Ranked #1
Defending science from ‘cancel culture’
Defending science from ‘cancel culture’
Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental tenets of a liberal democracy, and yet threats to freedom of speech today do... Read more
19 Dec 2023
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27mins
Ranked #2
Table Talk: Michel Roux Jr
Table Talk: Michel Roux Jr
Michel Roux Jr. is an English-French chef and is the chef patron of Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in the UK to recei... Read more
19 Dec 2023
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28mins
Ranked #3
Spectator Out Loud: Peter Hitchens, Lionel Shriver, Mary Wellesley and more
Spectator Out Loud: Peter Hitchens, Lionel Shriver, Mary Wellesley and more
On this week's episode, Peter Hitchens remembers a Christmas in Bucharest, Lionel Shriver says people don't care about U... Read more
16 Dec 2023
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30mins
Ranked #4
The Edition: Christmas Special 2023
The Edition: Christmas Special 2023
Welcome to this festive episode of the Edition podcast, where we will be taking you through the pages of The Spectator’s... Read more
14 Dec 2023
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #5
The Book Club: Pen Vogler
The Book Club: Pen Vogler
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the food historian Pen Vogler, author of the new Stuffed: A History of Good... Read more
13 Dec 2023
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44mins
Ranked #6
Chinese Whispers: who will be Taiwan's next President?
Chinese Whispers: who will be Taiwan's next President?
Taiwan goes to the polls in just over a month. This is an election that could have wide repercussions, given the island’... Read more
11 Dec 2023
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42mins
Ranked #7
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Michael Simmons and Mary Wakefield
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Michael Simmons and Mary Wakefield
This week: James Heale reads his politics column on Sunak's migration minefield (00:55), Michael Simmons says that Scotl... Read more
9 Dec 2023
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17mins
Ranked #8
Women With Balls: Jacqui Smith
Women With Balls: Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith was born in Malvern, where she joined the Labour party aged 16. After graduating from Oxford, Jacqui moved ... Read more
8 Dec 2023
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33mins
Ranked #9
The Edition: does Keir Starmer stack up?
The Edition: does Keir Starmer stack up?
In her cover piece for the magazine this week, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that whilst Keir Starm... Read more
7 Dec 2023
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38mins
Ranked #10
The 26 million: how to care for people living with long-term health conditions
The 26 million: how to care for people living with long-term health conditions
How should we think of the 26 million people in the UK living with a long-term health condition? Under the current syste... Read more
7 Dec 2023
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1hr 4mins