Episodios

  • Richard Madeley, Cindy Yu, Lara Prendergast, Pen Vogler and James Delingpole

    Richard Madeley, Cindy Yu, Lara Prendergast, Pen Vogler and James Delingpole
    Aug 17 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Richard Madeley reads his diary for the week (1:01); Cindy Yu explores the growing trend for all things nostalgic in China (6:00); Lara Prendergast declares that bankers are hot again (11:26); Pen Vogler reviews Sally Coulthard’s book The Apple (17:18); and, James Delingpole argues that Joe Rogan is ‘as edgy as Banksy’ (23:24).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    30 m
  • Gus Carter, Paul Wood, Jonathan Aitken, Laura Gascoigne and Flora Watkins

    Gus Carter, Paul Wood, Jonathan Aitken, Laura Gascoigne and Flora Watkins
    Aug 10 2024
    This week: Gus Carter reports from Rotherham (01:10), Paul Wood asks whether anything can stop full-scale conflict in the Middle East (05:55), Jonathan Aitken takes us inside Nixon's resignation melodrama (16:55), Laura Gascoigne reviews Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris and Lett-Haines (26:08), and Flora Watkins reads her notes on ragwort (31:24).

    Produced and presented by Oscar Edmondson.
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    35 m
  • James Heale, Lara Prendergast, Patrick Marnham, Laura Gascoigne and Michael Simmons

    James Heale, Lara Prendergast, Patrick Marnham, Laura Gascoigne and Michael Simmons
    Aug 3 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale interviews Woody Johnson, the former American Ambassador to the UK, about a possible second Trump term (1:19); Lara Prendergast reflects on the issue of smartphones for children and what lessons we could learn from Keir Starmer’s approach to privacy (6:35); reviewing Patrick Bishop’s book ‘Paris ’44: The Shame and the Glory’, Patrick Marnham argues the liberation of Paris was hard won (12:37); Laura Gascoigne examines Ukraine’s avant garde movement in light of the Russian invasion (20:34); and, Michael Simmons provides his notes on venn diagrams (28:33).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    32 m
  • Damian Thompson, Paola Romero, Stuart Jeffries, Ysenda Maxtone Graham, and Nicholas Farrell

    Damian Thompson, Paola Romero, Stuart Jeffries, Ysenda Maxtone Graham, and Nicholas Farrell
    Jul 27 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson argues that Papal succession plotting is a case of life mirroring art (1:26); Paola Romero reports on Venezuela’s mix of Evita and Thatcher, Maria Corina Machado, and her chances of bringing down Nicolas Maduro (11:39); reviewing Richard Overy’s book ‘Why war?’, Stuart Jeffries reflects that war has as long a future as it has a past (17:38); Ysenda Maxtone Graham provides her notes on party bags (24:30); and, Nicholas Farrell ponders on the challenges of familial split-loyalties when watching the football in Italy (27:25).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    35 m
  • Kate Andrews, Adam Frank, David Hempleman-Adams, Svitlana Morenets and Michael Beloff

    Kate Andrews, Adam Frank, David Hempleman-Adams, Svitlana Morenets and Michael Beloff
    Jul 20 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews argues vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is more MAGA than Trump (1:27); Adam Frank explains how super-earths could help us understand what life might look like on another planet (5:15); David Hempleman-Adams recounts his attempt to cross the Atlantic on a hydrogen ballon (14:31); from Ukraine, Svitlana Morenets reports on the battle to save Kharkiv (20:44); and, Michael Beloff takes us on a history of the Olympics (30:12).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    39 m
  • James Heale, Svitlana Morenets, Philip Hensher, Francis Beckett and Rupert Christiansen

    James Heale, Svitlana Morenets, Philip Hensher, Francis Beckett and Rupert Christiansen
    Jul 13 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale analyses the state of the Conservative leadership race (1:09); Svitlana Morenets reports from the site of the Kyiv children’s hospital bombed this week (5:56); Philip Hensher examines the ‘Cool Queer Life’ of Thom Gunn (12:13); Francis Beckett reviews ‘The Assault on the State’ arguing in favour of bureaucracy (21:20); and, Rupert Christiansen reveals why he has fallen out of love with Wagner (27:05).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    38 m
  • Freddy Gray, Angus Colwell, Matthew Parris, Flora Watkins and Rory Sutherland

    Freddy Gray, Angus Colwell, Matthew Parris, Flora Watkins and Rory Sutherland
    Jul 6 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: after President Biden’s debate disaster, Freddy Gray profiles the one woman who could persuade him to step down, his wife Jill (1:05); Angus Colwell reports from Israel, where escalation of war seems a very real possibility (9:02); Matthew Parris attempts to reappraise the past 14 years of Conservative government (14:16); Flora Watkins reveals the reasons why canned gin and tonics are so popular (21:24); and, Rory Sutherland asks who could possibly make a better Bond villain than Elon Musk? (25:00).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    30 m
  • Katy Balls, Gavin Mortimer, Sean Thomas, Robert Colvile and Melissa Kite

    Katy Balls, Gavin Mortimer, Sean Thomas, Robert Colvile and Melissa Kite
    Jun 29 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls reflects on the UK general election campaign and wonders how bad things could get for the Tories (1:02); Gavin Mortimer argues that France’s own election is between the ‘somewheres’ and the ‘anywheres’ (7:00); Sean Thomas searches for authentic travel in Colombia (13:16); after reviewing the books Great Britain? by Torsten Bell and Left Behind by Paul Collier, Robert Colvile ponders whether Britain’s problems will ever get solved (20:43); and, Melissa Kite questions if America’s ye olde Ireland really exists (25:44).

    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    31 m