Best of the Spectator
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2369
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
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
Women with Balls Election Special: who would want to be an MP?
Why would any woman want to be an MP in this general election? In recent years, parliament has been plagued by horror stories of abuse against MPs, especially female ones, with a number of them leavi…
00:34:32 |
Mon 02 Dec 2019
The Edition: can Boris make it?
With two weeks to go until the election, the latest polling shows a majority of 68 for the Conservative party. So can anything still trip Boris Johnson up (00:50)? One of those events could be Trump’…
00:36:14 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
That's Life: with Geoff Norcott
Comedian Geoff Norcott joins journalist Benedict Spence and comedy club founder Andy Shaw on the new podcast from Spectator Life. ‘That’s Life’ is a sideways look at the events, people, words and ide…
00:32:06 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Book Club: The Who's Pete Townshend on his new novel
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club is the rock musician, writer and sometime Faber editor Pete Townshend. Pete has just published his first novel The Age of Anxiety, an ambitious work jointly conce…
00:31:03 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Podcast Special: Can factories be decarbonised?
Cement, steel, and other industrial companies produce a third of greenhouse gases in the world today; and nearly a quarter of British emissions. There is no reaching Net Zero without decarbonising th…
00:30:51 |
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Can the Tory poll lead be trusted?
With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Presented by Katy Balls.
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00:14:06 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
The Edition: can Remainers unite against Boris?
This week, as the Tories continue to lead in the polls, Lara speaks to Alastair Campbell about what Remainers can do to turn things around (00:45). Plus, Venice is holding an independence referendum …
00:41:25 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
The Book Club: who was the poet Laurie Lee?
Sam is joined from beyond the grave on this week’s Spectator Book Club by the late Laurie Lee — to talk about Gloucestershire’s Slad Valley, the landscape that made him a writer. Acting as medium, so…
00:26:09 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Americano: is the impeachment trial nailing Trump down?
With Jacob Heilbrunn, Editor of the National Interest and contributor to Spectator USA.
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…
00:16:47 |
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Coffee House Shots: Should the Tories have delayed the corporation tax cut?
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…
00:19:19 |
Mon 18 Nov 2019
Coffee House Shots: is this the climate change election?
With Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation, and Ryan Shorthouse, Director of Bright Blue, a centre-right thinktank.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots i…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots i…
00:22:59 |
Sat 16 Nov 2019
Holy Smoke: does the Church know how to deal with mental illness?
We're all sick of celebrities making a meal of their mental health problems – but that doesn't mean that we aren't facing a potential crisis. The unique strains of living in the technology-driven 21s…
00:37:22 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
The Edition: can Nigel Farage take the Tories to victory?
The Conservatives like to say that their road to electoral victory is steep and narrow, but has Nigel Farage broadened out that path this week (00:50)? Plus, is it time to grant amnesty to illegal im…
00:36:12 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
The Book Club: a literary history of Britain
In this week’s Spectator Book Club, Sam's guest is Christopher Tugendhat, whose new book offers a refreshing and thought-provoking survey of twentieth-century history; not through wars and treaties a…
00:43:32 |
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Coffee House Shots: Is MRP the key to understanding this election?
With James Morris, MD at PR firm Edelman and former Labour pollster, and James Forsyth.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Presented by Katy Balls.
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00:21:20 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Nigel Farage stands down Brexit Party candidates
With James Forsyth and 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 daily, click here to find more …
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, click here to find more …
00:13:31 |
Mon 11 Nov 2019
Coffee House Shots: how much are the two main parties really promising to spend?
With Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, and James Forsyth.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political…
00:11:51 |
Sat 09 Nov 2019
Women With Balls: Nicky Morgan
Nicky Morgan is the Secretary of State for Culture, and former Conservative MP for Loughborough. Despite her success in Boris Johnson's cabinet, she announced that she'd be standing down at this elec…
00:27:17 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
The Edition: who can take Trump on?
America goes to the polls next year, but can any of the Democratic candidates take Trump out (00:45)? And with our own election coming up, what happens if you can no longer vote for the party you’ve …
00:35:20 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
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