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
New world order: can Britain, America and Australia contain China?
In this week’s episode: can the new Aukus alliance contain China? In his cover piece this week, James Forsyth writes that the new Aukus pact has fixed the contours of the next 30 years of British for…
00:43:02 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Payday: who’s afraid of rising wages?
In this week’s episode: is Brexit to blame for the rise in blue-collar wages? With labour shortages driving wages up, many have blamed Britain’s removal from the single market. However, this week in …
00:44:34 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Assetocracy: the inversion of the welfare state
On this week's episode: why is the Prime Minister so desperate to support the assetocracy? In The Spectator’s cover story this week, after Boris Johnson revealed his plan to pay for social care with …
00:33:04 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Top dog: how have animals captured politics?
On this week's episode: should animal lives be considered as valuable as human lives? It’s often said that Britain is a country of animal lovers, but have we taken it too far? Pen Farthing’s evacuati…
00:34:19 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
Prison island: when will Australia escape its zero Covid trap?
On this week’s episode, we’ll be taking a look at the fortress that Australia has built around itself, and ask – when will its Zero Covid policy end (01:00)?
Also on the podcast: is it racist to point…
00:38:47 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
America abandoned this fight before the Afghans did
On this week’s podcast:
In the latest issue of The Spectator, we cover the Afghanistan issue extensively, looking at everything from why the West was doomed from the start, to how events in Afghanista…
00:38:36 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
The cost of net zero
In this week’s podcast:
First up, to deny the man-made climate crisis we now find ourselves in would be an act of wilful delusion. But what is the right way for the UK to try and minimise this loomin…
First up, to deny the man-made climate crisis we now find ourselves in would be an act of wilful delusion. But what is the right way for the UK to try and minimise this loomin…
00:35:11 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
The heist: nobody is safe from Russia’s digital pirates
What is the true threat of ransomware both to our governments and us individually?(00:30) Also on the podcast: What are the Italian ‘Green Pass’ Protests?(15:14) And finally… is it harder to be the g…
00:37:06 |
Thu 05 Aug 2021
Turning the tide: how to deal with Britain’s new migrant crisis
Is there a humane solution to Britain’s migrant crisis?(00:52) Also on the podcast: Why is the WHO so down on e-cigarettes?(16:23) and finally... after a year and a half inside how angry will strange…
00:40:10 |
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Party time: what is the cost of freedom?
How free are we after freedom day?(00:27) Also on the podcast: Why does it take hours to refuel your car in Lebanon?(10:19) and finally… Is British gardening wilting or blooming?(21:21)
With The Spect…
00:33:41 |
Thu 22 Jul 2021
Nanny Boris: the PM’s alarming flight from liberalism
What are the pros and cons of vaccine passports?(00:33) Also on the podcast: Is it time for restaurant kitchens to ditch their toxic masculinity?
(18:00) And finally... Cricket, what does the new tour…
00:42:18 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
How China bought Cambridge
What level of control does China have at Cambridge University? (00:48) Also on the podcast: Will the Church of England’s new plans for modernisation leave us with an institution we even recognise? (1…
00:41:05 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Staged: a handful of VIP events is no substitute for normality
19 July is approaching but what will life after ‘freedom day’ will look like? (01:19) Also on the podcast: what will Angela Merkel's departure mean for the EU? (14:12) And as many people fled the cit…
00:36:56 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
The house mafia: the scandal of new builds
This week…Why should the first time buyer be so scared of new builds? (00:36)
Plus… will the catholic church come to the defence of the word mother? (09:33)
And finally… Why does it take so long to un…
00:29:02 |
Thu 24 Jun 2021
The new leviathan: the big state is back
It seems we are in a new President/Prime Minister alliance of big government spending, should we be excited or concerned? (00:44) Also on the podcast: Are the UK tabloids going woke? (15:00)? And in …
00:48:44 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
The third wave: it’s here – but it shouldn’t delay our reopening
Experts are saying we are now officially in a third wave but how concerned should we be? (00:56) Also on the podcast: What will the mood be like when Boris meets Biden (14:33)? And are UFOs no longer…
00:39:19 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Broken Trust: the crisis at the heart of the National Trust
Why is the National Trust in crisis, and can it be fixed? (00:55) Plus, is there going to be a ‘fake meat’ revolution? (14:15) And finally, should wedding readings stick to the classics or is it acce…
00:33:13 |
Thu 03 Jun 2021
Whodunnit? The lab leak theory is looking increasingly plausible
We’re still none the wiser about the origins of coronavirus, but has the lab leak theory just got more credible (00:55) Also on the podcast: are English tourists welcome in Scotland (15:25)? And is b…
00:37:31 |
Thu 27 May 2021
TikTok intifada: what's the role of new media in old conflicts?
In this week’s podcast, we talk to James Ball, author of this week’s cover story on the ‘TikTok Intifada’ about the themes he uncovers in his analysis of the impact of social media on the conflict in…
00:33:42 |
Thu 20 May 2021
The great pretender: Nicola Sturgeon's independence bluff
In this week’s podcast, we talk to The Spectator's editor Fraser Nelson and associate editor Douglas Murray about the challenges facing a freshly re-elected SNP. What next for Nicola Sturgeon - full …
00:31:00 |
Thu 13 May 2021
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