The Edition Podcast
1) Left-wing Ultras, Reform intellectuals & capitalist sex robots
‘The Ultras’ are the subject of The Spectator’s cover story this week – this is the new Islamo-socialist alliance that has appeared on the left of British politics. Several independent MPs, elected am...Show More
2) Chinese spies, Vance’s rise & is French parenting supreme?
‘Here be dragons’ declares the Spectator’s cover story this week, as it looks at the continuing fallout over the collapse of the trial of two political aides accused of spying for China in Westminster...Show More
3) Jewish fear, 'the elimination of motherhood' & remembering Jilly Cooper
The Spectator’s cover story this week looks at ‘the fear’ gripping Jewish people amidst rising antisemitism. Reflecting on last week’s attack in Manchester, Douglas Murray says that ‘no-one in the Jew...Show More
4) Kemi's fightback, the cult of Thatcher & debunking British myths
The Spectator’s cover story this week is an interview with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch ahead of the Tory party conference. Reflecting on the criticism she received for being seen as slow on poli...Show More
5) Labour’s Terminator, Silicon Valley’s ‘Antichrist’ obsession & can charity shops survive?
First: who has the Home Secretary got in her sights?Political editor Tim Shipman profiles Shabana Mahmood in the Spectator’s cover article this week. Given Keir Starmer’s dismal approval ratings, poli...Show More
6) Weimar Britain, the war on science & are you a competitive reader?
First: a warning from history Politics moving increasingly from the corridors of power into the streets, economic insecurity exacerbating tensions and the centre of politics failing to hold; thes...Show More
7) Quite Right! Episode 2
Michael Gove and Madeline Grant return with another episode of Quite right!, The Spectator’s new podcast promising sanity and common sense in an increasingly unhinged world. This week, they talk about...Show More
8) Royal treatment, neurodiverse history & is everyone on Ozempic?
First: a look ahead to President Trump’s state visit next weekTransatlantic tensions are growing as the row over Peter Mandelson’s role provides an ominous overture to Donald Trump’s state visit next ...Show More
9) Introducing... Quite Right!
Michael Gove and Madeline Grant launch ‘Quite right!’, the new podcast from The Spectator that promises sanity and common sense in a world that too often lacks both.Coffee House Shots listeners can en...Show More
10) Reform’s camp following, masculine rage & why do people make up languages?
First: Reform is naff – and that’s why people like itGareth Roberts warns this week that ‘the Overton window is shifting’ but in a very unexpected way. Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls – not only be...Show More