Spectator Out Loud

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  • A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture.
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Episodes
  • Matthew Parris, Joanna Bell, Peter Frankopan, Mary Wakefield and Flora Watkins

    Matthew Parris, Joanna Bell, Peter Frankopan, Mary Wakefield and Flora Watkins
    Nov 23 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: pondering AI, Matthew Parris wonders if he is alone in thinking (1:10); Joanna Bell meets the leader of the Independent Ireland party, Michael Collins, ahead of the Irish general election later this month (8:41); Professor Peter Frankopan argues that the world is facing a new race to rule the seas (17:31); Mary Wakefield reviews Rod Dreher’s new book Living in wonder: finding mystery and meaning in a secular age (28:47); and, Flora Watkins looks at the Christmas comeback of Babycham (34:10).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    38 mins
  • Nadine Dorries, Katy Balls, Edmund West, Sam Dalrymple, and Tanjil Rashid

    Nadine Dorries, Katy Balls, Edmund West, Sam Dalrymple, and Tanjil Rashid
    Nov 16 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Nadine Dorries reads her diary (1:12); Katy Balls analyses the politics behind the Assisted Dying debate (5:58); Edmund West allows us a glimpse into Whitby Goth Week (11:55); reviewing Avinash Paliwal’s book India’s New East, Sam Dalrymple looks at the birth of Bangladesh (17:39); and Tanjil Rashid reveals William Morris’s debt to Islam (21:23).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    32 mins
  • Paul Wood, Sean Thomas, Imogen Yates, Books of the Year II, and Alan Steadman

    Paul Wood, Sean Thomas, Imogen Yates, Books of the Year II, and Alan Steadman
    Nov 9 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood analyses what a Trump victory could mean for the Middle East (1:16); Sean Thomas gets a glimpse of a childless future while travelling in South Korea (8:39); in search of herself, Imogen Yates takes part in ‘ecstatic dance’ (15:11); a second selection of our books of the year from Peter Parker, Daniel Swift, Andrea Wulf, Claire Lowdon, and Sara Wheeler (20:30); and notes on the speaking clock from the voice himself, Alan Steadman (25:26).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    30 mins

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