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The Book Club: Orhan Pamuk
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by the Nobel Prize winning novelist Orhan Pamuk to talk about the publication of Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks. Right up to early ad…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Americano: what will Jimmy Carter be remembered for?
** Americano is nominated in the Political Podcast Awards 2025. Vote for it to win the People's Choice category here **
The former US President has died age 100 surrounded by his family in Plains. K…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: how abuse scandals shattered the Church of England but were hidden by the Vatican
In this end-of-year episode of Holy Smoke, Damian Thompson discusses the abuse scandals that have forced the current Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to resign his post, his predecessor Lord C…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: why 2025 could redefine politics
Santa will have had a tricky time this year fulfilling all the Christmas wish lists in Westminster. Keir Starmer is desperately hoping for a change in the political weather, and Kemi Badenoch would l…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Americano: did 2024 save the American dream?
2024 has been another year of extraordinary events in American politics. From Trump’s attempted assassination, the general election, the death of peanut the squirrel, Biden’s resignation and internat…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Book Club, from the archives: Annie Nightingale
Broadcaster and Radio DJ Annie Nightingale passed away earlier this year. In memory of her, please enjoy this episode of the Book Club podcast, from the archives, in which she joined Sam Leith in 202…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
2024 Out Loud: Cindy Yu, Michael Simmons, Angus Colwell, Igor Toronyi-Lalic, Mary Wakefield, Fraser Nelson and Michael Gove
On 2024 Out Loud: Cindy Yu examined Chinese work ethic (1:13); Michael Simmons declared his love of the doner kebab (6:28); Angus Colwell reported from Israel in July (9:27); Igor Toronyi-Lalic expla…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: have we been too quick to judge Kemi Badenoch?
Kemi Badenoch is just over a month into her tenure as leader of the opposition, and already she has been criticised for her performances at PMQs and for failing to offer much in the way of policy pro…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Edition: Best of 2024
This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revisiting some of the conversations we had around the…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Edition: Best of 2024, with Dominic Sandbrook, Mary Beard and Harriet Harman
This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revisiting some of the conversations we had around the…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago