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Americano: America's white guilt hangover
From the decline of meritocracy to the rise of anti-Western ideology, author Heather Mac Donald joins Freddy Gray to discuss race, merit, and victim …
1 year, 1 month ago
Holy Smoke: is God an Englishman?
Bijan Omrani joins Damian Thompson to talk about his new book God is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England. They discuss the spirit…
1 year, 2 months ago
Coffee House Shots: should cannabis be decriminalised?
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has called for possession of small amounts of cannabis to be decriminalised following a report by the London Drugs Commis…
1 year, 2 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Arabella Byrne, Sean Thomas, Mathew Lyons, Bryan Appleyard & Chas Newkey-Burden
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Arabella Byrne on the social minefield of private swimming pools (1:13); Sean Thomas says that not knowing where y…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Edition: end of the rainbow, rising illiteracy & swimming pool etiquette
End of the rainbow: Pride’s fall
What ‘started half a century ago as an afternoon’s little march for lesbians and gay men’, argues Gareth Roberts, bec…
1 year, 2 months ago
Americano: what does Sam Altman want?
Freddy Gray speaks to writer and author Karen Hao, whose new book Empire of AI looks at a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI. On the podcast they…
1 year, 2 months ago
Book Club: Robert Macfarlane
Sam Leith's guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Robert Macfarlane. In his new book Is A River Alive? he travels from the cloud forests of Ecuad…
1 year, 2 months ago
Americano: what does Sam Altman want?
Freddy Gray speaks to writer and author Karen Hao, whose new book Empire of AI looks at a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI. On the podcast they…
1 year, 2 months ago
Holy Smoke: The mystifying process – and problems – behind choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury
After Pope Francis died, it took the Roman Catholic Church just 17 days to choose a successor in Pope Leo XIV. It has been well over 6 months since A…
1 year, 2 months ago
Coffee House Shots: Why is antisemitism so pervasive? Irving v Lipstadt 25 years on
This spring marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark judgment in the infamous Irving v Lipstadt Holocaust denial case. David Irving sued American a…
1 year, 2 months ago