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The Book ClubGary Shteyngart: Vera, or FaithSam Leith is joined for this week's Book Club podcast by Gary Shteyngart — whose new novel Vera, or Faith is set in a near-future America whose politics seems to be less science-fictional by the day. It tells the unexpectedly tender story of a bright but lonely ten-year-old girl contending with her parents' failing marriage and navigating the beginnings of a friendship. Gary tells Sam how parenthood changed him as a writer, how his feelings about his Russian heritage have shifted uncomfortably in light both of the Ukraine invasion and the US's fresh hostility to migrants, and why Writers' Tears is h...
2025-07-3034 min
The Book ClubFrances Wilson: Electric Spark – The Enigma of Muriel SparkMy guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the biographer Frances Wilson, whose new book Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark was recently lauded in these pages as "mesmerising" and "a revolutionary book". She tells me how she immersed herself in the spooky life and peerless art of the great novelist, and why a conventional biographical treatment would never have been adequate to a subject for whom fiction and reality twined in unexpected and disconcerting ways.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find...
2025-07-2344 min
Better Without BillboardsSeries 2 finaleIn this episode, Nicola and James take a look back at series 1 and 2 of the podcast, giving updates on some of our previous content. It's amazing how much progress we've seen in just the last 12 months, from fossil ad bans in The Netherlands, to planning reform in the UK, momentum is building to disrupt the influence of major polluters in our lives. We'll be taking a break after this episode but will be back before too long with more from the Adfree Cities team. Show notesCarla Denyer's amendment to the Planning Bill: https://www...
2025-06-3033 minBetter Without BillboardsAdvertising beyond capitalismIn this episode we explore the role of advertising as a flagbearer for capitalism, and the values and principles on which capitalism relies. We're joined by Simon Mair, lecturer in sustainability at the University of York to discuss growth, Growth, degrowth and post-growth, and the role that advertising does or could play in economies organised along the differing principles these ideas represent. Show notesRead Simon's article Language, Climate Change, and Cities beyond Capitalism here: https://utppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3138/jccpe-2023-0012Listen to our previous episode on advertising and values:https://shows.acast.com...
2025-05-2631 minBetter Without BillboardsSelling love: advertising and cultural values, with Ruth TaylorIn this episode, Nicola speaks to narrative strategist Ruth Taylor of the Common Cause Foundation about the ways in which adverts shape our priorities and attitudes to social and environmental issues through appealing to certain cultural values. Ruth offers her take on adverts from Pepsi, Volvo and Apple which seem to appeal to intrinsic values like social unity or caring for nature, but may actually end up undermining these values. Finally, Ruth shares her thoughts on how the advertising industry needs to change in order to genuinely play a positive role.Show notesThanks to...
2025-04-2341 minBetter Without BillboardsPromoting PollutionIn this episode we step behind the veil of secrecy that hides the ad industry from accountability. As the climate crisis worsens daily, why do we continue to see ads for climate-damaging products everywhere? The answer lies in the long, cosy relationship between the ad industry and polluting industries like fossil fuels, cars and plastics. A new action from Adfree Cities and the New Weather Institute aims to bring accountability to ad land for their role in promoting pollution. We hear from Adfree's Veronica Wignall about this involves, and from Clean Creatives' Tolmeia Gregory on why the ad industry...
2025-03-2525 minBetter Without BillboardsThe deadly fantasy of SUV advertsIn this episode Nicola and James discuss the rise of sports utility vehicles (SUVs). Having started life as military vehicles, you might wonder how massive, bulky, SUVs could become not only the most popular vehicle type on UK roads, but one that is increasingly associated with safety. But as we hear, the identity of SUVs has been remoulded by advertising that presents them as cool, modern, family-friendly cars, whilst conveniently forgetting to mention the outsized risk they pose to other road users. To begin tackling the problem of SUVs, we need to first challenge their promotion in advertising.
2025-02-2526 minBetter Without BillboardsDistract, delay, derail: the tactics of meat and dairy advertisingIn this episode, Nicola speaks to Caitlin Smith of the Changing Markets Foundation about the power and influence of Big Meat and Dairy. Caitlin explains why we need to worry about methane, and tells us how the meat industry uses tactics of distract, delay and derail, to get away with taking little meaningful action. Meanwhile, the government continues to back campaigns to promote meat and dairy, despite the well-evidenced need to reduce meat consumption for the planet as well as our own health. And adverts deliberately target ethically-minded young people to convert them back to meat and dairy. We...
2025-01-2338 minBetter Without BillboardsConsuming childhoodIn this episode, Nicola speaks to Alice Ferguson from Playing Out and Charlotte Gage from Adfree Cities about how our planning system fails children and leads to cities unable to meet young people's needs. The conversation ranges from planning to housing to public health, and of course advertising, to build the case that children are routinely overlooked as a group with needs of their own with generational consequences. In the end, building child-friendly cities would benefit not only the youngest in society but all of us.Show notes:Find out more about Playing Out: https...
2024-11-2052 minBetter Without BillboardsThe Wild West of ad regulationIn this episode, James explores the systems in place to prevent harmful advertising from being shown in the UK. Ad regulation can work, but it's piecemeal and slow, as the current failure to keep pace with emerging greenwash advertising from fossil fuels companies makes clear. James later speaks to Will Prochaska from the Coalition to End Gambling Ads about how regulation fails to protect us from ads that promote one of the UK's most harmful industries.Show notes: Read more about the ASA's handling of environmental complaints: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebd0080238e863d04911...
2024-10-1549 min
Better Without BillboardsHow Edinburgh banned high carbon ads (and you can too!)From fossil fuels, to cars, flights, cruises and meat and dairy we are surrounded by ads for products that are driving the climate crisis. Just as we banned ads for cigarettes and tobacco once we realised how harmful they were, we can likewise end advertising for polluting products to protect health and the planet. Edinburgh City Council has taken this to heart and passed just such a ban on ads for carbon-intensive products across the city. In this episode we speak to Edinburgh councillor Ben Parker about this motion, how it came about and how other cities (or even...
2024-09-2437 min
Better Without BillboardsDeal or no deal?Who ya gonna call? Err... no one, actually. In this episode, Nicola and James chat with professor Lizzie Nixon as she unravels the curious tale of a phone box that wasn't a phone box on the streets of Nottingham. The story opens up the history of how public infrastructure like bus shelters, defibrillators and phone boxes came to be entwined with advertising. Ads can offer councils a revenue stream, but at what cost? And who really comes out the winner when councils make deals with outdoor advertising companies?Show notes:Find out more about...
2024-08-1940 min
Better Without BillboardsThe Worst Industry in the World, with Darren CullenIn this episode we speak with artist Darren Cullen, aka Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives. Our conversation covers Darren's early aspirations to join the ad industry, through his conversion into subvertising, and his most recent work challenging the greenwash of oil giant Shell. Thanks to his winding journey from ads to art, Darren has a unique and unflinching critique of the ad industry and its role in driving consumption by, amongst other things, exploiting a mother's love to sell bleach.Show notesCheck out Darren's website and work past and present at https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com...
2024-07-231h 06Better Without BillboardsAdventures in planning system reformIn this episode Adfree Cities' Nicola and James discuss how the planning system holds the keys to overturn decades of in-built inequality. We explore our recent research on outdoor advertising and inequality, digging into the issues with the current planning system for advertising, the issues, and what we can do about it.Show notesRead the full Adfree Cities report at https://adfreecities.org.uk/unavoidable-impact/Find out more about Adfree Cities at https:www.adfreecities.org.uk and on Bluesky and Instagram @adfreecities.Credits:Produced...
2024-06-1324 min
The War on CarsShould SUV Ads Be Banned?Did you ever see a car advertisement that you thought was so ridiculously irresponsible it should be banned? Well, the people at Adfree Cities, an advocacy group based in the United Kingdom, did, and they decided to do something about it. They went up against Toyota over an ad for the Toyota Hilux SUV that shows drivers ripping through sensitive natural areas and cities—and they won, getting the ad taken off the airwaves and the streets. We talked with two members of the organization, Veronica Wignall and James Ward, about how they're tackling the auto industry's most egregious ma...
2024-02-0626 min
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsA Very Churchy Christmas (Reloaded)Hey everyone! Wife is feeling pretty sick tonight, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to repost an episode from back in 2021 called, "A Very Churchy Christmas." This was us about a year into our podcasting adventure and oddly enough, maybe our only special Christmas episode we've done thus far. If all goes well and the medicine works, we'll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled episode and hopefully Wife will be feeling 100% better, but until then... ENJOY!Husband and Wife discuss church attendance demographics. We also talk about the meaning of...
2023-12-1428 min
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsA Very Churchy Christmas (Reloaded)Hey everyone! Wife is feeling pretty sick tonight, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to repost an episode from back in 2021 called, "A Very Churchy Christmas." This was us about a year into our podcasting adventure and oddly enough, maybe our only special Christmas episode we've done thus far. If all goes well and the medicine works, we'll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled episode and hopefully Wife will be feeling 100% better, but until then... ENJOY!Husband and Wife discuss church attendance demographics. We also talk about the meaning of...
2023-12-1428 min
Bible Study for Atheists - ExodusBible Study for Atheists: Exodus Chapters 23 - 24Husband and Wife cover Exodus chapter 23: Laws of Human Relations (cont.) / The Three Appointed Feasts / The Lord's Angel Sent to Lead Israel; and chapter 24: Moses and the Elders on Mount Sinai. People get splattered with blood and rest their asses. Changes of season turn into week-long parties. People are urged to invade other lands. *sigh*Join Acast+ to enjoy our podcast adfree! https://plus.acast.com/s/sacrilegiousiscourse.Join us on DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8RwwMrb5zKSkip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/63...
2023-08-1828 minBible Study for Atheists - ExodusBible Study for Atheists: Exodus Chapters 21 - 22Husband and Wife cover Exodus chapter 21: The Treatment of Servants / Laws Concerning Acts of Violence / Laws Concerning Responsibility of Owners; and Exodus chapter 22: Laws Concerning Restitution / Laws of Human Relations. Not gonna lie, this section was particularly iresome. Seriously, these are rules supposedly dictated by God on how to treat slaves, virgins, thieves, widows, orphans, etc. The Bible is just gross. Final thoughts: Ex 22:31 "Throw it to the dogs."Join Acast+ to enjoy our podcast adfree! https://plus.acast.com/s/sacrilegiousiscourse.Join us on DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8RwwMrb5zK...
2023-08-1742 min
Restoring DarknessAdvertising Light Pollution with Charlotte GageWe all know cities are a big contributor to light pollution. Charlotte Gage from Adfree Cities in the United Kingdom, contends that one of the biggest offenders is digital advertising. LED’s are getting brighter and advertising signs are being left on all night, drowning out views of the night sky but also destroying people’s sleep who live nearby these signs. Charlotte, Michael and John discuss what progress has been made, about how laws haven’t caught up to digital signage, and how best to tackle this blight. Charlotte Gage is Network Director for Adfree Cities, a network of gro...
2023-03-2950 min
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Ukraine’s Night Train to the Front LinesAs we cross the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former Canadaland producer Sarah Lawrynuik returns to Short Cuts to talk with Jonathan about why she became a freelance war correspondent, taking night trains to the front lines.They also look at China’s reported interference in Canada’s elections & why our institutions tend to throw up their hands the moment they encounter even slightly sophisticated malfeasance.Host: Jonathan GoldsbieCredits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)Guest: Sarah Lawrynuik ...
2023-03-0240 minEx Ticket – The UnTicketMaD Radio: Mike Rhyner’s Brief Return to the TicketBesides his weekly appearances with Bob and Corby, there have been two sightings so far of Mike returning as host and both were last month with Dan. Feels so good.
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2020-09-2800 min
Table TalkWith Annie GrayAnnie Gray is a historian, cook and writer who specialises in food from 1600 to present day. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Olivia about a childhood of eating 'frisbee-like' omelettes, why male hares are inedible, and how an episode of Antiques Roadshow nearly jeopardised the release of her new book. Annie Gray's Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook, is out now. Subscribe to The Spectator's first podcast newsletter here and get each week's podcast highlights in your inbox every Tuesday.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to...
2020-08-1036 min
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2020-07-1736 min
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2020-07-1329 min
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2020-07-0327 min
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2020-06-2944 min
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2020-06-1929 min
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2020-06-1527 min
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2020-06-0529 min
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2020-06-0223 min
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2020-05-2236 min
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2020-05-1946 min
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2020-05-0832 min
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2020-05-0528 min
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2020-04-2426 min
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2020-04-2128 min
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2020-04-1034 min
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2020-03-3120 min
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2020-03-2730 min
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2020-03-2037 min
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2020-03-1728 min
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2020-03-0631 min
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2020-03-0338 min
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2020-02-2128 min
Table TalkWith Jon AtashrooJon Atashroo is Head Chef at the Tate Modern, whose culinary career began with proving dough on a radiator at university. His latest creation is a tasting menu inspired by the Tate's upcoming Andy Warhol exhibition, featuring dishes such as Coca Cola Jelly and Tuna Fish Disaster. On the podcast, he talks to Olivia and Lara about his Persian sweet tooth, how a degree in economics influenced his culinary career, and bringing artists like Picasso and Olafur Eliasson to the Tate restaurant menu.Presented by Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access...
2020-02-1825 min
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2020-02-0736 min
Table TalkWith Skye GyngellSkye Gyngell is an Australian chef best known for her work as food editor for Vogue and for winning a Michelin star at the Petersham Nurseries Cafe. She is now the founder of Spring at Somerset House and the culinary director of Heckfield Place. On the podcast, she talks to Lara and Livvy about being subjected to a 'macro-biotic' diet as a child, how winning a Michelin star wasn't such a blessing for Petersham Nurseries, and how a 20th century Austrian philosopher influences her work now.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber...
2020-02-0423 min
Women With BallsThe Joanna Cherry EditionJoanna Cherry is the SNP's Justice and Home Affairs Spokesperson and a prolific QC, known for her successful legal challenge against the government over its decision to prorogue parliament. In the end, Boris Johnson's prorogation was declared unlawful. On the podcast, she talks to Katy about her Scottish Labour days, the misogyny she identifies in the current debate over trans rights, and taking the Prime Minister to court.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For...
2020-01-2434 min
Table TalkWith Sarah LangfordSarah Langford is a barrister and author of the best-selling In Your Defence, which follows 11 real-life cases in the criminal and family courts. On the podcast, Sarah tells Lara and Livvy about her family's background in farming, the vending machine diet of a barrister, and how MeToo killed the drinking culture in chambers.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. ...
2020-01-2136 min
Table TalkWith Mark DiaconoMark Diacono, food writer, farmer and photographer, who is the founder of Otter Farm in East Devon. The author of seven books, his latest, 'Sour', is out now. He talks to Lara and Livvy about what inspired him to start growing food, how to turn 17 acres of land into a farm producing Szechuan peppers, mulberries, and many things in between, and his love for all things sour.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.
2020-01-0732 min
Table TalkWith Kate YoungKate Young is a food writer and chef, whose cookbooks take recipe inspiration from literary classics, recreating favourite dishes of Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, and more. She runs a catering company with Olivia Potts and, on the podcast, tells all about an Australian's idea of Britain, why she left the theatre to go into cooking, and, from personal experience, which dishes only work in fiction.Presented by Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For...
2019-12-1723 min
Table TalkWith Max PembertonMax Pemberton is a Daily Mail columnist and medical doctor specialising in mental health and eating disorders. On the podcast, he talks about his milkman father and activist mother and what family mealtimes were like, remembering to eat on shifts as a junior doctor, and dissuading patients with serious eating disorders of the 'clean eating' religion.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
2019-12-0339 min
Women With BallsElection Special: who would want to be an MP?Why would any woman want to be an MP in this general election? In recent years, parliament has been plagued by horror stories of abuse against MPs, especially female ones, with a number of them leaving the job before their time. So does parliament have a woman problem? Katy Balls speaks to a series of guests, especially a handful of the young women who are looking to join parliament this election.With Paul Goodman, Isabel Hardman, Inaya Folarin Iman, Rebecca Smith, Danielle Rowley and Claire Coutinho.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today...
2019-12-0234 min
Table TalkWith Will LanderWill Lander is the owner of the beloved restaurants Quality Chop House, Clipstone, Portland, and the new Amelia. On the podcast, he talks to Lara and Livvy about growing up with the FT's restaurant critic for a father (not many trips to McDonalds), a childhood dream to become a restauranteur, and the secret to traditional British cooking.Presented by Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk...
2019-11-1914 min
Women With BallsThe Nicky Morgan EditionNicky Morgan is the Secretary of State for Culture, and former Conservative MP for Loughborough. Despite her success in Boris Johnson's cabinet, she announced that she'd be standing down at this election. On the podcast, she talks about student politics in Oxford with Dan Hannan, filling in Michael Gove's shoes as Education Secretary under David Cameron, firing herself for Theresa May when the latter became Prime Minister.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more...
2019-11-0827 min
Table TalkSichuan cuisine with Fuchsia DunlopFuchsia Dunlop is a writer and chef specialising in Chinese cuisine, especially that of Sichuan. She tells Lara and Livvy about the international lodgers who trained her adventurous palate growing up, why some Chinese foods can be so challenging for westerners (hint: it's the texture!), and the 23 different types of Sichuan spicy.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact...
2019-11-0525 min
Women With BallsThe Katharine Birbalsingh EditionKatharine is the headmistress of Michaela Community School, dubbed by some as 'Britain's strictest school'. She talks to Katy about why she regrets speaking at Conservative Party Conference, her school's 'tiger teacher' philosophy, and why she would ban smartphones for everyone under the age of 18.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-10-2526 min
Table TalkWith Alexandra ShulmanAlexandra Shulman is the former Editor-In-Chief of British Vogue. On the podcast, she talks to Olivia and Lara about her mother Drusilla Beyfus's etiquette tips, wining and dining as a journalist in the 80s, and how doughnuts never lasted long at Vogue.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-10-2219 min
Women With BallsThe Lynn Barber EditionLynn Barber is an award-winning journalist known for her incisive interviews and her best-selling books An Education and How to Improve Your Man in Bed. On this episode, she talks to Katy about her lifetime of interviewing the great and the good, from Salvador Dali to Katie Price; the death threats she received from Rafa Nadal's fans; and her favourite (and least favourite) BBC journalists.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts...
2019-10-1126 min
Table TalkWith Isabel VincentIsabel Vincent is an author and Canadian investigative journalist for the New York Post. Her book, 'Dinner with Edward', charts the unlikely friendship she struck up with her recently widowed ninety-something neighbour. Theirs is a friendship struck through mutual grief (Vincent's own marriage was breaking down at the time) and good food. The film adaption, starring David Souchet, is under production.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go...
2019-10-0824 min
Women With BallsConservative party conference special: Liz Truss IILiz Truss is the Secretary of State for International Trade and holds the Women and Equalities brief. On the podcast, she talks about why Boris picked her for the job (having heard her speech about cheese exports), the limitation to trans rights, and how punchy language is all just a part of politics.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast...
2019-09-2926 min
Women With BallsThe Margaret Hodge EditionMargaret Hodge is the Labour MP for Barking and Dagenham, and well-known for her role as former head of the Public Accounts Committee, in which she scrutinised senior civil servants and politicians alike. She has also been one of the most vocal critics of Labour's anti-Semitism problem. On the podcast, she tells Katy about how boarding school made her rebellious, her remorse for supporting Tony Blair on Iraq, and what fighting the BNP on her own turf taught her about racism.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go...
2019-09-2734 min
Table TalkWith Jessie BurtonJessie Burton is the bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. In this episode of Table Talk, she tells Lara and Livvy about growing up with her dad's packed lunches, the diet of a budding actress, and her dislike for marzipan (despite The Miniaturist!). Jessie's new book, The Confession, is out now.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. ...
2019-09-2424 min
Table TalkWith Kavi and Shamil ThakrarKavi and Shamil Thakrar are cousins, and they're also the co-founders of restaurant chain, Dishoom, inspired by the cafes of early 20th century Bombay. They join Lara and Livvy to celebrate the launch of their first cookbook, and chat Bombay street food, the risks of profit-maximising, and the great British curry house.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact...
2019-09-1329 min
Women With BallsThe Amber Rudd EditionKaty talks to Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, about walking in Theresa May's shoes, No 10's SpAd jihad, and the government's whip withdrawal for the 21 Tory rebels this week.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-09-0633 min
Table TalkWith Jose PizarroJose Pizarro is a Spanish chef, writer, and restauranteur. He came to London in 2000 and opened a series of well-loved Spanish restaurants, including Jose's Tapas Bar. He is the author of five cookbooks. In this episode, he talks to Lara and Livvy about growing up on a farm in Spain, why he loves sherry, and bringing tapas to Britain.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator...
2019-08-2332 min
Women With BallsThe Joan Collins EditionDame Joan Collins is an actress, author, and entrepreneur. Her acting career spans three quarters of a century, including 1950s Hollywood movies, to her role as Alexis Carrington in Dynasty. In this episode, she talks to Katy about breaking into acting as a young woman, what she thinks about Love Island, and why she supports both Boris Johnson and Brexit.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk...
2019-08-1620 min
Table TalkWith Olivia PottsLara speaks to Olivia Potts, Spectator Life’s Vintage Chef and co-host of the Table Talk podcast, about Olivia’s new book, A Half-Baked Idea. Before she became a food writer and Cordon-Bleu trained chef, Olivia was a former president of the Cambridge Union and a high-flying criminal barrister. But her mother’s death changed all that. Tune in to hear a story of love, grief, hope, and cake. Presented by Lara Prendergast.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectat...
2019-08-0927 min
Women With BallsThe Karen Pierce EditionKaren Pierce is the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN. In this episode, she talks to Katy about her career ambitions when she was young, using Lewis Carroll to combat the Russians, and what day to day life is like in the UN.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-08-0228 min
Table TalkWith Tracey MacLeodTracey MacLeod is a broadcaster and food critic, known for hosting the BBC's The Late Show and for regularly guest starring in Masterchef. She is friends with Helen Fielding, who based the character of Jude from Bridget Jones on MacLeod. In this special edition of Table Talk, brought to you live from the sofas of Latitude Festival, MacLeod talks about her life through food.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more...
2019-07-2634 min
Women With BallsLib Dem Special: Jo SwinsonJo Swinson is the current deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, but she's running to be leader against Ed Davey. With the Liberal Democrats' surge in the polls, Swinson's role in the coming months could be vital for Brexit. In this special edition of Women with Balls, she talks about losing her seat in 2015 after the coalition, problems with pairing in Westminster, and what she has in common with Boris Johnson.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.
2019-07-1919 min
Women With BallsThe Tracey Crouch EditionTracey Crouch MP has earned a reputation for being independently minded. She has rebelled on issues from press regulation to fox hunting; and served as a sports minister until last year until she resigned over the government's stance on fixed odds betting terminals. In this episode, Tracey Crouch tells Katy about being the only student Tory in Hull, swearing at Philip Hammond, and why she's never told anyone what she voted in the Brexit referendum.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to...
2019-07-1234 min
Table TalkWith Jeremy KingJeremy King, one half of the restaurateurs Corbin and King, is behind some of the most iconic restaurants in London, including the Ivy, the Delauney, and Fischers. In this episode, he talks about why he left banking for hospitality, how he redecorates restaurants according to their architectural influences, and people watching in his establishments.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-07-0931 min
Women With BallsThe Jo Coburn EditionBroadcaster and journalist Jo Coburn tells how German got her into journalism, what it's like to work with Andrew Neil, and what happened behind the scenes of that infamous Will Self-Mark Francois death stare.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-06-2834 min
Table TalkWith Tom Parker-BowlesLara and Livvy talks to food writer Tom Parker-Bowles about his mother's roast chicken, prep school gruel, and why, as a food critic, he still loves McDonald's.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-06-2128 min
Women With BallsThe Layla Moran EditionLayla Moran tells Katy Balls about her childhood as a diplomat's daughter, the social life of an MP, and getting arrested at Lib Dem conference.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-06-1429 min
Table TalkWith Jo Thompson at Chelsea Flower ShowJo Thompson is a prize-winning garden designer, whose upcoming book 'Rhubarb Rhubarb' is a correspondence between a hopeless gardener and a hopeful cook, taking a look at both gardening and cooking. Jo tells Livvy about the fresh buffalo mozzarella in her family home in Italy, her father's Italian restaurant, and the one dish she can make with her eyes closed.Presented by Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk...
2019-06-0312 min
Women With BallsThe Claire Fox EditionClaire Fox, left libertarian thinker, director and founder of the Academy of Ideas, and panellist on the Moral Maze, was this week elected as an MEP for the Brexit Party. In this episode of Women With Balls, she talks to Katy Balls about her disagreements with Nigel Farage, the prejudice she has received in green rooms, on the streets, and on social media, and the decadent perks of her new job.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.
2019-05-3141 min
Table TalkWith Cressida BonasActress Cressida Bonas talks to Lara and Livvy about growing up on shepherd's pie and pop-tarts, her trypophobia, and the best curry she's ever had.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-05-2118 min
Women With BallsNine years in Yemen - stories from a war reporterIona Craig is an award-winning war correspondent who has been reporting from Yemen since 2010. On the podcast, Iona tells Katy about her near-death experiences, dealing with survivor's guilt, and why being a woman makes her job possible.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-05-1728 min
Table TalkWith Nathan OutlawIn this episode, Michelin star chef Nathan Outlaw joins Lara and Livvy to talk about his love for Cornwall and seafood, training under celebrity chef Rick Stein, and how he totally didn't help his ten year old daughter win a baking competition.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-05-1428 min
Women With BallsThe Kate Hoey EditionKate Hoey is a Labour MP for Vauxhall, having been in that role for 30 years. Hoey talks to Katy Balls about growing up in Northern Ireland, fighting to win her current seat in Vauxhall, and how she developed a reputation as a rebel in her party.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-05-0332 min
Table TalkWith Adrian ChilesIn this episode, broadcaster and writer Adrian Chiles joins Lara and Livvy to discuss a childhood of Croatian home cooking, how an incident with a Turkish lamb turned him vegetarian, and why he prefers 'mindful drinking' to 'drinking responsibly'.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-04-2030 min
Women With BallsThe Lionel Shriver EditionLionel Shriver is an American journalist, author and Spectator columnist. Her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin – about a mother and her son who goes on to carry out a high school massacre – won the Orange Prize for fiction in 2005. Shriver talks to Katy Balls about why she changed her name age 15, the struggles new writers face in the digital age and what role the media plays in the gun violence debate.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.
2019-04-1925 min
Table TalkWith Alissa TimoshkinaAlissa Timoshkina is a chef, food and film writer, and the founder of the KinoVino supper club. Today she joins Lara and Livvy to discuss Soviet food culture, her journey from film to cookery, and ‘the cabbage myth’.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-04-1231 min
Women With BallsThe Victoria Atkins EditionVictoria Atkins is a former barrister, a Conservative party MP, and a Minister at the Home Office. She talks about her legal career and her work at the Home Office creating legislation to protect women and vulnerable people. Hosted by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-04-0525 min
Table TalkWith Jeremy LeeJeremy Lee is the chief proprietor of the landmark Soho restaurant, Quo Vadis. In this episode, he talks to Lara and Livvy about why he was such a bad waiter, what it is like to cook and eat with Simon Hopkinson and Alistair Little, and his undying love for puddings.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-04-0236 min
Women With BallsThe Kay Burley EditionKay Burley is a Sky News founding member, host of The Kay Burley Show, and holds the record for hosting more hours of live television than any other news presenter. Kay tells Katy about how she 'knocked the rough edges' off her accent, her love for Jane Fonda, and why the BBC couldn't afford her these days.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.
2019-03-2118 min
Table TalkWith Rachel JohnsonJournalist and author Rachel Johnson joins Lara and Livvy on this episode to talk about what it was like to share with a student house with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, then budding student chef, about cooking rice found in a Greek bin for her children, and why 'American food' is an oxymoron.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-03-1928 min
Women With BallsThe Mary Curnock Cook EditionMary Curnock Cook is an educationalist and former head of Ucas. On this podcast, she talks about leaving school at 16, how boys suffer from the real gender gap in education, and why it would be 'ludicrous' to abolish university tuition fees.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-03-0727 min
Table TalkWith Ella RisbridgerIn this episode of Table Talk, Lara and Livvy talk to Ella Risbridger, chef and writer, whose new recipe book is Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For. It's part memoir, part cookery; exploring mental health, friendship, love, and the redemptive power of food and cooking. On the podcast, Ella talks about the man that she moved from Dubai to London for, what it's like to be the cover girl of Aga Living (can you tell she grew up with an aga?), and the recipe for the best roast chicken in the world.Please note that this...
2019-03-0440 min
Women With BallsThe Andrea Leadsom EditionKaty Balls talks to Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, about her childhood ambitions to prevent nuclear war, giving birth the night before a selection meeting, and going head to head with John Bercow in the Commons.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-02-2228 min
Table TalkWith LBC presenter Iain DaleLara and Livvy talk to broadcaster and writer Iain Dale about his life through food and drink. Or rather, the food and drink he doesn't like. It turns out that Iain is the fussiest eater to come on the podcast, but he tells us about the food and drinks that he does like (chicken fajitas, German schnitzels, and Lilt) as well as about what it was like to grow up on a farm, being food poisoned in Russia, and why he buys his crisps from eBay.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts...
2019-02-1832 min
Women With BallsThe Jess Phillips EditionJoin Katy Balls as she talks to MP Jess Phillips about growing in an activist home, her life path before becoming an MP and her newfound Twitter fame. Hosted by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-02-0729 min
Women With BallsThe Sarah Baxter EditionSarah Baxter is Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times. Katy talks to Sarah about what it was like to be a woman in the lobby before 'Blair's Babes', the best way to tackle sexism (she says, ignore it and go 'full speed ahead'), and whether Jeremy Corbyn is quite the Labour leader she hopes for.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.
2019-01-2428 min
Table TalkThe Sophia Money-Coutts EditionSophia Money-Coutts is former features editor at Tatler magazine, and now columnist for the Sunday Telegraph. Her new book, The Plus One, came out earlier this year. In this episode of Table Talk, Lara and Livvy talk to Sophia about how cheese fondue helped her get through her parents' divorce as a child, how an ex-boyfriend berated her poppadom manners, and the best way to juggle a clutch bag and canapés at writers' parties.Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to s...
2019-01-1428 min
Women With BallsThe Helena Morrissey EditionJoin Katy Balls as she interviews Dame Helena Morrissey - a financier, a campaigner for more women in the boardrooms, and the mother to nine children. How does she balance kids and a career? Why does she think men and women are fundamentally different? And what is the most effective way to get a raise?Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co...
2019-01-0736 min
Women With BallsThe Liz Truss EditionKaty Balls talks to Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, about her shameful Lib Dem past, why she loves cheese, and how The Thick Of It made her life harder.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-01-0727 min
Women With BallsThe Emma Barnett EditionWith columnist and BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster, Emma Barnett. Katy talks to Emma about stepping in for Andrew Marr, interviewing the Prime Minister, and how her granddad is her most loyal fan.Presented by Katy Balls.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2019-01-0729 min