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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Spectator Books: Lemn Sissay - My Name is Why
My guest on this week’s Books Podcast is the poet and playwright Lemn Sissay. Lemn’s new memoir My Name Is Why describes his early life — given up for fostering in the late 1960s as the son of an unm…
00:32:58 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
Coffee House Shots: Can Jeremy Corbyn unite anti no-deal MPs?
With James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman.
Presented by John Connolly.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you …
Presented by John Connolly.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you …
00:13:44 |
Tue 27 Aug 2019
Table Talk: with Jose Pizarro
Jose Pizarro is a Spanish chef, writer, and restauranteur. He came to London in 2000 and opened a series of well-loved Spanish restaurants, including Jose's Tapas Bar. He is the author of five cookbo…
00:32:38 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Americano: has Donald Trump finally lost it?
With Dominic Green, host of 'The Green Room' podcast and Life and Arts Editor of Spectator USA.
Presented by Freddy Gray.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the bes…
Presented by Freddy Gray.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the bes…
00:08:07 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
The Spectator Podcast: can the royal family survive its makeover?
This week, as the royal scandals start stacking up, we ask if the younger Windsors are letting the Queen down (00:30). Plus, what sort of message should the government send to the public about a no d…
00:40:23 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
Spectator Books: Mick Herron on how to be a crap spy
Even books editors have to go on holiday sometimes, so Spectator Books is taking a hiatus for a couple of weeks. But so there's not a gaping gap in your life where the podcast used to be, we're bring…
00:16:46 |
Wed 21 Aug 2019
Podcast Special: how best to close down a nuclear power plant?
When a nuclear power plant was built on the coast of Cumbria in the 1940s, nobody had much idea about what to do with nuclear fuel once it had been spent. Today that place is Sellafield, engaged in E…
00:29:45 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
Coffee House Shots: the Yellowhammer leak
With Katy Balls and Fraser Nelson.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
00:12:20 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Holy Smoke: The two time bombs threatening Pope Francis’s moral authority
This week’s Holy Smoke podcast discusses two looming disasters for Pope Francis.
The first is the ‘Amazon Synod’ in October, at which the world’s bishops will discuss a bizarre plan to ordain Amazon …
00:31:00 |
Sat 17 Aug 2019
Women With Balls: Joan Collins
Dame Joan Collins is an actress, author, and entrepreneur. Her acting career spans three quarters of a century, including 1950s Hollywood movies, to her role as Alexis Carrington in Dynasty. In this …
00:20:55 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
The Spectator Podcast: who are the real far right?
As Matteo Salvini seeks to take the reins of Italy all for himself, we ask, what exactly defines the ‘far right’ these days (00:05)? We also take a look at Downing Street’s own power grab as it seeks…
00:35:25 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
Spectator Books: books for the beach
Even books editors have to go on holiday sometimes, so Spectator Books is taking a hiatus for a couple of weeks. But so there's not a gaping gap in your life where the podcast used to be, we're bring…
00:21:02 |
Wed 14 Aug 2019
Coffee House Shots: can Brexiteers handle free trade?
With Fraser Nelson 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 special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
00:14:31 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Podcast Special: the Midlands’ Economic Disruptors
Martin Vander Weyer, our Business Editor, speaks to three leading businesspeople in the Midlands about the Economic Disruptor finalists in this region. Tune in to find out more about the company that…
00:18:51 |
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Table Talk: with Olivia Potts
Lara speaks to Olivia Potts, Spectator Life’s Vintage Chef and co-host of the Table Talk podcast, about Olivia’s new book, A Half-Baked Idea. Before she became a food writer and Cordon-Bleu trained c…
00:27:44 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
The Spectator Podcast: beaches, Brexit, and Desert Island bores
This week, our writers tell us about their favourite British beaches, from Cornwall to Northern Ireland (24:15). But before then, there’s of course some Brexit chat as we ask whether parliament can s…
00:31:01 |
Thu 08 Aug 2019
Spectator Books: when Coleridge met Wordsworth
In this week’s books podcast, we’re getting Romantic. Sam is joined by the writer Adam Nicolson and the artist Tom Hammick to talk about their new book The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, Wordsworth and…
00:32:20 |
Wed 07 Aug 2019
Coffee House Shots: could a government of national unity prevent no deal?
With James Forsyth 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 special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
00:16:27 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
Podcast Special: London's Economic Disruptors
Martin Vander Weyer, our Business Editor, speaks to three leading businesspeople for London and the South about the Economic Disruptor finalists in this region. Tune in to find out more about Muslim …
00:28:29 |
Mon 05 Aug 2019
Women With Balls: Karen Pierce
Karen Pierce is the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN. In this episode, she talks to Katy about her career ambitions when she was young, using Lewis Carroll to combat the Russians, and what day…
00:28:32 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
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