The Book Club: Tom Burgis
In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam talks to the investigative reporter Tom Burgis – just days after the High Court threw out an attempt from a London-based company run by eastern European oligarchs...
9 Mar 202253min
Americano: The kleptocratic connections between the US and Ukraine
Freddy sits down with Casey Michel, author of the book American Kleptocracy. On the podcast Casey talks about the curious and rather shady financial ties between Ukraine and America. Hosted on Acas...
9 Mar 202229min
Marshall Matters: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
On this week's episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in Ukraine. Svyatoslav is the lead singer of Ukraine’s biggest band, Okean Elzy. He has also served in the Ukrainia...
7 Mar 202220min
Chinese Whispers: Freud and China – a love affair
This episode of Chinese Whispers is slightly different – instead of taking a look at a theme within China, Cindy and her guest see China through the eyes of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Professor ...
7 Mar 202240min
Spectator Out Loud: Freddy Gray, Lionel Shriver and Philip Patrick
On this week's episode, we'll hear from Freddy Gray on his time spent on the Poland–Ukraine border. (00:52)Next, Lionel Shriver on the return of actual badness. (06:28)And finally, Philip Patrick on t...
5 Mar 202221min
The Edition: Putin's rage
In this week’s episode: What’s the mood on the ground in Ukraine and Russia?For this week’s cover piece, Owen Matthews asks whether the invasion of Ukraine will mean the end of Putin’s regime. And in ...
3 Mar 202238min
The Book Club: Christopher de Bellaigue
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam is joined by the historian Christopher de Bellaigue to talk about The Lion House, his scintillating and idiosyncratic new book about the great Sultan Suleyman the...
2 Mar 202239min
Marshall Matters: Artemy Troitsky
On this week’s episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Russian author, journalist and culture and music historian Artemy Troitsky. Troitsky has had a long history of being anti-establishment....
28 Feb 202235min
