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 Dec 8, 2018

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The Spectator's flagship podcast featuring discussions and debates on the best features from the week's edition. Presented by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.

Episode Date
Easter special: how forgiveness was forgotten
Mar 28, 2024
War on words: is Scotland ready for its new hate crime law?
Mar 21, 2024
Will the Red Wall revolt split the right?
Mar 14, 2024
Trump II: Back with a Vengeance
Mar 07, 2024
Plan Bibi: stalemate suits Netanyahu
Feb 29, 2024
Why Britain stopped working
Feb 22, 2024
Is Nato ready for war with Russia?
Feb 15, 2024
Inside the plot to take down Rishi Sunak
Feb 08, 2024
How the Tories gave up on liberty
Feb 01, 2024
McMafia: inside the SNP’s secret state
Jan 25, 2024
How Britain sobered up
Jan 18, 2024
Why Trump can’t be stopped
Jan 11, 2024
Putin’s ‘peace’ is a partitioned Ukraine
Jan 04, 2024
Christmas Special 2023
Dec 14, 2023
Does Keir Starmer stack up?
Dec 07, 2023
Carbon capture: how China cornered the green market
Nov 30, 2023
Israel's challenge
Nov 23, 2023
Back to the future: Sunak's big gamble
Nov 16, 2023
Keeping the peace: the politics of policing protest
Nov 09, 2023
The Covid farce
Nov 02, 2023
Identity crisis
Oct 26, 2023
New world disorder
Oct 19, 2023
Unholy war
Oct 12, 2023
Battle begins
Oct 05, 2023
Judgment call: the case for leaving the ECHR
Sep 28, 2023
Italy's new wave: Europe's escalating migrant crisis
Sep 21, 2023
Bombshell: Why aren't we giving Ukraine what it needs?
Sep 14, 2023
Broken Britain: what went wrong?
Sep 07, 2023
India's century: Sunak's plan for a new Indo-Pacific alliance
Aug 31, 2023
Trumpvision: he's making America watch again
Aug 24, 2023
Degrees of failure: is university still worth it?
Aug 17, 2023
Country strife: the covert campaign against field sports
Aug 10, 2023
Supercops: the return of tough policing
Aug 03, 2023
Bankrolled: Labour’s new paymasters
Jul 27, 2023
Road rage: the great motorist rebellion has begun
Jul 20, 2023
Barbie's world: the normalisation of cosmetic surgery
Jul 13, 2023
Why Europe riots
Jul 06, 2023
After Putin: how nervous should we be?
Jun 29, 2023
Home truths: the crushing reality of the mortgage crisis
Jun 22, 2023
Get Rishi: the plot against the PM
Jun 15, 2023
Harry’s crusade: the Prince vs the press
Jun 08, 2023
Red Rishi
Jun 01, 2023
Ukraine's next move
May 25, 2023
Migration nation: Brexit has meant more immigration than ever
May 18, 2023
Trump's second act: why he can still win, in spite of everything
May 11, 2023
A King in a hurry: what will Charles III's reign look like?
May 04, 2023
The Starmtroopers: Labour's new recruits
Apr 27, 2023
Womb service: the politics of surrogacy
Apr 20, 2023
The new elite: the rise of the progressive aristocracy
Apr 13, 2023
The lost shepherds
Apr 06, 2023
Macron's last adventure: the President vs the public
Mar 30, 2023
Ghost children: the pupils who never came back after lockdown
Mar 23, 2023
Crash test: the new era of economic uncertainty
Mar 16, 2023
Don vs Ron: the fight for the American right
Mar 09, 2023
Is Putin winning?
Mar 02, 2023
Farewell to arms: Britain's depleted military
Feb 23, 2023
After Sturgeon
Feb 16, 2023
The haunting of Rishi Sunak
Feb 09, 2023
How will it end?
Feb 02, 2023
Rolling in it: the return of Tory sleaze
Jan 26, 2023
Gender wars: the Union's new battle line
Jan 19, 2023
Who's afraid of Keir Starmer?
Jan 12, 2023
Six more years: how long can Biden go on?
Jan 05, 2023
Christmas Special
Dec 15, 2022
War of the Windsors
Dec 08, 2022
The new vandals
Dec 01, 2022
The red line: Biden and Xi's secret Ukraine talks
Nov 24, 2022
The squeeze: how long will the pain last?
Nov 17, 2022
Midterm madness
Nov 10, 2022
At sea: can Sunak navigate the migrant crisis?
Nov 03, 2022
Is Rishi ready?
Oct 27, 2022
The lady vanishes
Oct 20, 2022
Kremlin crack-up: who's out to get Putin?
Oct 13, 2022
Crash course: how the Truss revolution came off the road
Oct 06, 2022
What crisis?
Sep 29, 2022
Cornered: what will Putin do now?
Sep 22, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
Sep 15, 2022
Buckle up: The Liz Truss era begins
Sep 08, 2022
Drama queens: the return of Harry and Meghan
Sep 01, 2022
Lockdown files: what we weren't told
Aug 25, 2022
Prima donna: is Giorgia Meloni the most dangerous woman in Europe?
Aug 18, 2022
Water woes: who’s to blame for the shortages?
Aug 11, 2022
China's baby bust
Aug 04, 2022
Rishi's mad dash
Jul 28, 2022
Trump's Return
Jul 21, 2022
Blue Murder
Jul 14, 2022
After Boris
Jul 07, 2022
Cold War
Jun 30, 2022
Putin's billions
Jun 23, 2022
The death of political authority
Jun 16, 2022
How the rebels plan to finish off Boris
Jun 09, 2022
The quiet radicalism of Elizabeth II
Jun 01, 2022
Inside Taiwan’s plan to thwart Beijing
May 26, 2022
Zelensky's choice
May 19, 2022
Can Keir escape?
May 12, 2022
Boris’s plans for a new Brexit clash
May 05, 2022
Can Elon Musk take on the tech censors?
Apr 28, 2022
How much longer can Boris Johnson keep going?
Apr 21, 2022
Cross to bear
Apr 14, 2022
The politics of war crimes
Apr 07, 2022
Biden’s war
Mar 31, 2022
Turkey's dilemma
Mar 24, 2022
The Western Front
Mar 17, 2022
Border farce
Mar 10, 2022
Putin’s rage
Mar 03, 2022
Vlad the Invader
Feb 24, 2022
Theatre of war
Feb 17, 2022
Boris’s bunker: the PM’s defensive strategy
Feb 10, 2022
Frozen: can China escape its zero-Covid trap?
Feb 03, 2022
The phoney war
Jan 27, 2022
The collapse: how Red Wall MPs turned on Boris
Jan 20, 2022
Is it over?
Jan 13, 2022
Rip it up: the vaccine passport experiment needs to end
Jan 06, 2022
The Edition Christmas Special
Dec 16, 2021
Deaths of despair: how Britain became Europe’s drugs capital
Dec 09, 2021
Hospital pass: The NHS is on life support
Dec 02, 2021
The Covid revolts: Europe’s new wave of unrest
Nov 25, 2021
Toil and trouble: Europe faces a new form of warfare
Nov 18, 2021
Court of Chaos: Boris’s style of government isn’t working for him — or his country
Nov 11, 2021
Superbad: Joe Biden’s plummeting presidency
Nov 04, 2021
Cop out: Boris’s battle to save the climate summit
Oct 28, 2021
Plan Z: the rise of Éric Zemmour
Oct 21, 2021
Baby doomers: why are couples putting the planet ahead of parenthood?
Oct 14, 2021
Power grab: who’s hoarding all the gas?
Oct 07, 2021
Running on empty: the government is out of fuel – and ideas
Sep 30, 2021
New world order: can Britain, America and Australia contain China?
Sep 23, 2021
Payday: who’s afraid of rising wages?
Sep 16, 2021
Assetocracy: the inversion of the welfare state
Sep 09, 2021
Top dog: how have animals captured politics?
Sep 02, 2021
Prison island: when will Australia escape its zero Covid trap?
Aug 26, 2021
America abandoned this fight before the Afghans did
Aug 19, 2021
The cost of net zero
Aug 12, 2021
The heist: nobody is safe from Russia’s digital pirates
Aug 05, 2021
Turning the tide: how to deal with Britain’s new migrant crisis
Jul 29, 2021
Party time: what is the cost of freedom?
Jul 22, 2021
Nanny Boris: the PM’s alarming flight from liberalism
Jul 15, 2021
How China bought Cambridge
Jul 08, 2021
Staged: a handful of VIP events is no substitute for normality
Jul 01, 2021
The house mafia: the scandal of new builds
Jun 24, 2021
The new leviathan: the big state is back
Jun 17, 2021
The third wave: it’s here – but it shouldn’t delay our reopening
Jun 10, 2021
Broken Trust: the crisis at the heart of the National Trust
Jun 03, 2021
Whodunnit? The lab leak theory is looking increasingly plausible
May 27, 2021
TikTok intifada: what's the role of new media in old conflicts?
May 20, 2021
The great pretender: Nicola Sturgeon's independence bluff
May 13, 2021
The China model: why is the West imitating Beijing?
May 06, 2021
The nightmare: Boris’s battles are just beginning
Apr 29, 2021
Biden's Rodeo: How were his first 100 days?
Apr 22, 2021
The green games: Boris's plan to rebrand Britain
Apr 15, 2021
Roadmap to nowhere: will life ever return to normal?
Apr 08, 2021
The fightback: can the West take on China?
Apr 01, 2021
Europe's panic: what's behind their vaccine meltdown?
Mar 25, 2021
Unopposed: Why is Starmer making life easy for the PM?
Mar 18, 2021
Battle royal: Harry and Meghan's brand of revenge
Mar 11, 2021
Rishi's nightmare: Will inflation crush the recovery?
Mar 04, 2021
The break-up: Is Boris about to lose Scotland?
Feb 25, 2021
Power jab: the rise of vaccine diplomacy
Feb 18, 2021
Papers please: what will immunity passports look like?
Feb 11, 2021
Holy Relic: What will be left of the Church after the pandemic?
Feb 04, 2021
Vaccine wars: the global battle for a precious resource
Jan 28, 2021
Biden time: can he stop America’s ‘uncivil war’?
Jan 21, 2021
The tech supremacy: Silicon Valley can no longer conceal its power
Jan 14, 2021
A race against time: can the vaccine outpace the virus?
Jan 07, 2021
The Christmas Special
Dec 17, 2020
Biden's Burden: can he save the free world?
Dec 10, 2020
The Sturgeon paradox: how is she so popular?
Dec 03, 2020
Aftermath: when will the country truly recover from the virus?
Nov 26, 2020
Boris in a spin: can the PM find his way again?
Nov 19, 2020
Macron alone: where are France’s allies in the fight against Islamism?
Nov 12, 2020
Is this the end for Trumpism?
Nov 05, 2020
The long winter – why Covid restrictions could last until April
Oct 29, 2020
Xi's world: how Covid has accelerated China's rise
Oct 22, 2020
The next president: what would a Joe Biden premiership look like?
Oct 15, 2020
Divided nation: will Covid rules tear the country apart?
Oct 08, 2020
American meltdown: November's democratic disaster
Oct 01, 2020
Closing time: the coming Tory brawl over Covid rules
Sep 24, 2020
Where's Boris? A government at sea
Sep 17, 2020
Winning shot: how the vaccines race has become a power struggle
Sep 10, 2020
The Covid trap: will society ever open up again?
Sep 03, 2020
The Trump Show: he could just win again
Aug 27, 2020
University Challenge: the next education mess
Aug 20, 2020
Here's Nicola: can Boris Johnson stop Scottish independence?
Aug 13, 2020
Can London survive coronavirus?
Aug 06, 2020
Who is the real Joe Biden?
Jul 30, 2020
Putin's plan: how Russia unleashes chaos
Jul 23, 2020
The lost boys: is the white working class being left behind?
Jul 16, 2020
Magic money: what can possibly go wrong?
Jul 09, 2020
Mission Impossible: can Boris Johnson rewire the British government?
Jul 02, 2020
The thin blue line: why are relations between police and black youths just so bad?
Jun 25, 2020
School's out: the true cost of classroom closures
Jun 18, 2020
In defence of liberalism: resisting a new era of intolerance
Jun 11, 2020
Our duty to Hong Kong: time to grant citizenship
Jun 04, 2020
Escaping the dragon: rethinking our approach to China
May 28, 2020
Back to Brexit: will the transition be extended?
May 21, 2020
League of nations: guessing our way out of lockdown
May 14, 2020
Who can tame the virus?
May 07, 2020
The way out: what is the Prime Minister's exit strategy?
Apr 30, 2020
The 10,000th
Apr 23, 2020
Corona wars: will either Trump or Xi win?
Apr 16, 2020
Will coronavirus hasten the demise of religion?
Apr 09, 2020
Coronomics: how surreal is this economic crash?
Apr 02, 2020
The front line: how the NHS is preparing for battle
Mar 26, 2020
Lockdown, and the hardships ahead
Mar 19, 2020
Oil wars: is this the real threat to the world economy?
Mar 12, 2020
Planet Corona: is this the tipping point for globalisation?
Mar 05, 2020
Le crunch: the coming Brexit showdown
Feb 27, 2020
Here comes Bloomberg: can this billionaire beat Trump?
Feb 20, 2020
Marooned: Is Europe's centre-ground shrinking?
Feb 13, 2020
Terror cells: have our prisons become finishing schools for extremists?
Feb 06, 2020
Done.
Jan 30, 2020
Le bromance: is there a new Anglo-French alliance?
Jan 23, 2020
Charles's gambit: will slimming down the monarchy save it?
Jan 16, 2020
Iran unbowed: Trump's dangerous game in the Middle East
Jan 09, 2020
The Edition at Christmas: games, poems, and Christmas pastimes
Dec 23, 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Hong Kong one
Dec 21, 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Trump one
Dec 20, 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Brexit one
Dec 19, 2019
Oh yes he did! What will five years of Prime Minister Johnson look like?
Dec 13, 2019
Nightmare on Downing St: just how bad would it be?
Dec 05, 2019
The final furlong: can Boris make it?
Nov 28, 2019
Remain's last stand: can they unite against Boris?
Nov 21, 2019
Can Nigel Farage take the Tories to victory?
Nov 14, 2019
Who can take Trump on?
Nov 07, 2019
A vote is born: how unpredictable is this election?
Oct 31, 2019
The last try: will Boris get his election?
Oct 24, 2019
Man on wire: can Boris do it?
Oct 17, 2019
What happens if there is no deal?
Oct 10, 2019
What happened to civilised debate?
Oct 03, 2019
Prisoner No. 10: is there any hope for Boris, or Brexit?
Sep 26, 2019
Judgment day: are courts taking over politics?
Sep 19, 2019
Smash and grab: can the Remain alliance last?
Sep 12, 2019
All to play for: Boris Johnson's great election gamble
Sep 05, 2019
Battle begins: how will Boris approach immigration?
Aug 29, 2019
The new monarchy: can the royal family survive its makeover?
Aug 22, 2019
Right and wrong: who are the far right in a changing Europe?
Aug 15, 2019
Beaches, Brexit, and Desert Island bores
Aug 08, 2019
Showdown: neither Boris nor the EU plans to compromise
Aug 01, 2019
Team Boris: what will this unconventional prime minister be like?
Jul 25, 2019
What is Watson's new plot to hound Corbyn out?
Jul 18, 2019
Can Boris Johnson make Anglo-American relations great again?
Jul 11, 2019
A new tune: what is Boris Johnson's plan to reunite Britain?
Jul 04, 2019
Trump vs Xi: is the new Cold War hotting up?
Jun 27, 2019
Enter Boris: what his premiership will look like
Jun 20, 2019
Greenwashed: the strange triumph of eco-Toryism
Jun 13, 2019
Taking over: what is awaiting the new prime minister?
Jun 06, 2019
Tory scrum: who will emerge from this crowded leadership race?
May 30, 2019
Corbyn's Brexit mistake: why Labour is being picked apart by new rivals
May 23, 2019
Time for Boris? He might be the Tories' best hope
May 16, 2019
Train your brain: can your mind stay young?
May 09, 2019
Nigel's revenge: will Farage's Brexit Party sink the Tories?
May 02, 2019
The hit job: the Scruton tapes and the modern art of character assassination
Apr 25, 2019
The Easter Special: what does the Notre Dame mean to Catholics?
Apr 18, 2019
Macron's reign: how did the President unite France against him?
Apr 11, 2019
A losing game: how badly has Brexit damaged the two main parties?
Apr 04, 2019
After May: a country in search of leadership
Mar 28, 2019
Begging for Brexit: is Brexit a national humiliation?
Mar 21, 2019
Brexit Meltdown: could May's deal be revived?
Mar 14, 2019
The Woke Corporation: how has campus madness entered the workplace?
Mar 07, 2019
Breaking point: can either party survive Brexit?
Feb 28, 2019
Centre stage: does the Independent Group have much purpose?
Feb 21, 2019
The Corbyn crack-up: is Labour heading for a split?
Feb 14, 2019
Have apps ruined romance?
Feb 07, 2019
May's last shot: can her Brexit mission succeed?
Jan 31, 2019
The war on meat: are vegans winning?
Jan 24, 2019
Taking back control: does parliament have a plan for Brexit?
Jan 17, 2019
How scared should we be of a no deal Brexit?
Jan 10, 2019
Europe's gatecrashers: is the EU one election away from reform?
Jan 04, 2019
The Christmas Edition - 2018 Year in Review
Dec 14, 2018
What next in the Brexit cliffhanger?
Dec 06, 2018
The Corbyn effect: is he to blame for a British cash exodus?
Nov 29, 2018
May's legacy: how toxic is her Brexit deal to the Conservative party?
Nov 22, 2018
China's world: how dangerous is the ultimate surveillance state?
Nov 15, 2018
Brexit is served: Theresa May's Brexit deal is hard to stomach
Nov 08, 2018
Europe's empty throne: what happens after the end of the Merkel project?
Nov 01, 2018
American Nightmare: is Trump in for a scare at the midterms?
Oct 25, 2018
Divide and rule: how has the EU taken control of Brexit?
Oct 18, 2018
Death of a dissident: Saudi Arabia and the rise of the mobster state
Oct 11, 2018
The Gender Dilemma: have trans rights gone wrong?
Oct 04, 2018
All by herself - a Prime Minister abandoned
Sep 27, 2018
Time to switch off: are we all helplessly addicted to digital?
Sep 26, 2018
Bang! The Tory battle begins
Sep 26, 2018
The two Europes: Macron, Salvini, and the battle for a continent
Sep 26, 2018
The people vs Brexit: a very elite uprising
Sep 26, 2018
When money dies: how bad is Venezuela's hyperinflation?
Sep 26, 2018