Podcast Episodes

The Edition: Benefits Britain, mental health & what’s the greatest artwork of the 21st Century?

‘Labour is now the party of welfare, not work’ argues Michael Simmons in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The question ‘why should I bother w…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Book Club: A Brief History of the Aphorism

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is James Geary, talking about the new edition of his classic The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Quite right!: should Rachel Reeves go?

This week: Rachel Reeves reels as Labour’s Budget unravels – and a far-left Life of Brian sequel plays out in Liverpool.

After a bruising seven days f…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Americano: why is the US obsessed with British 'decline'?

Why are Americans so interested in Britain's decline? While visiting London, Tucker Carlson has said that the country has ‘shrunken’ and its culture …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Nicotine pouches: solution or smokescreen?

There has been a renewed focus on tobacco and nicotine products across Europe. Just as countries seek to speed up the process to a smoke-free future,…

6 months ago

Holy Smoke: Trump highlights the persecution of Christians in Nigeria

Fr Benedict Kiely, founder of nasarean.org, and Freddy Gray join Damian Thompson to discuss the persecution of Christians which has reached new and t…

6 months ago

Coffee House Shots: Budget booze from Disraeli to Reeves

Throughout the years, the only person permitted to drink inside the House of Commons is the Chancellor, so what has been the tipple of choice for eac…

6 months ago

The Edition: defending marriage, broken Budgets & the 'original sin’ of industrialisation

'Marriage is the real rebellion’ argues Madeline Grant in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The Office for National Statistics predicts that b…

6 months ago

The Book Club: The Decadence

On this week’s Book Club podcast I’m joined by debut author Leon Craig to talk about her novel The Decadence – a story of millennial debauchery in a …

6 months ago

Quite right!: the 'wickedness' of Labour's gender war

This week: After leaked EHRC guidance threw Labour’s position on biological sex into disarray, Michael and Maddie ask whether Bridget Phillipson is d…

6 months ago