Podcast Episodes

Americano: what will happen in the mid terms?

The midterm elections in November is shaping up to be one of the most expensive elections yet. Freddy Gray and Ryan Girdusky, author of National Popu…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: McSweeney resigns – is Starmer next?

Morgan McSweeney resigned yesterday as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and – while it was not a surprise, given his role in appointing Peter Mandelson …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Spectator Out Loud: Piers Morgan, Melanie McDonagh, Matt Ridley & Rachel Johnson

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Piers Morgan reveals what Donald Trump told him from his hospital bed; Melanie McDonagh ponders the impermanence o…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Holy Smoke: has AI created its own religion?

What did you most recently use Artificial Intelligence for? For most people, the answer would be as a glorified search function, using services like …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: Jonathan Hinder on Starmer, Mandelson & a 'bad' local elections

On this special edition of Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by Jonathan Hinder – a rising star of the back benches and a blue Labour acolyte…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Edition: AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first

Is Britain ready for Artificial Intelligence? Well, bluntly, 'no'; that's the verdict if you read several pieces in this week's Spectator – from Tim …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Book Club: The Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Caroline Moorehead, whose new book A Sicilian Man: Leonardo Sciascia, the Rise of the Mafia and the Stru…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Quite right!: the Peter Mandelson problem just got worse

To hear this week's episode in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now.

This week: Michael and Maddie examine the fallout from the…

6 months ago

Americano: who is the real Melania Trump?

Freddy Gray speaks to the documentary maker Fernando Sulchin – who was behind the making of Melania Trump soon to be released on Amazon Prime – to di…

6 months ago

Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas, Mary Killen, Owen Matthews & Patrick Kidd

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas explains how an AI-generated goth girl became a nationalist icon; Mary Killen argues we should all reg…

6 months ago