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Holy Smoke: did Muslim leaders help conceal the grooming gangs scandal? A fierce exchange of views
Welcome to one of the most heated exchanges of views in the history of the Holy Smoke podcast. In this episode, Damian Thompson talks to the distingu…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Edition: Empire of Trump, the creep of child-free influencers & is fact-checking a fiction?
This week: President Trump’s plan to Make America Greater
In the cover piece for the magazine, our deputy editor and host of the Americano podcast,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Americano: have the wildfires exposed America's class divide?
** Americano is nominated in the Political Podcast Awards 2025. Vote for it to win the People's Choice category here **
The LA wildfires have been m…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Book Club: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Orlando Reade, whose book What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost describes the life…
1 year, 1 month ago
Table Talk: Julian Baggini, on the 'philosophy of food'
Julian is a philosopher, journalist and author. He has served as the academic director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and is a member of the Fo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Chinese Whispers: Eva Dou on 'The House of Huawei'
** Chinese Whispers is nominated in the Political Podcast Awards 2025. Vote for it to win the People's Choice category here **
Among the casualties …
1 year, 1 month ago
Americano: is Ron De Santis right about 'classical education'?
** 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 Amy…
1 year, 1 month ago
Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty, Michael Simmons, Paul Wood, Philip Hensher, Isabel Hardman and Damian Thompson
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty argues that the drive to reduce teenage pregnancies enabled grooming gangs (1:27); following Lu…
1 year, 1 month ago
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 groomi…
1 year, 1 month 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 Gid…
1 year, 1 month ago