The Book Club: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
In this week’s Book Club podcast, my guest is the historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto. 500 years after Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition circumnavigated the globe, Felipe’s gripping new book Straits: Bey...
6 Huhti 202247min
Chinese Whispers: reinventing the Chinese language
After defeat in the Second Opium War, Chinese intellectuals wracked their minds for how the Chinese nation can survive in the new industrialised world. It’s a topic that has been discussed on this pod...
4 Huhti 202245min
Spectator Out Loud: Christopher Howse, Richard Florida and Olivia Potts
On this week's episode, we'll hear from Christopher Howse on the destruction of Ukrainian churches. (00:50)Next, Richard Florida on how Covid has changed London for the better. (13:52)And finally, Oli...
2 Huhti 202228min
Americano: Can the west end the Ukraine war?
The Spectator's contributing editor Paul Wood interviews Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution, who also served as a director within President Trump's national security council, where her brief f...
1 Huhti 202245min
The Edition: Biden's war
In this week’s episode: Is Biden’s approach to the war in Ukraine more calculating than it seems?For this week’s cover piece, in this week’s cover piece, Matt Purple examines Biden’s response to the s...
31 Maalis 202236min
The Book Club: Helen Bond and Joan Taylor
In this week's Book Club podcast, we ask: did the chroniclers of the early Church cover up evidence that the disciples and evangelists of Christ were as often women as men? Sam's guests are the schola...
30 Maalis 202236min
Table Talk: Lance Forman
Lance Forman is the owner of H. Forman & Son, Britain's leading salmon smokers and author of Forman's Games. He was elected a Brexit Party MEP for London in the 2019 European election but quit the par...
29 Maalis 202222min
Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson, Jade McGlynn and Nick Newman
On this week's episode, we'll hear from Damian Thompson on the Patriarch in league with Putin. (00:58)Next, Jade McGlynn on how Russian TV is presenting the war to its people. (08:46)And finally, Nick...
26 Maalis 202223min
