Chinese Whispers: why China loves Taylor Swift
‘Swifties’, as Taylor Swift’s fans are known across the world, are extremely dedicated to the cause, and often estimated to drive up local economies wherever they flock, and Chinese fans are no differ...
22 Jul 202446min
Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews, Adam Frank, David Hempleman-Adams, Svitlana Morenets and Michael Beloff
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 migh...
20 Jul 202439min
Holy Smoke: A Habsburg Archduke explains how not to be nasty on Twitter
In this week's Holy Smoke episode Damian Thompson welcomes back Eduard Habsburg, Hungary's Ambassador to the Holy See and also, to give him his family title, Archduke Eduard of Austria. Last year he p...
19 Jul 202424min
The Edition: is Donald Trump now unstoppable?
This week: bulletproof Trump.The failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump means that his supporters, more than ever, view him as America’s Chosen One. Joe Biden’s candidacy has been falling apart ...
18 Jul 202437min
The Book Club: Collected Poems of Roger McGough
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger McGough, whose new The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 anthologises a poetic career 65 years long and counting. Roger tells me about revisiting his old wo...
17 Jul 202434min
Americano: Will JD Vance bridge America's class divide?
Journalist Christopher Caldwell joins Freddy Gray to discuss Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance. Once 'never Trump', now a close ally of the former president; what's JD Vance's route into Trumpian ...
16 Jul 202426min
Americano: Why did the Secret Service fail Donald Trump?
Freddy Gray is joined by writer Roger Kimball. With the dust beginning to settle from the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, they look at how this could have happened, and what's gone wrong. The...
15 Jul 202420min
Americano: Trump shot – what next?
Former US President Donald Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt while speaking at a Republican rally in Pennsylvania. Freddy Gray speaks to The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews ab...
14 Jul 202421min
