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Coffee House Shots: what's the point of public inquiries?
This week, MPs voted against a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. The vote followed weeks of pressure on Labour after Elon Musk brought grooming gangs back into the spotlight, after safeguardi…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Americano: how will Trump change the world? With the FT's Gideon Rachman
** Americano is nominated in the Political Podcast Awards 2025. Vote for it to win the People's Choice category here **
Freddy Gray is joined by Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times to discuss what…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
The Edition: the truth about grooming gangs, 'why I'm voting for the AfD' & exploring YouTube rabbit holes
This week: what does justice look like for the victims of the grooming gangs?
In the cover piece for the magazine, Douglas Murray writes about the conspiracy of silence on the grooming gangs and of…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
The Book Club: Rachel Cooke
In this week’s Books podcast, I am joined by Rachel Cooke, who edits the new book The Virago Book of Friendship. Rachel unpacks the intense, often enigmatic dynamics of female friendships in a spry a…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Coffee House Shots: Farage vs Musk
How do you solve a problem like Elon? We have spent much of the past week talking on the podcast about Labour vs Musk, and the tech billionaire’s vocal criticism of how the government is dealing with…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Women With Balls: Sarah Storey
Dame Sarah Storey is Britain’s most successful Paralympian of all time. She is a 45-time World champion, a 23-time European champion, and a 77-time world recorder breaker – including times she broke …
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Spectator Out Loud: James MacMillan, Sebastian Morello, Amy Wilentz, Sam Leith and Lloyd Evans
This week: composer James MacMillan reads his diary on the beautiful music of football (01:11); Sebastian Morello tells us about the deep connection between hunting and Christianity (07:17); Amy Wile…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Table Talk: 'Caviar Queen', Laura King
Laura King is affectionately known as the 'Caviar Queen' and is widely regarded as the UK's foremost caviar expert. In this special episode of the podcast Laura takes Liv and Lara through a caviar ta…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Edition: the West's right turn, Michael Gove interviews Jordan Peterson & the ADHD trap
This week: the fight for the future of the right
From Milei in Argentina to Trump in the US, Meloni in Italy to the rise of the AfD in Germany, the world appears to be turning to the right, say Jam…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: is 2025 Farage’s year?
Happy New Year! And it could prove to be a very happy new year for Nigel Farage and the Reform Party. They provided some of the stand-out political drama of 2024, with Lee Anderson’s defection and Fa…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago