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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 Edition at Christmas: the Trump one Dec 20, 2019

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At the start of the year, Trump was locked in a fight with the Democrats over the funding for his wall, leading to a weeks long government shutdown. As Trump faces impeachment this week, has much changed in 2019?
With Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator USA, and John Rick MacArthur, President of Harpers Magazine.
Presented by Cindy Yu.

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The Edition at Christmas: the Brexit one Dec 19, 2019

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At the start of the year, Theresa May had just survived a no confidence motion from her own party, but she was barely clinging on. Cross-party MPs, aided by John Bercow, defeated the government in vote after vote. There was a real chance that Brexit might have been reversed. Things are pretty different now. So what were the main events of 2019?
With James Forsyth, Katy Balls, and Jacqui Smith.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
Produced by Cindy Yu and Matt Taylor.

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The Book Club: James Ellroy on God, drugs and his mother’s murder Dec 18, 2019

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In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam talks to the 'demon dog' of American letters, James Ellroy — whose latest book is This Storm. In a wide-ranging and somewhat NSFW conversation, they talk about misquoting Auden, why Ellroy hates Orson Welles, how he maps out the byzantine plots of his novels, why as a recovering addict he fills his books with pill-poppers and juice heads, why he thinks he's the best crime writer living — and what his dad’s '20-inch wang' had to do with Rita Hayworth.
The Book Club, what used to be known as Spectator Books, is a series of literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith, The Spectator's Literary Editor. Hear past episodes here.

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Table Talk: with Kate Young Dec 17, 2019

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Kate Young is a food writer and chef, whose cookbooks take recipe inspiration from literary classics, recreating favourite dishes of Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, and more. She runs a catering company with Olivia Potts and, on the podcast, tells all about an Australian's idea of Britain, why she left the theatre to go into cooking, and, from personal experience, which dishes only work in fiction.
Table Talk is a series of podcasts where Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts talk to celebrity guests about their life story, through the food and drink that has come to define it. Listen to past episodes here.

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Coffee House Shots: what's on the new government's wishlist? Dec 16, 2019

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With Isabel Hardman and James Forsyth.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, click here to find more episodes that are not released on Spectator Radio.

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The Edition: Oh yes he did! Dec 13, 2019

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This week, politics becomes a little less volatile as Boris Johnson achieves the biggest Tory majority since Margaret Thatcher. So what happened in this election, and what next (00:50)? Plus, China has interned over a million Uyghur Muslims in so-called ‘re-education’ camps – what is going on in Xinjiang (17:55)? And last, what are the rewards of mudlarking (31:25)?
With Fraser Nelson, Steve Richards, Harald Maass, Rachel Harris and Lara Maiklem.
Presented by Cindy Yu and Katy Balls.
Produced by Cindy Yu.

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Tory landslide predicted - what are the key seats to watch for? Dec 12, 2019

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With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.

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The Book Club: the magic of children's books Dec 11, 2019

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In this week’s Book Club, Sam's guest is the children’s writer Piers Torday, author of the Last Wild trilogy and, most recently, The Frozen Sea. Why is winter such a powerful thing in children’s writing? How come children’s books are such a booming publishing sector when so many people thought that screens would all but kill them off? Why do so many children’s writers have catastrophic personal lives? And how do the stories of today repurpose and live in the stories of the past?
The Book Club, what used to be known as Spectator Books, is a series of literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith, The Spectator's Literary Editor. Hear past episodes here.

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Coffee House Shots: is a Tory majority now inevitable? Dec 09, 2019

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With James Forsyth and Katy Balls.
Presented by Cindy Yu.

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Coffee House Shots: is the real election battle happening online? Dec 07, 2019

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With James Ball, journalist and the author of Post-Truth, and Katy Balls.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, click here to find more episodes that are not released on Spectator Radio.

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