Spectator Australia Podcasts

An honest conversation about colonialism, with Nigel Biggar

16 November 2023 3:00 am

Today, colonialism is viewed by many as the original sin of British history. The truth is far more complex. Theologian,…

“London has fallen” – Laurence Fox

9 November 2023 3:00 am

For the second time in his life, Laurence Fox is engulfed in a cancellation storm. It has taken a heavy…

Why is this lying bastard lying to me, with Rob Burley

2 November 2023 3:00 am

The forensic, long-form political interview remains possibly the best, and certainly the most entertaining, mechanism for political accountability. Can it…

Un-cancelling Graham Linehan

26 October 2023 3:00 am

Graham Linehan created some of the most beloved British sitcoms of all-time, including Father Ted, Black Books and The IT…

Off to war, with James Holland

19 October 2023 3:00 am

What if Hitler was killed in 1923? Was Germany’s defeat in WWII inevitable? How should we assess Churchill’s legacy? And…

In conversation with Jeffrey Archer

12 October 2023 3:00 am

Jeffrey Archer is one of the most successful authors of all time. He has been published in 115 countries and…

“This is the medical scandal of the 21st century” – Helen Joyce

5 October 2023 3:00 am

Helen Joyce is a journalist, author and feminist campaigner. Her first book, ‘Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality’, was an immediate…

The Saad Truth about Happiness, with Gad Saad

28 September 2023 3:00 am

Has western society ever been more unhappy? Deaths of despair are at historically high levels. Antidepressant use is through the…

“The government is the enemy” – Hannah Cox

21 September 2023 3:00 am

Capitalism was the driving force behind extraordinary advances in prosperity throughout the 20th century. But isolationist policies, stagnant wages and…

10 questions for Dominic Sandbrook

14 September 2023 3:00 am

Who was the greatest-ever military general? What was history’s most disastrous party? Is identity politics ruining the study of history?…

“It doesn’t matter who tells the story, it matters how it’s told” – Helen Dale

7 September 2023 3:00 am

It may seem odd to describe a book that was published almost 30 years ago as highly topical. But the…

“Let’s do the best things first” – Bjorn Lomborg

31 August 2023 3:00 am

International best-selling author Bjorn Lomborg has spent a career infuriating people by being sensible. He brought much-needed pragmatism to the…

“We emote so much, and yet feel so little” – John Anderson

24 August 2023 3:00 am

John Anderson AC is a sixth-generation farmer and grazier from New South Wales, who spent 19 years from 1989 in…

An epistemic avalanche of madness, with Peter Boghossian

17 August 2023 3:00 am

One of the most important academic papers of modern times was published in 2017. It was titled, ‘The Conceptual Penis…

Our world through Roman eyes, with Tom Holland

10 August 2023 3:00 am

In some respects, the Romans feel strangely familiar. In the great men (and yes, they were almost always men) of…

“Trump is a canvas for Americans” – Michael Berry

3 August 2023 3:00 am

Drugs in the White House… Presidential court cases… Geriatric party leaders… Eight hour hunger strikes… And the odd attempted ‘insurrection.’…

“Silliness always wins” – Monty Franklin

27 July 2023 3:00 am

We live in an age where the lines between entertainment and political activism are so blurred as to be almost…

Australia on the psychiatrist’s couch, with Dr Tanveer Ahmed

20 July 2023 3:00 am

Society’s approach to mental health is, well, healthier than it was in the past. The stiff upper lip, suck it…

Left is not woke, with Susan Neiman

13 July 2023 3:00 am

It isn’t hard to find a right-wing critique of woke ideology. It is much more difficult to find left-leaning thinkers…

“The west has become more like China” – Adam Creighton

5 July 2023 3:00 am

Adam Creighton is an Australian economist and journalist. He is currently the Washington correspondent for The Australian newspaper. In this…

A heretic’s manifesto, with Brendan O’Neill

29 June 2023 3:10 am

Brendan O’Neill is the chief political writer for Spiked and a regular contributor to The Spectator. His new book, ‘A…

“I’ll never stop fighting for women” – Sall Grover

22 June 2023 3:00 am

Sall Grover was a Hollywood screenwriter for a decade before returning to Australia to start ‘Giggle’ – a social media…

“I never count America out” – Miranda Devine

15 June 2023 3:00 am

Miranda Devine is an Australian journalist and bestselling author. Whilst working in Australia, her opinion pieces for, among others, The…

“People no longer understand satire” – Johannes Leak

8 June 2023 3:00 am

Johannes Leak is the Editorial Cartoonist for The Australian. Like his father Bill before him, Johannes’ cartoons represent the soul…

“Why I left Mumford and Sons” – Winston Marshall

1 June 2023 3:00 am

Winston Marshall was the banjoist and lead guitarist for British folk rock band Mumford and Sons. In 2021, he left…