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Best of the Spectator

Best of the Spectator

By: The Spectator
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 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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  • Quite right! | Anas Sarwar: why I said Starmer should go

    Quite right! | Anas Sarwar: why I said Starmer should go
    Mar 31 2026

    One month on from calling for Keir Starmer's resignation, Anas Sarwar – the leader of Scottish Labour – joins Michael Gove to reflect on British politics ahead of the May elections. Does he stand by his call for the Prime Minister to go? And, having spoken to Wes Streeting the weekend before, what advice did his close ally give?


    The May local and regional elections promise to be the 'fiercest battle' for Scotland's future. Yet after over two decades in power, what does he make of polling that suggests the SNP will win – again? Is Reform posing a threat to Labour? And how can Scottish Labour offer a realistic alternative?


    Plus: which Westminster cabinet minister would he like to see campaign in Scotland – and who are his political heroes?


    Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.

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    50 mins
  • Americano: podcast wars, Cuba & Corbyn – with Steven Crowder

    Americano: podcast wars, Cuba & Corbyn – with Steven Crowder
    Mar 31 2026
    Steven Crowder, host of Louder with Crowder joins Freddy Gray to discuss the warring factions in the podcast world, worsened since Charlie Kirk's assassination; the global leftwing alliance promoting communism in Cuba, whether Trump was wrong to attack Iran & why the Mark Carney kowtowed to China.

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    38 mins
  • Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman, Ben Clerkin, Maxwell Marlow & Hermione Eyre

    Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman, Ben Clerkin, Maxwell Marlow & Hermione Eyre
    Mar 30 2026

    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: looking back to 1973, Tim Shipman wonders how bad the energy crisis could get; Ben Clerkin interviews Steve Hilton, the former Cameron aide running to be California’s next governor; Maxwell Marlow explains how to solve the student debt crisis; and finally, ‘disorientatingly enjoyable’ is the verdict of Hermione Eyre as she reviews David Hockney at the Serpentine.

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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    24 mins
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