The Spectator Podcast
1) Coffee House Shots: mums for Reform?
Britain’s mums are backing Nigel Farage. One in five Mumsnet users intend to vote for Reform at the next general election, the first time a party other than Labour has topped its poll. Having been mor...Show More
2) The Edition: Stormy seas, Trump’s revolution & Gen Z’s sex recession
Can Farage plot a route to Number 10, asks Tim Shipman in our cover article this week. He might be flanked by heavyweights – such as his head of policy Zia Yusuf and Conservative Party defector Danny ...Show More
3) Americano: which Latin American narco-state will Trump topple next?
Freddy Gray is joined by Joshua Trevino, Chief Transformation Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Senior Director of the Western Hemisphere Initiative at the America First Policy Institu...Show More
4) Coffee House Shots: is 2026 Kemi's year?
Regular listeners will remember back in May we recorded a podcast debating whether Kemi Badenoch was the right fit for Tory leader. At that point in time the Conservatives were falling in the polls an...Show More
5) Spectator Out Loud: Cosmo Landesman, Alex Diggins, Lucy Dunn & Richard Bratby
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Cosmo Landesman says life is too short to watch boring shows; Alex Diggins reports back from the Bukhara art biennial; Lucy Dunn provides her notes on BuzzBallz...Show More
6) Americano: what is the Donroe Doctrine's plan for Venezuela?
The US launched a military operation in Venezuela, targeting the regime in Caracas and detaining President Nicolás Maduro, who has been transferred to New York where he faces charges of narcoterrorism...Show More
7) Coffee House Shots: John Curtice – what to expect in 2026
James Heale sits down with Sir John Curtice, the doyen of British polling, to take stock of an extraordinary year in UK politics and to look ahead to what 2026 might hold. Curtice explains why the ris...Show More
8) The Edition: 'Boring twenties', population decline & happy new year
A far cry from the ‘roaring twenties' of the early 20th Century, the 2020s can be characterised as the ‘boring twenties’, argue Gus Carter and Rupert Hawksley in our new year edition of the ...Show More
9) The Book Club: Books of the Year 2025
Sam Leith is joined by Philip Hensher to pick over their books of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10) Quite right!: Dominic Cummings interview – part one out now
Dominic Cummings joins Michael and Maddie to reflect on his time in government – what he got right and what he regrets – and what he believes must change for the country to thrive.Part one: 30 Decembe...Show More