Podcast Episodes

The Edition: soul suckers of private equity, Douglas Murray on Epstein & are literary sequels ‘lazy’?

The soul suckers of private equity, Douglas Murray on Epstein and MAGA & are literary sequels ‘lazy’?

First up: how private equity is ruining Britain

Gus Carter writes in the magazine this week about h…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Club: Frances Wilson

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the biographer Frances Wilson, whose new book Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark was recently lauded in these pages as "mesmerising" and "a revolu…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: what's left of the Tories? with Michael Gove and Tim Shipman

What's left of the Tories?

The Commons is closing down for the summer, but Kemi Badenoch has treated us to a shadow cabinet reshuffle. At the beginning of the year, Badenoch’s team were keen to stress…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Americano: is Epstein the new Russiagate?

Is Epstein the new Russiagate?

Freddy Gray is joined by Spectator writer Roger Kimball. They delve into the Epstein claims, the media's handling of the story, Trump’s economic agenda, and whether the …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Americano: will AI have rights?

Will AI have rights?

Freddy Gray speaks to Spectator writer Paul Wood about his piece this the latest edition of Spectator World on AI and whether it will soon have rights. This first came about when …

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Spectator Out Loud: Mark Mason, Mary Wakefield, Matthew Parris and Philip Patrick

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Mark Mason reminisces about old English bank notes (00:33), Philip Patrick wonders whether AI will replace politicians in Japan (04:04), Matthew Parris wonders why …

Published on 5 months ago

Coffee House Shots Live: are the Tories toast?

The strange death of Tory England has been predicted before. But never has the ‘natural party of government’ faced a greater challenge to survive. The Conservatives are facing attacks on all fronts f…

Published on 5 months ago

Americano: Trump – the conventional foreign policy President?

Trump has said he's "very, very unhappy" with Russia, and threatened severe tariffs against them if there's no deal on Ukraine within 50 days. He's also sending more weapons to Ukraine in coordinatio…

Published on 5 months ago

The Edition: how the Bank broke Britain, Zelensky’s choice & the joys of mudlarking

First up: how the Bank of England wrecked the economy

Britain’s economy is teetering on the brink of a deep fiscal hole, created by billions of pounds of unfunded spending – never-ending health promis…

Published on 5 months ago

The Book Club: Irvine Welsh on the new Trainspotting sequel

My guest this week is Irvine Welsh – who, three decades after his era-defining hit Trainspotting, returns with a direct sequel, Men In Love. Irvine tells me what Sick Boy, Renton, Spud and Begbie mea…

Published on 5 months ago