Podcast Episodes

Spectator Out Loud: John Power, Nick Carter, Elisabeth Dampier, Maggie Fergusson & Mark Mason

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power argues the Oxford Union has a ‘lynch-mob mindset’; Elisabeth Dampier explains why she would never date …

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Holy Smoke: 800 years on, why is Aquinas Gen Z’s favourite philosopher?

This year marks 800 years since the birth of the theologian St Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, best known for his theory of natural law and his magnum opus …

1 year ago

Coffee House Shots: should Britain recognise Palestine?

The government is expected to press ahead with recognition of Palestinian statehood, before a formal declaration at the United Nations. Prime Ministe…

1 year ago

The Edition: Weimar Britain, the war on science & are you a competitive reader?

First: a warning from history

Politics moving increasingly from the corridors of power into the streets, economic insecurity exacerbating tensions an…

1 year ago

Book Club: Roger Lewis on Peter Sellers

Sam Leith's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger Lewis, whose book The Life and Death of Peter Sellers has been republished to mark 100 ye…

1 year ago

Quite right!: Why Danny Kruger's defection changes everything & could Boris Johnson be next?

This week Michael and Madeline unpick the shock defection of Danny Kruger to Reform UK’s ‘pirate ship’ – as described by Michael – and ask whether th…

1 year, 1 month ago

Table Talk: Raymond Blanc

In a bumper episode, the legend that is Raymond Blanc joins Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast. The self-taught chef heads up the double Michelin-star…

1 year, 1 month ago

Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Robert Hardman, Francis Pike, Henrietta Harding & Mary Wakefield

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale reports on the battle for the north; Robert Hardman provides his royal notebook; who’s really in charg…

1 year, 1 month ago

Americano: what’s driving political violence?

Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from south-west Utah, has been detained over the shooting of Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of Donald Tru…

1 year, 1 month ago

Holy Smoke: the next Archbishop of Canterbury

It is 10 months since the resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury. Now, finally, the Crown Nominations Commission is believed to have…

1 year, 1 month ago