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Best of the Spectator

Home to the Spectator’s best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to.

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The Week in 60 Minutes: Labour's new recruits & who will win the MAGA right? Apr 28, 2023

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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; Gracy Curley on the upcoming US election and Sean Mathias and Rob Gore-Langton on Hamlet.
00:00 Welcome from Freddy Gray
03:39 Who are Keir's 'Starmtroopers?' With Katy Balls and Ayesha Hazarika
24:59 What's happened in Sudan? With Dr Cirino Hiteng Ofuho
36:29 A look ahead to the US election. With Grace Curley
53:56 Richard Burton's botched Hamlet. With Sean Mathias and Robert Gore-Langton.
Produced by Natasha Feroze.

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The Edition: the Starmtroopers Apr 27, 2023

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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 and replacing them with moderates. She is joined by John McTernan, former political secretary to Tony Blair, to discuss the return of the Blairites (01:06).
Also this week:
The Spectator’s Russia correspondent Owen Matthews writes about Putin's three most prominent political prisoners. He joins the podcast alongside The Spectator’s assistant online editor Lisa Haseldine to consider the cost of speaking up against the regime (17:50).
And finally:
Damian Thompson, associate editor at The Spectator, writes this week about the rise of America’s Satanists. He is joined by Chaplain Leopold, who co-runs the Global Order of Satan UK, to debate the rifts in modern Satanism (28:41).
Hosted by William Moore.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

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The Book Club: Michio Kaku Apr 26, 2023

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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 to turn the world as we know it on its head. He explains the extraordinary possibilities and perils of the quantum revolution, tells me how Albert Einstein and Flash Gordon set him on his path, and argues why when it comes to trying to make sense of the universe, you need to be prepared to be crazy.

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Marshall Matters: Peter Boghossian Apr 25, 2023

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Winston speaks to former Portland State University professor turned international philosopher, Peter Boghossian. Peter was a prominent new atheist author and expert on the Socratic method when he resigned his position at Portland over the percolation of ‘woke’ ideology into the university. In his resignation letter he described how the institution had become a ‘dogma factory’ which had ‘weaponized diversity, equity and inclusion’. Peter and Winston discuss progressive domination of the Academy, how woke spreads, DEI vs free speech, how to have constructive conversations and whether the new atheists led to woke culture.

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Why did Murdoch take so long to settle? Apr 23, 2023

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Freddy Gray speaks to Michael Wolff, author of books on Trump and Rupert Murdoch. On the podcast, they talk about the Dominion vs Fox trial settlement. Why did Fox let this case go on for so long?

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Spectator Out Loud: Sam Leith, Lionel Shriver and Angus Colwell Apr 22, 2023

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This week: Sam Leith explains how he’s been keeping up friendships by playing online scrabble (00:55), Lionel Shriver questions Nike and Bud Light's recent marketing strategy (06:52) and Angus Colwell reads his review of the V&A Dundee’s tartan exhibition (15:24).

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The Week in 60 Minutes: Douglas Murray on the Troubles and SNP breakdown Apr 21, 2023

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John Connolly is joined by Andrew Neil to discuss the SNP’s implosion; Douglas Murray and Arlene Foster on the ongoing sectarianism in Northern Ireland; Louise Perry and Kim Cotton on the ethical dilemmas of surrogacy and David Abulafia on Neflix's portrayal of Cleopatra.
00:00 Welcome from John Connolly
01:54 Is the SNP over? With Andrew Neil
13:24 Can Northern Ireland move on from the Troubles? With Douglas Murray and Arlene Foster
32:03 Is surrogacy unethical? With Louise Perry and Kim Cotton
54:26 Why is Netflix pretending that Cleopatra was black? With David Abulafia
Produced by Natasha Feroze.

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The Edition: womb service Apr 20, 2023

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On this week's episode:
In her cover piece for The Spectator, journalist Louise Perry questions whether it is moral to separate a newborn child from their surrogate. She is joined by Sarah Jones, head of SurrogacyUK and five time surrogate mother, to debate the ethics of surrogacy (01:07).
Also this week:
In the books section of the magazine Olivia Potts reviews several recent books all of which seem to warn against the dangers of our food system and what we are eating. She is joined by Henry Dimbleby, author of Ravenous: How to Get Ourselves and Our Planet Into Shape, to ask if anything is safe to eat these days (14:29).
And finally:
Reverend Steve Morris speaks to modern day Holy Grail-hunters in The Spectator about their obsession with the search for the cup of Christ. He joins the podcast alongside Rat Scabies, Grail-hunter and drummer of the punk band The Dammed, to shed some light on the enduring appeal of the Holy Grail (26:50).
Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

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The Book Club: Luke Jennings Apr 19, 2023

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Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Luke Jennings, the veteran reporter and novelist whose Codename Villanelle trilogy gave rise to the hit TV series Killing Eve. As his new thriller #PANIC is published he tells Sam how he found its inspiration after being drawn into the online fandom for Killing Eve, where he clashed with Phoebe Waller-Bridge... and why he's never going to write a novel about media types in North London having affairs.
Produced by Cindy Yu and Joe Bedell-Brill.

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Marshall Matters: Louise Perry Apr 18, 2023

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Feminist philosopher, Unherd columnist and author of The Case Against The Sexual Revolution Louise Perry discusses population growth decline, how culture, the state and feminism are failing mothers and what can be done about it.

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