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Best of the Spectator

Best of the Spectator

The Spectator

2,727 episodesEN

Show overview

Best of the Spectator has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 2,727 episodes. That works out to over 1500 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 24 min and 39 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 243 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 398 episodes published. Published by The Spectator.

Episodes
2,727
Running
2016–2026 · 10y
Median length
32 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Spectator Out Loud: Madeline Grant, Harry Mount, Freddie Heffer & Toby Young

Aug 24, 202619 min

Holy Smoke: why Quentin Letts fears for the parish church

Aug 23, 202616 min

Coffee House Shots: Andy's report card – with Baroness Debbonaire

Aug 21, 202625 min

The Edition: has the West lost the will to defend itself? | with Maureen Lipman

Aug 20, 202644 min

Reality check: the truth about Britain’s water crisis – and what it means for net zero

Aug 19, 202617 min

Coffee House Shots: Reform suspends Tim Montgomerie after Spectator interview

Aug 18, 202614 min

Holy Smoke: wandering bishops, rival popes & schismatic churches

Aug 18, 202629 min

Reality Check: Britain's AI problem isn't data centres – it's electricity

Aug 17, 202624 min

Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman, Arabella Byrne, Alex Burghart & Lloyd Evans

Aug 16, 202620 min

Coffee House Shots: has Zack Polanski proven more continuity than change?

Aug 15, 202629 min

The Edition: Jason Arday and the death of Britain’s universities

Aug 13, 202652 min

Americano: is America ready for the new realities of war?

Aug 12, 202630 min

Quite right!: Simon Sebag Montefiore explains the making of the modern Middle East

Aug 11, 20261h 1m

Coffee House Shots: Clacton by-election lookahead

Aug 11, 202614 min

Holy Smoke: how Project Spire will hurt England's parishes

Aug 9, 202621 min

Rod Out Loud: Toby Young, Tim Luckhurst, Lara Prendergast, Mary Wakefield & Freddy Gray

Aug 8, 202629 min

Reality Check: why Labour doesn’t understand business

Aug 8, 202622 min

The Edition: the real Rod Liddle – with Michael Gove, Toby Young & Freddy Gray

Aug 7, 202643 min

Americano: is China winning the AI race now?

Aug 6, 202624 min

Spectator Out Loud: Lara Brown, Patrick Kidd, Tali Fraser & Ella Veakins

Aug 4, 202625 min