Best of the Spectator
Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Coffee House Shots: can Boris walk the Iran tightrope?
With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.
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…
00:17:45 |
Mon 06 Jan 2020
Coffee House Shots: what's Boris Johnson's plan for 2020?
With Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Presented by Katy Balls.
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00:26:18 |
Fri 03 Jan 2020
Americano: Soleimani killed - what is Iran's next move?
With Spectator USA's Paul Wood.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator USA. Click here to lis…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator USA. Click here to lis…
00:11:40 |
Fri 03 Jan 2020
Podcast Special: is there a smarter way to use energy?
In the last few years, climate change has risen to the top of the agenda for consumers, voters, politicians, and journalists alike. But as well as cutting down emissions and using less plastic, could…
00:22:41 |
Fri 27 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: games, poems, and Christmas pastimes
How do you and your family spend Christmas? In the Christmas issue of the Spectator, broadcaster and author Gyles Brandreth writes about the generations old traditions in his family of playing games …
00:15:42 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Hong Kong one
It’s been a protest unlike any other that China has seen. Since June, hundreds of thousands – by some estimates millions – of Hong Kongers have protested against the government. What was sparked by o…
00:16:26 |
Sat 21 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Trump one
At the start of the year, Trump was locked in a fight with the Democrats over the funding for his wall, leading to a weeks long government shutdown. As Trump faces impeachment this week, has much cha…
00:22:56 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Brexit one
At the start of the year, Theresa May had just survived a no confidence motion from her own party, but she was barely clinging on. Cross-party MPs, aided by John Bercow, defeated the government in vo…
00:26:26 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
The Book Club: James Ellroy on God, drugs and his mother’s murder
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam talks to the 'demon dog' of American letters, James Ellroy — whose latest book is This Storm. In a wide-ranging and somewhat NSFW conversation, they talk about m…
00:41:49 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Table Talk: with Kate Young
Kate Young is a food writer and chef, whose cookbooks take recipe inspiration from literary classics, recreating favourite dishes of Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, and more. She runs a catering compa…
00:23:47 |
Tue 17 Dec 2019
Coffee House Shots: what's on the new government's wishlist?
With Isabel Hardman 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 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…
00:19:47 |
Mon 16 Dec 2019
The Edition: Oh yes he did!
This week, politics becomes a little less volatile as Boris Johnson achieves the biggest Tory majority since Margaret Thatcher. So what happened in this election, and what next (00:50)? Plus, China h…
00:39:42 |
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Tory landslide predicted - what are the key seats to watch for?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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00:10:28 |
Thu 12 Dec 2019
The Book Club: the magic of children's books
In this week’s Book Club, Sam's guest is the children’s writer Piers Torday, author of the Last Wild trilogy and, most recently, The Frozen Sea. Why is winter such a powerful thing in children’s writ…
00:37:59 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Coffee House Shots: is a Tory majority now inevitable?
With James Forsyth and Katy Balls.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
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00:15:11 |
Mon 09 Dec 2019
Coffee House Shots: is the real election battle happening online?
With James Ball, journalist and the author of Post-Truth, and Katy Balls.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and s…
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and s…
00:22:08 |
Sat 07 Dec 2019
Coffee House Shots: will the issue of trust decide the election?
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…
00:14:26 |
Fri 06 Dec 2019
The Edition: Nightmare on Downing St
With just a week to go until polling day, we take a look at what Corbyn’s Britain would look like (00:45). Plus, is planting more trees the panacea to climate change (16:15)? And last, how young is t…
00:37:29 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
The Book Club: Tom Holland on Christianity's enduring influence
In this week's Book Club, Sam's guest is the historian Tom Holland, author of the new book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. The book, though as Tom remarks, you might not know it from the co…
00:45:38 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
Table Talk: with Dr Max Pemberton
Max Pemberton is a Daily Mail columnist and medical doctor specialising in mental health and eating disorders. On the podcast, he talks about his milkman father and activist mother and what family me…
00:39:34 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
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