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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Book Club: is race a fiction?
In this week’s podcast, Sam is joined by two writers to talk about the perennially fraught issue of race. There’s a wide consensus that discrimination on the basis of race is wrong; but what actually…
00:44:00 |
Wed 29 Jan 2020
That's Life: with Konstantin Kisin
Russian-British comedian Konstantin Kisin joins journalist Benedict Spence and comedy club founder Andy Shaw on the latest episode of That’s Life - a sideways look at the events, people, words and id…
00:32:01 |
Tue 28 Jan 2020
Coffee House Shots: Decision week - will Boris give Huawei the green light?
With Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dail…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dail…
00:13:40 |
Mon 27 Jan 2020
Coffee House Shots: will Boris really cut immigration?
With Policy Exchange's David Goodhart, author of The Road to Somewhere, and Kate Andrews.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Presented by Katy Balls.
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00:16:50 |
Sat 25 Jan 2020
Women With Balls: Joanna Cherry
Joanna Cherry is the SNP's Justice and Home Affairs Spokesperson and a prolific QC, known for her successful legal challenge against the government over its decision to prorogue parliament. In the en…
00:34:41 |
Fri 24 Jan 2020
The Edition: is there a new Anglo-French bromance?
As France enters its 62nd weekend of protests, President Macron’s honeymoon is well and truly over. But has he found a new friend in Boris Johnson (00:45)? Plus, what is the problem with the Labour l…
00:34:14 |
Thu 23 Jan 2020
The Book Club: lessons learnt from a year of insomnia
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam's guest is the novelist Samantha Harvey, whose new book — The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping — is an extraordinarily written, funny and terrifying acco…
00:28:43 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
Table Talk: with Sarah Langford
Sarah Langford is a barrister and author of the best-selling In Your Defence, which follows 11 real-life cases in the criminal and family courts. On the podcast, Sarah tells Lara and Livvy about her …
00:36:16 |
Tue 21 Jan 2020
Coffee House Shots: Boris's HS2 headache
With James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dai…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dai…
00:15:31 |
Mon 20 Jan 2020
Coffee House Shots: is Huawei dangerous?
With Tom Tugendhat MP and Robin Pagnamenta, Head of Technology at the Telegraph.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political t…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political t…
00:12:50 |
Sat 18 Jan 2020
Americano: Is the China trade deal any good?
With Kate Andrews, Economics Correspondent at 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…
00:19:18 |
Fri 17 Jan 2020
The Edition: will slimming down the monarchy save it?
This week, ‘Megxit’ has divided the nation – but could slimming down the monarchy actually be a good idea (00:50)? Plus, Ireland goes to the polls next month – how could the next Taoiseach impact Bre…
00:36:34 |
Thu 16 Jan 2020
The Book Club: the women of Mecklenburgh Square
Sam's guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Francesca Wade, whose fascinating first book Square Haunting tells the intersecting stories of five eminent women who lived during the years of and bet…
00:38:55 |
Wed 15 Jan 2020
Coffee House Shots: How can the Tories manage Sturgeon's demand for Indyref2?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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00:10:59 |
Tue 14 Jan 2020
Podcast Special: is British defence ready for the 2020s?
What is the role of intelligence in defence? Knowing your enemy has always been vital in traditional warfare, but with the dawn of digital technology and social media, defence seems to have taken on …
00:36:43 |
Mon 13 Jan 2020
Holy Smoke: has the Church of England surrendered to ‘soft socialism’?
Just before Christmas, Dr Gavin Ashenden, a former Chaplain to the Queen, converted to Catholicism. In this episode, he deplores the Church of England’s surrender to secularism under Archbishop Justi…
00:22:29 |
Sat 11 Jan 2020
Table Talk: with Mark Diacono
Mark Diacono, food writer, farmer and photographer, who is the founder of Otter Farm in East Devon. The author of seven books, his latest, 'Sour', is out now. He talks to Lara and Livvy about what in…
00:32:07 |
Fri 10 Jan 2020
The Edition: Iran unbowed
It’s been a week since Qassem Soleimani was assassinated. In this episode, we ask – has Trump’s decision actually united the Middle East (00:30)? Plus, as the Labour leadership contest gets underway …
00:39:45 |
Thu 09 Jan 2020
The Book Club: what do T.S. Eliot's letters reveal?
In this week’s Book Club podcast, we’re talking about the life and loves of the greatest poet of the twentieth century. Professor John Haffenden joins Sam to discuss the impact of the opening of an a…
00:38:38 |
Wed 08 Jan 2020
Americano: are America and Iran engaged in a phoney war?
With Jacob Heilbrunn, contributor to Spectator USA and editor of the National Interest.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by…
00:17:21 |
Tue 07 Jan 2020
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