Podcast Episodes

Coffee House Shots: 'what the f***' is going on in Iran?

It is rare to see the President so visibly frustrated (see The Apprentice, circa 2004), but after Iran and Israel seemingly ignored his ceasefire announcement – and his plea on Truth Social, ‘PLEASE …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Holy Smoke: why are young Christians returning to tradition?

Today’s Holy Smoke is a curtain-raiser for ‘Recovering the Sacred’, a Spectator event at St Bartholow-the-Great in the City of London in which a panel of experts will explore the rediscovery of tradi…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: Jeremy Hunt on Trump, Budgets and Welsh whisky

On this week’s special Saturday edition of Coffee House Shots, James Heale sits down with Jeremy Hunt to discuss his new book, Can We Be Great Again?. The former chancellor and foreign secretary argu…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews, Bijan Omrani, Andrew Hankinson, Laurie Penny & Andrew Watts

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews says that Venice’s residents never stop complaining (1:11); Bijan Omrani reads his church notebook (7:33); Andrew Hankinson reviews Tiffany Jenkins’s …

Published on 6 months ago

The Edition: Starmer at sea, Iran on the brink & the importance of shame

Starmer’s war zone: the Prime Minister’s perilous position

This week, our new political editor Tim Shipman takes the helm and, in his cover piece, examines how Keir Starmer can no longer find politica…

Published on 6 months ago

The Book Club: William Dalrymple

My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian William Dalrymple, whose bestselling account of ancient India’s cultural and economic influence, The Golden Road, is newly out in paperback.…

Published on 6 months ago

Table Talk: Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries is one of the most recognisable Conservative politicians from the past two decades. Elected as the MP for Mid Bedfordshire in 2005, she notably clashed with David Cameron and George Os…

Published on 6 months ago

Americano: will Trump get dragged into the Israel-Iran conflict?

Relations between Iran and Israel are deteriorating rapidly, with comparisons being drawn to Israel’s 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears t…

Published on 6 months ago

Book Club, from the archives: Frederick Forsyth

In honour of the author Frederick Forsyth, who died early this week, please enjoy this episode of the Book Club podcast, from the archives, in which he joined Sam Leith in 2021 to celebrate the 50th …

Published on 6 months ago

Coffee House Shots: why is Britain's economy so unhealthy?

The Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons is joined by the outgoing boss of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson and the CEO of the Resolution Foundation Ruth Curtice to understand wh…

Published on 6 months ago