The Edition
The Spectator's flagship podcast featuring discussions and debates on the best features from the week's edition. Presented by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 359
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Keir's reformation: Labour's radical plans
This week: Keir’s reformation. A week on from Labour’s victory in the UK general election, our cover piece looks ahead to the urgent issues facing Keir Starmer. If he acts fast, he can take advantage…
00:48:21 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
The reckoning: it's payback time for voters
This week: the reckoning. Our cover piece brings together the political turmoil facing the West this week: Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, and Joe Biden all face tough tests with their voters. But what…
00:38:18 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Downfall: how Nigel Farage became the left's greatest weapon
This week: Downfall. Our cover piece examines Nigel Farage’s role in the UK general election. Spectator editor Fraser Nelson argues that Farage has become the left’s greatest weapon, but why? How has…
00:43:42 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Lawfare: how Starmer will govern through the courts
This week: Lawfare
Our cover piece examines how Keir Starmer’s legal experience will influence his politics. Ross Clark argues that Starmer will govern through the courts, and continue what he describ…
Our cover piece examines how Keir Starmer’s legal experience will influence his politics. Ross Clark argues that Starmer will govern through the courts, and continue what he describ…
00:40:25 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Macron's game: can he still outplay Le Pen?
This week: Macron’s game.
Our cover piece looks at the big news following the European elections at the weekend, President Macron’s decision to call early parliamentary elections in France. Madness or…
Our cover piece looks at the big news following the European elections at the weekend, President Macron’s decision to call early parliamentary elections in France. Madness or…
00:45:31 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
The Farage factor
This week: The Farage factor. Our cover piece looks at the biggest news from this week of the general election campaign, Nigel Farage’s decision to stand again for Parliament. Farage appealed to vote…
00:44:44 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
Wannabes: are any of them ready?
This week: Wannabes - are any of them ready? Our cover piece takes a look at the state of the parties a week into the UK general election campaign. The election announcement took everyone by surprise…
00:35:07 |
Thu 30 May 2024
The deluge: Rishi Sunak’s election gamble
It’s a bumper edition of The Edition this week. After Rishi Suank called a surprise – and perhaps misguided – snap election just a couple of hours after our press deadline, we had to frantically come…
00:52:40 |
Thu 23 May 2024
Veep show: who will Trump pick for his running mate?
This week:
Veep show: who will Trump pick for his running mate? Freddy Gray goes through the contenders – and what they say about America (and its most likely next president). ‘Another thought might b…
Veep show: who will Trump pick for his running mate? Freddy Gray goes through the contenders – and what they say about America (and its most likely next president). ‘Another thought might b…
00:47:23 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Drama students: how universities raised a generation of activists
This week:
On Monday, tents sprung up at Oxford and Cambridge as part of a global, pro-Palestinian student protest which began at Columbia University. In his cover piece, Yascha Mounk, a professor at …
On Monday, tents sprung up at Oxford and Cambridge as part of a global, pro-Palestinian student protest which began at Columbia University. In his cover piece, Yascha Mounk, a professor at …
00:38:40 |
Thu 09 May 2024
Survival plan: is Rishi ready for the rebels?
This week:
Survival plan: is Rishi ready for the rebels? Ever since his election, Rishi Sunak has been preparing for this weekend – where the most likely scenario is that dire local election results a…
Survival plan: is Rishi ready for the rebels? Ever since his election, Rishi Sunak has been preparing for this weekend – where the most likely scenario is that dire local election results a…
00:33:30 |
Thu 02 May 2024
The Xi files: how China spies
This week: The Xi files: China’s global spy network.
A Tory parliamentary aide and an academic were arrested this week for allegedly passing ‘prejudicial information’ to China. In his cover piece Nig…
A Tory parliamentary aide and an academic were arrested this week for allegedly passing ‘prejudicial information’ to China. In his cover piece Nig…
00:37:28 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
The dangers of political prosecution
This week: the usual targets
First: Trump is on trial again – and America is bored rather than scandalised. This is his 91st criminal charge and his supporters see this as politicised prosecution. As …
First: Trump is on trial again – and America is bored rather than scandalised. This is his 91st criminal charge and his supporters see this as politicised prosecution. As …
00:31:03 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Will Biden support Ukraine’s attacks on Russia?
This week: will Biden support Ukraine’s attacks on Russia?
Owen Matthews writes the cover piece in light of the Zelensky drone offensive. Ukraine’s most successful strategy to date has been its ingeni…
Owen Matthews writes the cover piece in light of the Zelensky drone offensive. Ukraine’s most successful strategy to date has been its ingeni…
00:45:33 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
The Starmer supremacy
On the podcast this week: what could achieving a large majority at the next election mean for Labour; how much should parents worry about picky eating; and why are humans fascinated with the apocalyp…
00:39:45 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
Easter special: how forgiveness was forgotten
This week: how forgiveness was forgotten, why the secular tide might be turning, and looking for romance at the British museum.
Up first: The case of Frank Hester points to something deep going on in…
Up first: The case of Frank Hester points to something deep going on in…
00:35:35 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
War on words: is Scotland ready for its new hate crime law?
On the podcast: Scotland’s new hate crime law; the man who could be France’s next PM; and why do directors meddle with Shakespeare?
First up: Scotland is smothering free speech.
Scotland is getting a …
First up: Scotland is smothering free speech.
Scotland is getting a …
00:50:50 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Will the Red Wall revolt split the right?
On the podcast this week: is Rishi ready for a Red Wall rebellion?
Lee Anderson’s defection to Reform is an indication of the final collapse of the Tories’ 2019 electoral coalition and the new split …
Lee Anderson’s defection to Reform is an indication of the final collapse of the Tories’ 2019 electoral coalition and the new split …
00:47:36 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Trump II: Back with a Vengeance
On the podcast: what would Trump’s second term look like?
Vengeance is a lifelong theme of Donald Trump’s, writes Freddy Gray in this week’s cover story – and this year’s presidential election could …
Vengeance is a lifelong theme of Donald Trump’s, writes Freddy Gray in this week’s cover story – and this year’s presidential election could …
00:47:20 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Plan Bibi: stalemate suits Netanyahu
Welcome to a slightly new format for the Edition podcast! Each week we will be talking about the magazine – as per usual – but trying to give a little more insight into the process behind putting The…
00:48:26 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
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