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
  • Christopher Caldwell, Gus Carter, Ruaridh Nicoll, Tanya Gold, and Books of the Year I

    Christopher Caldwell, Gus Carter, Ruaridh Nicoll, Tanya Gold, and Books of the Year I
    Nov 2 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Christopher Caldwell asks what a Trump victory could mean for Ukraine (1:07); Gus Carter argues that leaving the ECHR won’t fix Britain’s immigration system (8:29); Ruaridh Nicoll reads his letter from Havana (18:04); Tanya Gold provides her notes on toffee apples (23:51); and a selection of our books of the year from Jonathan Sumption, Hadley Freeman, Mark Mason, Christopher Howse, Sam Leith and Frances Wilson (27:08).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    34 mins
  • Philip Womack, Ian Thomson, Silkie Carlo, Francis Young and Rory Sutherland

    Philip Womack, Ian Thomson, Silkie Carlo, Francis Young and Rory Sutherland
    Oct 26 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Philip Womack wonders why students can't tackle university reading lists (1:12); Ian Thomson contemplates how much Albania has changed since Enver Hoxta’s dictatorship (6:12); Silkie Carlo reveals the worrying rise of supermarket surveillance (13:33); Francis Young provides his notes on Hallowe’en fairies (20:21); and Rory Sutherland worries that Britain may soon face a different type of migrant crisis (24:08).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    28 mins
  • Richard Dawkins, Nicholas Farrell, Mary Wakefield, Lisa Hilton and Philip Hensher

    Richard Dawkins, Nicholas Farrell, Mary Wakefield, Lisa Hilton and Philip Hensher
    Oct 19 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Richard Dawkins reads his diary for the week (1:21); Nicholas Farrell argues that Italy is showing the EU the way on migration (6:33); Mary Wakefield reflects on the horrors, and teaching, of the Second World War (13:54); Lisa Hilton examines what made George Villiers a favourite of King James I (19:10); and a local heroin addict makes Philip Hensher contemplate his weight (27:10).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    33 mins
  • Michael Gove, Max Jeffery, Christopher Howse, Robert Jackman and Mark Mason

    Michael Gove, Max Jeffery, Christopher Howse, Robert Jackman and Mark Mason
    Oct 12 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: new Editor Michael Gove discusses his plans for The Spectator (1:08); Max Jeffery heads to Crawley to meet some of the Chagossians based there (5:44); Christopher Howse reads his ode to lamp lighting (12:35); Robert Jackman declares the Las Vegas Sphere to be the future of live arts (19:10); and Mark Mason provides his notes on the joy of swearing (26:50).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    31 mins
  • Fraser Nelson, Cindy Yu, Mary Wakefield, Anthony Sattin, and Toby Young

    Fraser Nelson, Cindy Yu, Mary Wakefield, Anthony Sattin, and Toby Young
    Oct 5 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Fraser Nelson signs off for the last time (1:30); Cindy Yu explores growing hostility in China to the Japanese (7:44); Mary Wakefield examines the dark truth behind the Pelicot case in France (13:32); Anthony Sattin reviews Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Cultures (19:54); and Toby Young reveals the truth behind a coincidental dinner with Fraser Nelson and new Spectator editor Michael Gove (25:40).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    31 mins