Podcast Episodes

The Edition: Kemi's fightback, the cult of Thatcher & debunking British myths

The Spectator’s cover story this week is an interview with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch ahead of the Tory party conference. Reflecting on the criticism she received for being seen as slow on pol…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Quite right!: is Labour 'racist' too?

Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ where…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Americano: Prof Mearsheimer on why Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ won’t work

Donald Trump has unveiled his “peace plan” for Gaza with Benjamin Netanyahu – but is it realistic? Professor John Mearsheimer joins Freddy Gray to assess Trump’s foreign policy instincts, the role of…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: Shabana Mahmood in conversation with Michael Gove

Whilst a certain noisy northern mayor has positioned himself as the problem child of conference 2025, The Spectator finds another Labour politician far more interesting. All around Liverpool the news…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Americano: is James Comey going to jail?

Freddy Gray speaks to Jacob Heilbrunn, a longstanding friend of Americano to discuss James Comey, violence in Washington and Tucker Carlson’s new series. 

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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Parris, Stephen J. Shaw, Henry Jeffreys, Tessa Dunlop and Angus Colwell

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Parris reflects on the gay rights movement in the UK; faced with Britain’s demographic declines, Stephen J. Shaw argues that Britain needs to recover a sens…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Reparations: the tyranny of imaginary guilt, with Nigel Biggar & Katie Lam

The past few years have seen growing calls for countries in the global west to pay reparations to former colonies for their role in the transatlantic slave trade. The debate over reparations was alre…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: Labour’s ‘levelling up’ agenda – Michael Gove interviews Steve Reed

On the eve of Labour’s party conference, the Spectator's editor Michael Gove sits down with Steve Reed MP, the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government. The government ha…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Edition: Labour’s Terminator, Silicon Valley’s ‘Antichrist’ obsession & can charity shops survive?

First: who has the Home Secretary got in her sights?

Political editor Tim Shipman profiles Shabana Mahmood in the Spectator’s cover article this week. Given Keir Starmer’s dismal approval ratings, pol…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Book Club: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian Sudhir Hazareesingh, whose new book Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World reframes the story …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago