Podcast Episodes

Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Robert Hardman, Francis Pike, Henrietta Harding & Mary Wakefield

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale reports on the battle for the north; Robert Hardman provides his royal notebook; who’s really in charge of China, asks Francis Pike; Henrietta Harding g…

Published on 3 months ago

Americano: what’s driving political violence?

Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from south-west Utah, has been detained over the shooting of Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of Donald Trump. Author and anthropologist Max Horder joins Fre…

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Holy Smoke: the next Archbishop of Canterbury

It is 10 months since the resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury. Now, finally, the Crown Nominations Commission is believed to have drawn up a shortlist of candidates, and a success…

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The Edition: Royal treatment, neurodiverse history & is everyone on Ozempic?

First: a look ahead to President Trump’s state visit next week

Transatlantic tensions are growing as the row over Peter Mandelson’s role provides an ominous overture to Donald Trump’s state visit next…

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Americano: Eyewitness – inside the shooting of Charlie Kirk

Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot dead while taking questions at Utah Valley University. Kate Andrews speaks to eyewitness and reporter Eva Terry about the chaos on campus, the react…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Quite right! – Why Mandelson had to go & the legacy of Charlie Kirk

In this bonus episode Michael and Madeline tackle two extraordinary political stories. First, the dramatic resignation of Peter Mandelson as Britain’s US ambassador, following renewed scrutiny of his…

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Book Club: Andrew Bayliss

Sam Leith’s guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Andrew Bayliss, author of Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower. Andrew tells Sam what we know — and don't know – about these much-m…

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Quite right! – Labour’s deputy drama, Macron’s mess & was Thatcher autistic?

Michael Gove and Madeline Grant return with another episode of Quite right!, The Spectator’s new podcast promising sanity and common sense in an increasingly unhinged world.

This week, they dissect Ke…

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Americano: how authoritarian is Trump 2.0?

On this episode, Nick Gillespie, Reason's editor at large, joins Freddy to discuss whether Trump 2.0 is really as authoritarian as people say. Is he closer to a gangster than a dictator? They also di…

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Coffee House Shots: Reform's Zia Yusuf in conversation with Michael Gove

At the Reform conference in Birmingham, the Spectator's editor Michael Gove sat down with Reform UK's head of their department of government efficiency Zia Yusuf. They discussed Labour's track record…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago