Spectator Out Loud

By: Spectator Out Loud
  • Summary

  • A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture.
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Episodes
  • Matthew Parris, Joanna Bell, Peter Frankopan, Mary Wakefield and Flora Watkins
    Nov 23 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: pondering AI, Matthew Parris wonders if he is alone in thinking (1:10); Joanna Bell meets the leader of the Independent Ireland party, Michael Collins, ahead of the Irish general election later this month (8:41); Professor Peter Frankopan argues that the world is facing a new race to rule the seas (17:31); Mary Wakefield reviews Rod Dreher’s new book Living in wonder: finding mystery and meaning in a secular age (28:47); and, Flora Watkins looks at the Christmas comeback of Babycham (34:10).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    38 mins
  • Nadine Dorries, Katy Balls, Edmund West, Sam Dalrymple, and Tanjil Rashid
    Nov 16 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Nadine Dorries reads her diary (1:12); Katy Balls analyses the politics behind the Assisted Dying debate (5:58); Edmund West allows us a glimpse into Whitby Goth Week (11:55); reviewing Avinash Paliwal’s book India’s New East, Sam Dalrymple looks at the birth of Bangladesh (17:39); and Tanjil Rashid reveals William Morris’s debt to Islam (21:23).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    32 mins
  • Paul Wood, Sean Thomas, Imogen Yates, Books of the Year II, and Alan Steadman
    Nov 9 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood analyses what a Trump victory could mean for the Middle East (1:16); Sean Thomas gets a glimpse of a childless future while travelling in South Korea (8:39); in search of herself, Imogen Yates takes part in ‘ecstatic dance’ (15:11); a second selection of our books of the year from Peter Parker, Daniel Swift, Andrea Wulf, Claire Lowdon, and Sara Wheeler (20:30); and notes on the speaking clock from the voice himself, Alan Steadman (25:26).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    30 mins

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