Podcast Episodes

The Book Club: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian Sudhir Hazareesingh, whose new book Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World reframes the story …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Quite right!: where Blair is wrong & Farage is right

Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ wherev…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Americano: how scary is China's military?

Freddy Gray is joined by Harry Kazianis, editor in chief of the National Security Journal, to assess China’s military rise. He argues Beijing aims to dominate the Indo-Pacific with missiles, drones a…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Spectator Out Loud: John Power, Nick Carter, Elisabeth Dampier, Maggie Fergusson & Mark Mason

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power argues the Oxford Union has a ‘lynch-mob mindset’; Elisabeth Dampier explains why she would never date a German; Nick Carter makes the case for licensing…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Holy Smoke: 800 years on, why is Aquinas Gen Z’s favourite philosopher?

This year marks 800 years since the birth of the theologian St Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, best known for his theory of natural law and his magnum opus the Summa Theologia, argued for the existence of G…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: should Britain recognise Palestine?

The government is expected to press ahead with recognition of Palestinian statehood, before a formal declaration at the United Nations. Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out plans earlier this year to …

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

The Edition: Weimar Britain, the war on science & are you a competitive reader?

First: a warning from history

Politics moving increasingly from the corridors of power into the streets, economic insecurity exacerbating tensions and the centre of politics failing to hold; these ar…

Published on 3 months ago

Book Club: Roger Lewis on Peter Sellers

Sam Leith's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger Lewis, whose book The Life and Death of Peter Sellers has been republished to mark 100 years since the comedian's birth. Roger tells Sam ab…

Published on 3 months ago

Quite right!: Why Danny Kruger's defection changes everything & could Boris Johnson be next?

This week Michael and Madeline unpick the shock defection of Danny Kruger to Reform UK’s ‘pirate ship’ – as described by Michael – and ask whether this coup could mark the beginning of the end for th…

Published on 3 months ago

Table Talk: Raymond Blanc

In a bumper episode, the legend that is Raymond Blanc joins Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast. The self-taught chef heads up the double Michelin-starred Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, has trained chefs…

Published on 3 months ago