Spectator Australia Podcasts

Raging against the nanny state, with Chris Snowdon

6 June 2025 3:00 am

The nanny state is on the march across the West, propped up by weak leaders taking their cues from a…

The decline and fall of Australia(?), with Joe Hildebrand

30 May 2025 3:00 am

Greg Sheridan wrote recently that Australia is a nation in decline. Across every indicator you can imagine – economy, living…

The rise of the woke right, with James Lindsay

23 May 2025 3:00 am

When classical liberals and conservatives took the fight to the ‘woke left’, many made the mistake of thinking that victory…

The (not so) lucky country, with Adam Creighton

15 May 2025 3:00 am

Australia has often been called the ‘lucky country’. Today, it faces a series of economic, cultural, and geopolitical challenges, seemingly…

Pondering the big questions, with Sebastian Junger

8 May 2025 3:00 am

One of the tragedies of modernity is how it has stripped away the time (or if we’re being honest, the…

Relaxed and comfortable, with John Howard

1 May 2025 3:00 am

Before he became Australia’s second-longest serving Prime Minister, then Opposition Leader John Howard famously stated that his ambition was for…

Trans women are not women (except in Australia), with Sall Grover

24 April 2025 3:00 am

It says something about the surreal times in which we live that the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom found…

Please explain, with Pauline Hanson

17 April 2025 3:00 am

If there’s one theme that cuts across Western politics in 2025, it is the rise of right-wing populist parties and…

Free minds and free markets, with Nick Gillespie

10 April 2025 2:00 am

Freedom is under assault across the West. The US is reverting to 18th century economic protectionism, the UK are jailing…

The coming British civil war, with David Betz

3 April 2025 3:00 am

The UK is in a dark place, but surely it couldn’t reach the point of civil war? Don’t be so…

The shameless cross-promotion episode, with Alex Armstrong

31 March 2025 3:00 am

If you turn on the news in the UK, the chances are the stories will be negative. Mass migration, two-tier…

The Eurasian Century, with Hal Brands

27 March 2025 3:00 am

We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we’re living in a long,…

The fight for Western civilisation, with Tony Abbott

14 March 2025 3:00 am

Will recently attended the ARC conference in London, which was basically Coachella for conservatives. During the conference, he sat down…

Ukraine: Three years on, with Francis Dearnley

11 March 2025 3:00 am

The conversation that surrounds the conflict in Ukraine has become, for the most part, a political Rorschach Test. That’s a…

How tribalism ruined politics, with Andrew Heaton

28 February 2025 3:00 am

Politics shouldn’t be a team sport, but it has become one. Far too many of us blindly support politicians or…

The definitive German election preview, with Ralph Schoellhammer

24 February 2025 3:00 am

The Economist recently described Germany as “the hole at the heart of Europe”. That’s a reasonable description, particularly given it…

The myth of free speech in Britain, with Winston Marshall

17 February 2025 3:00 am

Whilst illiberal progressivism (or woke for short) appears to be in retreat, what will take its place is an open…

The Reform revolution, with Rupert Lowe

13 February 2025 3:00 am

There’s an interesting historical pattern in British politics, and you can see it in various shapes and forms since the…

We cannot tax and spend our way to growth, with Jon Moynihan

29 January 2025 3:00 am

The UK economy is structurally buggered (to use a technical term). Decades of economic mismanagement have caused growth to grind…

Why police ignored the grooming gangs, with Maggie Oliver

23 January 2025 3:00 am

In the last month, the grooming gangs scandal has gone from being the UK’s worst-kept secret to its greatest source…

Why we get boozed, with Edward Slingerland

15 January 2025 3:00 am

After a merry festive season, this is the time of the year when some of us decide to cut back…

Australia is uniquely susceptible to the woke mind virus, with Andrew Gold on Heretics

8 January 2025 3:00 am

Regular listeners may remember that last year Will interviewed the wonderful documentarian, podcaster and YouTuber Andrew Gold. Andrew recently returned…

How the music industry went woke, with Hayley Mary

1 January 2025 3:00 am

Music used to be about “sticking it to the man.” It’s now the most conformist industry there is. Hayley Mary…

The fall of the Big Guy, with Miranda Devine

19 December 2024 3:00 am

As friend of the show Charles C.W. Cooke has said, “To the honest eye, Joe Biden was a mid-wit career…

The boys are not alright, with Miriam Cates

12 December 2024 3:00 am

In recent years, Western society has conducted a perverse experiment. We have indulged the grievances of almost every identity group,…