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Women With Balls: the Liz Truss edition Dec 07, 2018

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Katy Balls talks to Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, about her shameful Lib Dem past, why she loves cheese, and how The Thick Of It made her life harder.

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Americano: was George H.W. Bush really that great? Dec 06, 2018

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With Daniel McCarthy, Editor of Modern Age.

Presented by Freddy Gray.

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The Spectator Podcast: what next in the Brexit cliffhanger? Dec 06, 2018

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With just days to go till the meaningful vote, the government looks set to lose it by a humiliating margin. What next for Theresa May? We ask one of the MPs opposing her deal – former universities minister, Sam Gyimah (00:50). And over on the continent, France buckles down for another weekend of riots from the gilet jaunes – can Macron give them what they want (19:05)? And last, has Britain become a country of show-offs (28:35)?

With James Forsyth, Sam Gyimah, Gavin Mortimer, Sophie Pedder, Harry Mount, and Cosmo Landesman.

Presented by Lara Prendergast.

Produced by Cindy Yu and Alastair Thomas.

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Spectator Books: presidential lessons from Lincoln to Trump, with Doris Kearns Goodwin Dec 05, 2018

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In this week's books podcast, Sam is speaking to the Pulitzer-prizewinning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times -- in which she describes what Lincoln, two Roosevelts and LBJ had in common, and didn't. Obviously, they talk a bit about that nice Mr Trump -- as well as hearing how Doris had perhaps history's classiest pyjama party at the White House with Hillary Clinton, and how as a young woman she worried at one point that she was going to be #metooed by Lyndon Johnson. Tune in, kids. Doris is remarkable.

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The Green Room: Mick Jagger in Performance, with Jay Glennie Dec 04, 2018

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Dominic Green talks to cinema historian Jay Glennie, author of a definitive account of the legendary and still alarming making of Performance, a 1970 release starring Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and James Fox.

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Coffee House Shots: after a weekend of PR, is May's Brexit deal any more likely to pass? Dec 03, 2018

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With James Forsyth and Katy Balls.

Presented by Isabel Hardman.

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Table Talk: the Bryony Gordon Edition Nov 30, 2018

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Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts talk to Bryony Gordon, columnist at the Telegraph and author of Eat, Drink, Run. They have a frank conversation about Bryony's relationship with food and mental health, and Bryony comes clean about her toddler's metropolitan diet and why dinner parties are not her thing.

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Americano: Michael Cohen pleads guilty - is he going to bring down Trump? Nov 30, 2018

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With Jacob Heilbrunn.

Presented by Freddy Gray.

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The Spectator Podcast: is Corbyn to blame for a British cash exodus? Nov 29, 2018

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This week the Treasury and the Bank of England gave their forecasts for the post-Brexit economy, but is a Jeremy Corbyn government more threatening to economic growth (00:50)? In Italy, growth is a distant memory, as the economy stagnates and youth unemployment is at 35%. The government and the EU are at loggerheads over how to solve it. Is Italy the next Eurosceptic time bomb (19:40)? And last, what is it like to write a biography for somebody who can't stand you (32:45)?

With Liam Halligan, Grace Blakeley, Ferdinando Giugliano, Matthew Goodwin, and Richard Bradford.

Presented by Lara Prendergast.

Produced by Cindy Yu and Alastair Thomas.

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Spectator Books: with Lee Child on Reacher, revenge, and writing without a plan Nov 28, 2018

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According to which bit of hype you read, there’s a copy of one of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thrillers sold somewhere in the world every four seconds, or every seven, or every nine. It’s a cute statistic and (as Child wryly notes), there’s an element of Barnum & Bailey hucksterism to it. Sam talks to Lee Child in this episode of Spectator Books about what makes his books so successful, how he writes, and why he wanted Goliath to win. Sam writes about it in this week's magazine.

Presented by Sam Leith

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