Podcast Episodes

Americano: the 2026 midterms, immigration & the Democrats

Freddy Gray is joined by JL Partners pollster James Johnson to discuss America's polls: what the election results mean, why immigration has become a …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Spectator Out Loud: Lisa Haseldine, Michael Simmons, Patrick Smith & Toby Young – with Nigel Farage

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Lisa Haseldine reports from Armenia; Michael Simmons argues neoliberalism has never really been tried; Patrick Smi…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Holy Smoke: Mexico, the Catholic Church & the rise of the cartel cults

Friend of Holy Smoke Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith joins Damian Thompson to talk about the complicated relationship between the drug cartels in Mexico an…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Reality Check: can you trust your spouse with your finances?

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed she was deceived by her ex-husband Peter Murrell who pled guilty having embezzled tens of thousands of pounds of SNP mone…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: Nigel Farage on the battle for Makerfield

James Heale is in Makerfield ahead of one of the most consequential by-elections of all time, where Andy Burnham is hoping to return to Westminster a…

4 months ago

The Edition: Elizabeth Day on the 'beautiful & ironic symmetry' of Reform vs Restore

For this week’s Edition, Lara Prendergast is joined by the Spectator's political editor Tim Shipman, the writer Guy Stagg and the author and host of …

4 months ago

The Book Club: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Emily Wilson, the scholar and translator of Homer and Seneca, among many others. She tells me what tech …

4 months ago

Quite right!: Henry Nowak's murder exposes Britain’s two-tier policing crisis

This week: the Henry Nowak case, two-tier policing – and what the latest Mandelson files reveal about Labour.

After the murder of 18-year-old Henry No…

4 months ago

Reality Check: why price caps are pointless

The government have rolled back on plans to impose price caps in supermarkets. Was Reeves wrong to go after them for price gouging? Michael Simmons h…

4 months ago

Americano: who is Usha Vance?

Freddy Gray is joined by Sarah Beth Spraggins to discuss her piece on Usha Vance, the wife of JD Vance who could be in line to be the next First Lady…

4 months ago