Podcast Episodes

Holy Smoke: why the canonisation of the first millennial saint is a cause to celebrate

The Catholic Church will acquire its first millennial saint today, when Pope Leo XIV canonises someone who, if he were alive today, would be young enough to be his son. 

Carlo Acutis, a ‘computer geek…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman, Colin Freeman, Rachel Clarke, Michael Gove & Melanie Ferbreach

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman interviews shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick (plus – Tim explains the significance of Jenrick’s arguments in a special introduction); Colin Freema…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Edition: Reform’s camp following, masculine rage & why do people make up languages?

First: Reform is naff – and that’s why people like it

Gareth Roberts warns this week that ‘the Overton window is shifting’ but in a very unexpected way. Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls – not only b…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Book Club: Lea Ypi

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the Albanian-born political philosopher Lea Ypi, whose new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined reconstructs the story of her grandmother’s early life amid t…

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Quite right! – Farage steals summer, Starmer’s reset flop & should we 'raise the colours'?

Michael Gove and Madeline Grant launch ‘Quite right!’, the new podcast from The Spectator that promises sanity and common sense in a world that too often lacks both.

In their first episode, they take …

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Americano: do mass shootings begin online?

Freddy Gray is joined by writer and internet ethnographer Katherine Dee. She's written about the Minneapolis school shooting and Robin Westman for Spectator World. Two children were killed and 17 oth…

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Coffee House Shots: how have the 2024 intake found frontline politics?

As Parliament returns from summer recess, three rising stars of the 2024 intake join Coffee House Shots to provide their reflections on frontline politics so far. Labour's Rosie Wrighting, the Conser…

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Holy Smoke: the Twelve Churches that made Christianity

What links the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and St Peter's in Rome with the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and Canaanland in Ota, Nigeria? These are just some of the church…

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Coffee House Shots: why Angela Rayner is so iconic

The Daily Telegraph have run a story this week that Angela Rayner may have dodged stamp duty on her second home. But beyond the story, its the photos of the Deputy Prime Minister on the beach at Hove…

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Spectator Out Loud: Tom Slater, Justin Marozzi, Iben Thranholm, Angus Colwell & Philip Womack

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Tom Slater says that Britain is having its own gilet jaunes moment; Justin Marozzi reads his historian’s notebook; Iben Thranholm explains how Denmark’s ‘spiritual …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago