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The Book Club: Nick Harkaway
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the novelist Nick Harkaway, whose new book Karla's Choice sees him pick up the mantle of his late father, John le Carré, in writing a new novel set in the…
Published on 1 year ago
Americano: John Bolton on Trump's 'crackpot' cabinet
John Bolton has served under both Republican administrations of the 21st century: first as US Ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush, and then under Donald Trump where he was – surpris…
Published on 1 year ago
Chinese Whispers: what's behind the Chinese migrant surge at the Darien Gap?
The Darien Gap is a 60 mile stretch of jungle that hundreds of thousands of migrants from all over South America trek through in order to reach the US-Mexico border. From there, they enter America in…
Published on 1 year ago
Women With Balls: Claire Ainsley
Claire Ainsley is a stalwart of left-wing politics. Formerly an executive director at social change organisation the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, she is currently leading a project on the renewal of t…
Published on 1 year ago
Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Parris, Joanna Bell, Peter Frankopan, Mary Wakefield and Flora Watkins
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: pondering AI, Matthew Parris wonders if he is alone in thinking (1:10); Joanna Bell meets the leader of the Independent Ireland party, Michael Collins, ahead of the…
Published on 1 year ago
Americano: the ‘experts’ who enabled RFK Jr’s rise
The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be secretary of health and human services in the second Trump administration has horrified ‘experts’. A left-wing Democrat who admires the late Venezuelan Ma…
Published on 1 year ago
The Edition: Streeting vs Starmer, medical misinformation & the surprising history of phallic graffiti
This week: Wild Wes.
Ahead of next week’s vote on whether to legalise assisted dying, Health Secretary Wes Streeting is causing trouble for Keir Starmer, writes Katy Balls in the magazine this week…
Published on 1 year ago
The Book Club: Josh Cohen
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the psychoanalyst and writer Josh Cohen. With anger seemingly the default condition of our time, Josh’s new book All The Rage: Why Anger Drives the World …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Americano: what is Trump 2.0 going to do with the world?
Freddy Gray sits down with Jacob Heilbrunn, a longstanding friend of Americano to discuss Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to send long range missiles into Russia, how significant this decision is a…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Table Talk: Julian Metcalfe, founder of Itsu
Julian Metcalfe is a British entrepreneur and one of the most influential individuals on the London high street. He revolutionised the grab-and-go lunchtime food industry in 1986 by co-founding Pret …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago