The Edition: why Britain stopped working
Welcome to a slightly new format for the Edition podcast! Each week we will be talking about the magazine – as per usual – but trying to give a little more insight into the process behind putting The ...
22 Feb 202450min
The Book Club: Tom Chatfield
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Tom Chatfield, whose new book is Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are. He tells me what we get wrong about technology, what Douglas Adams g...
21 Feb 202447min
Americano: should Julian Assange be extradited to America?
Freddy speaks to philosopher Slavoj Zizek ahead of what we understand will be Julian Assange's final court appeal against extradition back to the US. The WikiLeaks founder has been wanted by the US au...
21 Feb 202427min
Chinese Whispers: what the Messi row reveals about Chinese football
The Argentinian football star Lionel Messi has been trending on Weibo – and unfortunately, not for a good reason. It all started when Messi sat out a match in Hong Kong earlier this month. His reason ...
19 Feb 202439min
Spectator Out Loud: Harry Mount, Lara Prendergast, Catriona Olding, Owen Matthews and Jeremy Hildreth
On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Harry Mount reads his diary, in which he recounts a legendary face-off between Barry Humphries and John Lennon (00:45); Lara Prendergast gives her tips for male beau...
17 Feb 202429min
Americano: What do Republicans think of Lord Cameron?
Freddy Gray speaks to Americano regular Jacob Heilbrunn about Lord Cameron's recent visit to DC, where he persuaded Congress to pass a bill sending aid to Ukraine. Jacob and Freddy also discuss why Ja...
16 Feb 202425min
Women With Balls: Justine Greening
Justine Greening was born in Rotherham, the daughter of a steel worker and first in her family to go to university. Campaigning for the Conservatives, she won back a Tory stronghold from Labour in the...
16 Feb 202433min
The Edition: Is Nato ready for war with Russia?
Welcome to a slightly new format for the Edition podcast! Each week we will be talking about the magazine – as per usual – but trying to give a little more insight into the process behind putting The ...
15 Feb 202437min
