Best Paul Francis Matthews Podcasts (2025)

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Spectator Out Loud: Arabella Byrne, Sean Thomas, Mathew Lyons, Bryan Appleyard & Chas Newkey-Burden 28:07

2h ago28:07

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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Arabella Byrne on the social minefield of private swimming pools (1:13); Sean Thomas says that not knowing where you are is one of the joys of travel (5:34); reviewing Helen Carr’s Sceptred Isle: A New History of the 14th Century, Mathew Lyons looks at the reality of a vivid century (11:34); reviewing Tim Gregory’…

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Judge Matthew Solomson on Orthodox Judaism and American Public Service: A conversation with one of the highest-ranking observant Jews in the federal judiciary 59:57

14h ago59:57

59:57

It’s not uncommon, to put the matter lightly, to find Jewish Americans well represented in the legal field. But the conventional storybook narrative of how Jews rise to occupy positions of promise and prestige in the law tends to emphasize the gradual softening or quieting of religious observance in favor of a broader, more secular American identit…

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The Edition: end of the rainbow, rising illiteracy & swimming pool etiquette 49:51

1d ago49:51

49:51

End of the rainbow: Pride’s fall What ‘started half a century ago as an afternoon’s little march for lesbians and gay men’, argues Gareth Roberts, became ‘a jamboree not only of boring homosexuality’ but ‘anything else that its purveyors consider unconventional’. Yet now Reform-led councils are taking down Pride flags, Pride events are being cancel…

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Patrick Schwarzenegger: Mr. Zeitgeist 48:50

1d ago48:50

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Rob and Patrick are practically family! The “White Lotus” star joins Rob Lowe to discuss his father Arnold's softening with age, his experiences at the Met Gala and the Cannes Film Festival, bonding with his family on "White Lotus," and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@LiterallyWithRobLowe! Got a question for…

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Why Rome Collapsed - Barry Strauss 1:09:33

2d ago1:09:33

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Barry Strauss is an American historian and professor specializing in ancient military history. | Pre-order Barry's new book "Jews vs Rome" - https://amzn.eu/d/4yU8cE9 SPONSOR: Manscaped. Get 15% Off PLUS Free Shipping with the code TRIGGER15 at https://manscaped.com SPONSOR. Shipstation. Go to https://shipstation.com and use code TRIGGER to sign up…

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Americano: what does Sam Altman want? 28:05

2d ago28:05

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Freddy Gray speaks to writer and author Karen Hao, whose new book Empire of AI looks at a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI. On the podcast they discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence on society and democracy and how Open AI founder Sam Altman has become a controversial figure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio…

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Book Club: Robert Macfarlane 40:41

2d ago40:41

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Sam Leith's guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Robert Macfarlane. In his new book Is A River Alive? he travels from the cloud forests of Ecuador to the pollution-choked rivers of Chennai and the threatened waterways of eastern Canada. He tells Sam what he learned along the journey – and why we need to reconceptualise our relationship with th…

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Holy Smoke: the mystifying process – and problems – behind choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury 38:54

4d ago38:54

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After Pope Francis died, it took the Roman Catholic Church just 17 days to choose a successor in Pope Leo XIV. It has been well over 6 months since Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned and we are only just making sense of those chosen to sit on the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), that will recommend his successor. Even then, it’s unli…

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Coffee House Shots: why is antisemitism so pervasive? Irving v Lipstadt 25 years on 30:28

4d ago30:28

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This spring marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark judgment in the infamous Irving v Lipstadt Holocaust denial case. David Irving sued American academic Deborah Lipstadt after she had described him as a Holocaust denier in her 1994 book, for his claims that Jews had not been systematically exterminated by the Nazis. Given the burden of proof in…

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The Best Breakdown of America You’ve Never Heard - Richard Miniter 1:20:04

5d ago1:20:04

1:20:04

Richard Miniter is an American investigative journalist and author, known for his work on national security and foreign policy. | SPONSOR. We use Ground News to escape the echo chamber and stay fully informed. Go to https://ground.news/triggernometry to save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan. SPONSOR. Shipstation. Go to https://s…

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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Angus Colwell, Alice Loxton, Lloyd Evans, Richard Bratby, Christopher Howse and Catriona Olding 37:41

5d ago37:41

37:41

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale analyses the splits in Labour over direction and policy (1:27); Angus Colwell asks if the ‘lanyard class’ are the new enemy (6:21); Alice Loxton explains why bize-sized histories have big appeal (9:58); Lloyd Evans reports on how Butlin’s is cashing in on nostalgia (15:00); Richard Bratby on Retrospect…

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Women With Balls, from the archives: Jo Coburn 33:48

6d ago33:48

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Broadcaster Jo Coburn stepped down from Politics Live this week and has left the BBC after 28 years. To mark the occasion, here’s a special edition of Women With Balls – from the archives – where Jo joined the Spectator's former political editor Katy Balls in 2019, shortly after launching Politics Live. On the podcast, Jo tells Katy about starting …

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Coffee House Shots: David Gauke on prisons, probation & the political reaction to his review 17:41

7d ago17:41

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Former Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor David Gauke joins James Heale to talk about his review into prison sentencing. The former Tory minister was appointed by the current Labour Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, but says there is a clear centre-right argument for prison reform. He talks James through his policy proposals and the political r…

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Yossi Melman on Israel’s Most Famous Spy: What we learn from the Eli Cohen files 33:03

8d ago33:03

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In 2019, Netflix released a six-episode miniseries starring the English comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen played an Israeli spy, Eli Cohen. The latter Cohen was a Jewish immigrant from Egypt who, once in Israel, was recruited and trained by the Mossad. He then assumed the identity of Kamel Amin Thaabet, a wealthy Arab businessman who, hav…

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The Edition: the real Brexit betrayal, bite-sized history & is being a bridesmaid brutal? 43:58

8d ago43:58

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The real Brexit betrayal: Starmer vs the workers ‘This week Starmer fell… into the embrace of Ursula von der Leyen’ writes Michael Gove in our cover article this week. He writes that this week’s agreement with the EU perpetuates the failure to understand Brexit’s opportunities, and that Labour ‘doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t exist to make the lives…

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Catholic and Identitarian part fourteen 29:04

8d ago29:04

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PG-13 Patrick and Jerome read Catholic and Identarian by Julien Langella. This book shows that being for ones own race is completely acceptable in a Catholic context. Our email [email protected] Our substack https://fundamentalprinciples.substack.com/ Our gumroad https://fppodcast.gumroad.com/l/support Our telegram https://t.me/TheFundamen…

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Ike Barinholtz: Wahlberg Adjacent 50:11

8d ago50:11

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Rob and Ike are the biggest Kate Hudson fans! Actor Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project, The Studio, Running Point) joins Rob Lowe to talk about their mutual friends Kate Hudson and Amy Poehler, the time Ike ate the coconut cake Tom Cruise gifted to Mindy Kaling, Rob’s look-a-like in the Lakers organization, doing improv in Amsterdam with Seth Meyers…

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The End of Woke? - Andrew Doyle 1:22:10

9d ago1:22:10

1:22:10

Andrew Doyle is a Northern Irish playwright, journalist, and political satirist. | Pre-order Andrew's new book "The End of Woke" - https://geni.us/TheEndofWoke Follow Andrew on X - https://x.com/andrewdoyle_com SPONSOR. We’re honoured to parter with Hillsdale College. Go to https://hillsdale.edu/trigger to enroll for free. SPONSOR. 👉 Listen to the …

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The Book Club: Geoff Dyer, the Proust of prog rock and Airfix 38:35

9d ago38:35

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My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Geoff Dyer, who’s talking about his memoir Homework, in which he describes growing up as an only child in suburban Cheltenham, and how the eleven-plus and the postwar settlement irrevocably changed his life – propelling him away from the timid and unfulfilled world of his working-class parents. Geoff, in…

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Low Life: The Spectator columns of Jeremy Clarke 28:14

9d ago28:14

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To mark the second anniversary of the death of Jeremy Clarke – one of the Spectator’s most loved writers – we’ve compiled some of his Low Life columns, as read by Jeremy in 2016, for this special episode of Spectator Out Loud. Included in this compilation are: New Man (00:42); Virgin (5:16); Debauchery Competition (9:32); Buddhism (14:12); The Beac…

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Table Talk: Daria Lavelle, author of 'Aftertaste' 32:26

10d ago32:26

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Daria Lavelle was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and raised in New York. Her work explores themes of identity and belonging and her short stories have appeared in The Deadlands, Dread Machine, and elsewhere. Daria is the author of the critically acclaimed new novel Aftertaste which explores food, grief and the uncanny. On the podcast she tells Liv about he…

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On Leo XIV 23:46

11d ago23:46

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We give our thoughts on Pope Leo XIV and pray for Sam and his family. Please check out his show Full-Haus https://t.me/prowhitefam2 Our email [email protected] Our substack https://fundamentalprinciples.substack.com/ Our gumroad https://fppodcast.gumroad.com/l/support Our telegram https://t.me/TheFundamentalPrinciple…

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Americano: was Zbigniew Brzezinski a Cold War prophet? 30:00

11d ago30:00

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Polish émigré Zbigniew Brzezinski – known as ‘Zbig’ – rose to prominence in America during the Cold War as a key intellectual architect of US foreign policy. He was National Security Advisor to President Carter and was a trusted advisor to many US presidents from John F Kennedy onwards. Yet, despite helping to shape American foreign policy during c…

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Comedian Ari Matti Destroys Triggernometry 1:02:13

12d ago1:02:13

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Spectator Out Loud: Michael Gove, Max Jeffery, Paul Wood, Susannah Jowitt and Leyla Sanai 37:26

13d ago37:26

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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Michael Gove interviews Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood (1:17; Max Jeffery shadows the police as they search for the parents of three abandoned babies (14:41); Paul Wood asks if this is really the end of the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (20:57); Susannah Jowitt reports that death has come to the Chelsea Flo…

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Coffee House Shots: should Kemi Badenoch go? 30:36

14d ago30:36

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Kemi Badenoch has come in for criticism since becoming leader of the opposition – for her energy, her performances at PMQs and her inability to galvanise her shadow cabinet. On this podcast, James Heale hosts the trial of Kemi Badenoch and asks whether someone else might be better placed to take the Tories into the next election and – more importan…

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Imagine There's a Border - It's Easy If You Try - Konstantin Kisin 9:01

14d ago9:01

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Konstantin comments on the immigration debate in the UK and Prime Minister Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. | SPONSOR. We use Ground News to escape the echo chamber and stay fully informed. Go to https://ground.news/triggernometry to save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community o…

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Americano: what is Trump doing in the Middle East? 28:33

14d ago28:33

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President Trump is an America Firster, but he has an undeniable affinity for the Arab world. He would have made a good sheik: he doesn’t drink, he loves developing flashy properties to show off his power and wealth, and he’s brutally realistic about the role of oil (and other commodities) in world politics. On his tour of the Middle East, he signed…

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J.J. Kimche on Paul Johnson’s Legacy of Philo-Semitism 42:47

15d ago42:47

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Born in 1928 in Manchester, Paul Johnson was a British Catholic who while at the helm of the New Statesman liked to boast that he had met every British prime minister from Churchill to Blair and every American president from Eisenhower to George W. Bush—the latter of whom awarded Paul Johnson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. After pu…

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The Edition: Britain's billionaire exodus, Michael Gove interviews Shabana Mahmood & Hampstead's 'terf war' 41:53

15d ago41:53

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The great escape: why the rich are fleeing Britain Keir Starmer worries about who is coming into Britain but, our economics editor Michael Simmons writes in the magazine this week, he should have ‘sleepless nights’ thinking about those leaving. Since 2016, nearly 30,000 millionaires have left – ‘an outflow unmatched in the developed world’. Tax cha…

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Penn Jillette: Dice Stacking 50:23

15d ago50:23

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Penn and Rob wish they were invited to "We Are the World!" Magician, television presenter, and author Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) joins Rob Lowe to discuss his surprising favorite magic trick, the genius of Bob Dylan, 50 years of “Penn & Teller,” and his new novel. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@LiterallyWithRobL…

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Lily Phillips: Why I Slept With 101 Men in One Day 1:11:55

16d ago1:11:55

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The Book Club: Julie Bindel 47:59

17d ago47:59

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My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer, activist and Spectator contributor Julie Bindel. In her new book Lesbians: Where Are We Now?, Julie asks why lesbian liberation seems – as she sees it – to have taken one step forward and two steps back. She traces the history of lesbian activism, explains why we’re wrong to assume that lesbi…

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Americano: how to revive the American mind 32:39

18d ago32:39

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Freddy Gray speaks to Spectator World's Editor-at-Large Ben Domenech about this month's issue, the Reviving of the American Mind, and Ben's interview with Christopher Rufo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By The Spectator

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On Maximilian Kobe with Arno 54:46

18d ago54:46

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Americano: is the trade deal a coup for Starmer? 26:20

19d ago26:20

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Trump has announced a beautiful new deal with the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and President shared a phone call to congratulate one another. It is the first trade deal agreed after Mr Trump began his second presidential term in January, and after he imposed strict tariffs on countries around the world in April. Freddy Gray speaks to Sarah El…

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Mania: How Societies Go Crazy - Lionel Shriver 1:12:37

19d ago1:12:37

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Olenka Hamilton, Melanie McDonagh, Hannah Moore, James Delingpole and William Atkinson 30:24

20d ago30:24

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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Olenka Hamilton ponders whether Poland’s revival is a mirage (1:24); Melanie McDonagh asks who killed the postal service (9:52); Hannah Moore argues that family cars aren’t built for families any more (14:35); James Delingpole reviews Careme from Apple TV and Chef’s Table from Netflix (21:15); and, William Atkinso…

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Coffee House Shots Live: Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg 1:27:40

21d ago1:27:40

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The post-mortem has begun on a historic set of local elections – but where does each party go from here? Is Reform unstoppable? Is Kemi the one to lead the Conservative rebuild? Do Labour really ‘get it’? Michael Gove, James Heale and Lucy Dunn are joined by special guests Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg to unpack these questions – as well as the bro…

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Catholic and Identitarian part thirteen 45:15

21d ago45:15

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PG-13 Patrick reads Catholic and Identarian by Julien Langella. This book shows that being for ones own race is completely acceptable in a Catholic context. Our email [email protected] Our substack https://fundamentalprinciples.substack.com/ Our gumroad https://fppodcast.gumroad.com/l/support Our telegram https://t.me/TheFundamentalPrincip…

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Holy Smoke: Does Pope Leo XIV represent continuity or change? 19:45

21d ago19:45

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From Rome Fr Benedict Kiely and Damian Thompson react to the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the successor to Pope Francis. The first American Pope, Prevost is also a citizen of Peru, having spent years working as first a parish pastor and teacher, and later as a bishop. The 267th Bishop of Rome is also the first native English-speaking pope…

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Ari Heistein on the American War on the Houthis, and the Israeli One 44:21

22d ago44:21

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On May 4, 2025, a ballistic missile traveling up to sixteen times faster than the speed of sound struck ground close to the terminal at Ben-Gurion airport, halting flight traffic and leaving a crater at the point of impact. It was the first time that the airport buildings themselves have been so close to a successful missile attack. This particular…

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The Edition: Scuzz Nation, the death of English literature & are you a bad house guest? 40:39

22d ago40:39

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Scuzz Nation: Britain’s slow and grubby decline If you want to understand why voters flocked to Reform last week, Gus Carter says, look no further than Goat Man. In one ward in Runcorn, ‘residents found that no one would listen when a neighbour filled his derelict house with goats and burned the animals’ manure in his garden’. This embodies Scuzz N…

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Kelsey Grammer: A Brother Remembers 41:58

22d ago41:58

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Kelsey Grammer returns to "Literally” for a moving episode. The "Frasier" and "Cheers" star joins Rob Lowe to discuss his deeply cathartic new book, "Karen: A Brother Remembers," the tragic loss of his sister, his return to the world of "X-Men" and Marvel, why he still finds joy in acting, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTub…

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Nuance is the new N-word - Mark Normand 57:01

23d ago57:01

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The Book Club: The Making of William Shakespeare 50:09

24d ago50:09

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My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Daniel Swift. Daniel’s new book, The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare, tells the fascinating story of a theatrical innovation that transformed Elizabethan drama – and set the stage, as it were, for the rise of our greatest playwright. Hosted on Acast. See acas…

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Table Talk: Mary-Ellen McTague 24:45

24d ago24:45

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Mary-Ellen McTague is a chef based in Manchester. She is the culinary driving force behind Aunbury, 4244, the Creameries and her newest venture, Pip at the Treehouse Hotel. Mary-Ellen is also the co-founder of Eat Well MCR, which has delivered almost 100,000 meals across Greater Manchester since 2020 to those sidelined by poverty. On the podcast, s…

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A compilation of Chinese Whispers: understanding China 1:37:57

25d ago1:37:57

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As Chinese Whispers comes to an end, here is a compilation of some of the best discussions Cindy Yu has had across the podcast to understand modern China and President Xi. On this episode you can hear from: journalist Bill Hayton on what it means to be Chinese (1:10); writer and actor Mark Kitto and author Alex Ash on being foreign in China (13:07)…

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Civil War in America? - Tim Pool 1:54:55

26d ago1:54:55

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Holy Smoke: who is likely to succeed Francis? 40:39

27d ago40:39

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The papal conclave is due to begin on Wednesday 7 May to elect a successor to Pope Francis. As host Damian Thompson says, Rome – and the entire Church – is in a state of ‘fevered excitement’. While this is to be expected, most commentators agree that this conclave will be one of the most consequential elections for centuries. At stake are both the …

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