Americano: Are Big Tech monopolies the biggest threat to democracy?
A handful of Big Tech companies seem to run our lives, and there's a good argument that they can be considered monopolies within their industries. In a landmark ruling recently, a US judge found that ...
23 Sep 202437min
Holy Smoke: How pistols in St Paul’s Cathedral shaped the science of sound
In the winter of 1951 shots from a Colt revolver rang out in St Paul’s Cathedral in an experiment designed to solve the mystery of how architecture shapes sound. In this episode of Holy Smoke, Damian ...
22 Sep 202417min
Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood, Ross Clark, Andrew Lycett, Laura Gascoigne and Henry Jeffreys
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: as Lebanon reels from the exploding pagers, Paul Wood wonders what’s next for Israel and Hezbollah (1:24); Ross Clark examines Ireland’s low-tax project, following t...
21 Sep 202432min
The Book Club: Lindsey Hilsum
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Channel 4's international editor Lindsey Hilsum. In her new book I Brought The War With Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line Lindsey intersperses her ...
20 Sep 202442min
The Edition: Farage's plan, the ethics of euthanasia & Xi's football failure
This week: Nigel’s next target. What’s Reform UK’s plan to take on Labour? Reform UK surpassed expectations at the general election to win 5 MPs. This includes James McMurdock, who Katy interviews for...
19 Sep 202444min
Coffee House Shots: should Labour ditch the ‘doom and gloom’ narrative?
We have some new inflation figures today. Inflation rose 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to August. This is pretty much in line with the Bank of England's target and should be good news for Labour, so w...
18 Sep 202410min
Americano: Are Democrats to blame for the repeated attempts to kill Trump?
As if there hadn’t been enough drama in America in 2024, Donald Trump has survived another assassination attempt.The attempted killing of the 45th president at his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida y...
17 Sep 202422min
Chinese Whispers: a father and son at the edge of the Chinese empire
As a child, the New York Times journalist Edward Wong had no idea that his father had been in the People’s Liberation Army. But as he grew up, a second generation immigrant in the United States, Edwar...
16 Sep 202438min
