Podcast Episodes

Reparations: the tyranny of imaginary guilt, with Nigel Biggar & Katie Lam

The past few years have seen growing calls for countries in the global west to pay reparations to former colonies for their role in the transatlantic…

5 months ago

Coffee House Shots: Labour’s ‘levelling up’ agenda – Michael Gove interviews Steve Reed

On the eve of Labour’s party conference, the Spectator's editor Michael Gove sits down with Steve Reed MP, the new Secretary of State for Housing, Co…

5 months ago

The Edition: Labour’s Terminator, Silicon Valley’s ‘Antichrist’ obsession & can charity shops survive?

First: who has the Home Secretary got in her sights?

Political editor Tim Shipman profiles Shabana Mahmood in the Spectator’s cover article this week.…

5 months ago

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 …

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months, 1 week 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 …

5 months, 1 week 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 …

5 months, 1 week 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 Ministe…

5 months, 1 week 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 an…

5 months, 1 week ago