The Book Club: Paula Byrne
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Paula Byrne. In her new book Hardy Women: Mothers, Sisters, Wives, Muses, she investigates the women in the life and work of the great poet and novelist Th...
7 Feb 202443min
Americano: Is 2024 a ‘flip election’?
Freddy Gray is joined by pollster and writer Patrick Ruffini. They talk about why the strengthening economy isn’t improving Biden’s numbers, and the other factors that will influence the 2024 election...
6 Feb 202430min
Chinese Whispers: why do people join the CCP?
At last count, the Chinese Communist Party has 98 million members, more people than the population of Germany. Its membership also continues to grow, making it one of the most successful and resilient...
5 Feb 202446min
Americano: can Trump ever get a fair trial?
Last week Donald Trump was ordered to pay more than seventy million dollars to E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of sexual assault. Freddy speaks to Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver about ...
4 Feb 202415min
Spectator Out Loud: Lionel Shriver, Angus Colwell and Toby Young
On this week’s episode, Lionel Shriver asks if Donald Trump can get a fair trial in America (00:39), Angus Colwell speaks to the Gen-Zers who would fight for Britain (08:25), Matthew Parris makes the ...
3 Feb 202432min
Does the Biden administration know what it’s doing with Iran?
Freddy Gray is joined in the office by Mike Baker a former CIA operations officer, CEO of the global intelligence and security firm Portman Square Group and host of the popular news podcast the Presid...
2 Feb 202446min
Women With Balls: Gina Miller
Gina Miller was born in Guyana to a political family, but was sent to England for her education. Fleeing dictatorship, she couldn’t receive financial support from her family, and so began finding work...
2 Feb 202433min
The Edition: how the Tories gave up on liberty
On the podcast: have the Tories given up on liberty? Kate Andrews writes the cover story for The Spectator this week. She argues that after the government announced plans to ban disposable vapes and s...
1 Feb 202442min
