Holy Smoke: Christianity, culture wars and J.D. Vance, a conversation with James Orr
James Orr was living the life of a young, high-flying lawyer when, after a few drinks at a New Year's Eve party, he asked for signs that God existed. The signs came; among other things, he narrowly av...
13 Mars 20251h 1min
The Book Club: A Publisher's Memoir
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the publisher Anthony Cheetham, one of the biggest figures in British publishing through the second half of the twentieth century and into this one. In his...
12 Mars 202525min
Table Talk: Ash Sarkar
Ash Sarkar is a journalist, academic and political activist known for her commentary on social justice and democratic socialism. She is a senior editor at Novara Media, and her work has been published...
11 Mars 202524min
Chinese Whispers: Rana Mitter on the legacy of Sun Yat-sen
Walking around Taipei a couple of years ago, I spotted a familiar sight – a bronze statue of a moustachioed man, cane in his right hand, left leg striding forward. The man is Sun Yat-sen, considered m...
10 Mars 202543min
Americano: is China serious about 'war' with America?
Freddy Gray is joined with Michael Auslin who is an academic and historian at the Hoover Institute and author of the Substack 'THE PATOWMACK PACKET'. They discuss China's response to Trump's tariffs, ...
10 Mars 202548min
Spectator Out Loud: Harry Cole, Zoe Strimpel, Michael Simmons, Nigel Warburton and Justin Marozzi
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Having returned from Washington D.C., Harry Cole reads his diary for the week (1:16); Zoe Strimpel reports on the Gen Z fliers obsessed with maximalising their air m...
9 Mars 202529min
Coffee House Shots: who would be a Conservative? – Kate Andrews vs Michael Gove
It’s a special (and emotional) edition of Coffee House Shots this Saturday because it is the last with Kate Andrews on this side of the Atlantic. She joins our editor Michael Gove and political corres...
8 Mars 202524min
Women With Balls: Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez has been the Conservative MP for Hornchurch and Upminster since 2017. Her first political experience was working for the then-MP for the Cities of London and Westminster Mark Field, before...
7 Mars 202532min
