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Holy Smoke: should assisted dying be legalised?
MPs are set to vote on the legalisation of assisted dying this week, the first such vote in almost a decade. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) …
1 year, 10 months ago
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…
1 year, 10 months 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, …
1 year, 10 months 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 U…
1 year, 10 months 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 …
1 year, 10 months 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 Indepe…
1 year, 10 months 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 lef…
1 year, 10 months 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 St…
1 year, 10 months 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 …
1 year, 10 months 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 missil…
1 year, 10 months ago