Synopsis
The Spectator magazine's flagship podcast featuring discussions and debates on the best features from the week's edition. Presented by Isabel Hardman.
Episodes
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Overdosed: Can pills heal our mental health?
21/03/2018 Duration: 33minWith Angela Patmore, Simon Wessely, James Ball, Jamie Bartlett, and Aidan Hartley.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Putin's Toxic Power: What can be done about the Russian leader?
14/03/2018 Duration: 32minWith Owen Matthews, Tom Tugendhat, Radek Sikorski, Laura Hughes, Katy Balls, Charlie Campbell and James Forsyth.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Prince Charming: Is Mohammad Bin Salman too good to be true?
07/03/2018 Duration: 39minWith Christopher de Bellaigue, Sherard Cowper-Coles, Paul Mason, Andrew Adonis, Damian Reilly and Tom Peck.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Me! Me! #MeToo! Has Hollywood hijacked feminism?
28/02/2018 Duration: 33minWith Helen O’Hara and Joanna Williams, Katy Balls and James Forsyth, Paul Wood and Johnny Mercer. Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Germany's Nightmare: Is Angela Merkel facing a democratic crisis?
21/02/2018 Duration: 28minWith Thomas Kielinger, Anne McElvoy, Sam Leith, Steven Pinker, and Roger Alton.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Bad Charity: Does aid do more harm than good?
14/02/2018 Duration: 36minWith Deborah Doane, Jonathan Foreman, Munira Mirza, Shaun Bailey, Freddy Gray and Henry Jeffreys.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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The Crash We Need: Is this the end of the easy-money era?
07/02/2018 Duration: 28minWith Liam Halligan, George Magnus, Matthew Parris, James Forsyth, Polly Morgan and Mary Wakefield.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Lead or go: What choice does Theresa May have?
31/01/2018 Duration: 30minWith James Forsyth, Giles Kenningham, Simon Ings, Sanbot, Cosmo Landesman and David Brockway.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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The Fight for Europe: Is it East vs West?
24/01/2018 Duration: 33minWith Sean Hanley, John O'Sullivan, Mikolaj Kunicki, James Forsyth, Katy Balls, Marcus Berkmann and Mark Mason.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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The Truth About Plastic: Are the alternatives worse?
17/01/2018 Duration: 32minWith Fraser Nelson, Jonathan Bartley, James Forsyth, Louis Coffait, Harry Mount and Damian Thompson.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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The Digital Inquisition: Are we facing trials by Twitter?
10/01/2018 Duration: 33minWith Brendan O'Neill, Dawn Foster, Owen Matthews, Roger Alton and Mary Wakefield.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Iran's Uprising: Is this a rebellion the world wants to ignore?
03/01/2018 Duration: 27minWith Douglas Murray, Nazenin Ansari, Nigel Jones, Sam Leith, Mark Mason and Freddy Gray.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Christmas Special: 2017 In Review
19/12/2017 Duration: 01h18minWith Tim Shipman, Fraser Nelson, Katy Balls, James Forsyth, Stephen Bush, Jonathan Fenby, Freddy Gray and Douglas Murray.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Divided We Fall: Can we resist the Brexit strain?
13/12/2017 Duration: 33minWith Robert Tombs, James Forsyth, Christian Wolmar, Rory Sutherland, Mary Killen and Freddy Gray.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Carry On Brexit: Is the long haul just beginning?
06/12/2017 Duration: 30minWith James Forsyth, Yanis Varoufakis, Mark Forsyth, Sam Leith, Harry Mount and Sophia Money-Coutts.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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For Richer, Not Poorer: Is marriage becoming an elite institution?
29/11/2017 Duration: 33minWith Frank Young, Rosie Wilby, James Forsyth, Fraser Nelson, Peter Hitchens and Christian Wolmar.Presented by Lara Prendergast.
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Merkel's Crack-up: Is Europe on thin ice?
22/11/2017 Duration: 29minWith James Forsyth, Thomas Kielinger, Fraser Nelson, Sylvi Listhaug, Tom Ball and Graham Kirby.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Corbyn 2.0: Have Labour mastered social media?
15/11/2017 Duration: 36minWith Robert Peston, Joe Todd, Jamie Bartlett, James Forsyth, Torsten Bell, and Jeffrey Archer.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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Desert Storm: Are Saudi Arabia and Israel uniting against Iran?
08/11/2017 Duration: 31minWith Vali Nasr, Jane Kinninmont, James Forsyth, Fraser Nelson, Iain Hollingshead and Eleanor Shaw.Presented by Isabel Hardman.
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The Sexual Reformation: Are there new rules of engagement?
01/11/2017 Duration: 28minWith Douglas Murray, Katy Balls, Paul Wood, Freddy Gray, Jenny Coad and Stephen BayleyPresented by Lara Prendergast