feb 2020
LIVE: Is it time to give amnesty to Britain's illegal immigrants?
There are now a million undocumented - or ‘illegal’ - immigrants in Britain, many of them settled here with families. When Boris Johnson edited The Spectator, he argued that an amnesty should be offe…
01:15:20 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Holy Smoke: Why the Pope said no to married priests
The dust has still not settled after Pope Francis unexpectedly – and very pointedly – ignored pleas from liberal Catholics to ordain married men as priests. They had a fully worked-out plan in place,…
00:21:00 |
Tue 25 Feb 2020
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