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Best of the Spectator

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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In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the Pulitzer prize winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose new book is the memoir A Man of Two Faces. He tells me about the value of trauma to literature, learning about his history through Hollywood, fa... more

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Gennaro Contaldo is an Italian chef, cookbook author and television presenter. He is also known as Jamie Oliver's mentor and Antonio Carluccio's travel partner on Two Greedy Italians. His latest cookbook Gennaro's Verdure – which celebrates seasonal ... more

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Freddy Gray speaks to editor-at-large of the Wall Street Journal Gerry Baker about whether the media’s wrong reporting of Trump’s ‘bloodshed’ comments have played to his advantage; why America has lost trust in its institutions; and whether voters th... more

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Freddy Gray speaks to political science researcher Richard Hanania about his (relative) optimism regarding the future of America, and how Sydney Sweeney might have 'ended wokeness'.

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 1.2k ratings
  • I love this podcast. American politics for British sensibilities, but not ignoring the fact Americans vote, not us. Interesting guests, some rather more snooty than others all deliciously opinionated. I am so glad I can listen to something which doesn't ignore issues which seem incredibly important: Hunter's laptop, corruption in general, immigration, rational analysis of mental competency. I am tired of "orange man bad" commentary, bravo Freddy - and funny.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    KatherineM
    2 months ago
  • Great Podcast

    Sophisticated. Thought provoking. Balanced. Objective. Remember a couple of years ago when intellectual discourse still existed? That short time ago when adults could discuss issues, that is what this podcast reminds me of.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Fab Red Head
    Canada2 months ago
  • One of the better podcasts

    Always well moderated, intelligent and informed guest commentators, and easily the most accessible & rational overview of the current American primaries. I listen as soon as I see a new episode has dropped.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Melbasy
    Australia2 months ago
  • Spectator feeds not working

    None of the Spectator podcasts are working in Apple Podcasts. I have to visit a 3rd party website and listen in a different app. Please fix.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    joely_i_am
    United Kingdom4 months ago
  • Fomerly I had an extremely postive perspective on the Spectators audio output. Generally nuanced and sometimes seriously contrarian (in the best sense) since covid 19 it has been essential listening. However, I found the decision to air and produce a segment that essentially promoted, almost without caveat or debate, gendered harassment FB groups shockingly wrong headed. A lazy clippings peice fueling mind numbing tropes, I'd expect better from the spectator.

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    waltmitty
    5 months ago

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