The Edition: a King in a hurry
This week:In his cover piece for the magazine, Daily Mail writer, author of Queen of Our Times and co-presenter of the Tea at the Palace podcast, Robert Hardman looks ahead to the reign of King Charle...
4 Maj 202337min
The Book Club: Shehan Karunatilaka
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Shehan Karunatilaka, author of last year's Booker Prize winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Shehan tells me about writing a novel whose protagonist is...
3 Maj 202338min
Young and jobless: Is the government letting down China's Generation Z?
Hidden in March’s GDP figures was a shocking statistic – a fifth of Chinese 16 to 24 year olds are out of work. This is a near record high, and the economic background to a fresh wave of disillusionme...
1 Maj 202331min
Americano: is Joe Biden a good Catholic?
Freddy Gray speaks to Ed Condon who is the editor of The Pillar On the podcast they talk about Biden's Catholicism; how it plays out in his politics and whether it will be a big part of his presidenti...
29 Apr 202332min
Spectator Out Loud: Mary Wakefield, Jenny McCartney & Robert Gore-Langton
This week: Mary Wakefield explains why the NHS is broken; Jenny McCartney on the unproductive 'productivity gurus' and Robert Gore-Langton on Richard Burton’s botched Hamlet. Produced by Natasha Feroz...
29 Apr 202321min
The Week in 60 Minutes: Labour's new recruits & who will win the MAGA right?
Freddy Gray is joined by Ayesha Hazarika and Katy Balls who has written the cover this week on Keir Starmer's centrist army. Also on the show, Cirino Hiteng Ofuho on Sudan's violent civil unrest; Grac...
28 Apr 20231h 8min
The Edition: the Starmtroopers
This week:In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that as Labour prepares for government, Keir Starmer is rooting out the far left sections of his party...
27 Apr 202343min
The Book Club: Michio Kaku
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. In his new book Quantum Supremacy, Prof Kaku explains how – as he sees it – the advent of quantum computers is going...
26 Apr 202356min
