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Spectator Out Loud

Podcast Spectator Out Loud
Podcast Spectator Out Loud

Spectator Out Loud

Spectator Out Loud
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Each week we choose three pieces from the magazine, and ask their writers to read them aloud.
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Each week we choose three pieces from the magazine, and ask their writers to read them aloud.
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Available Episodes

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  • Matthew Parris, Dan Hitchens and Leah McLaren
    Matthew Parris, just back from Australia, shares his thoughts on the upcoming referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (01:08). Dan Hitchens looks at church congregations and wonders why some are on the up, while others are in a spiral of decline (08:32), and Leah McLaren describes the delights of audio and tells us why young children should be heard, but not seen (17:57). Produced and presented by Linden Kemkaran
    23/09/2023
    23:37
  • Cindy Yu, Charlie Taylor and Petroc Trelawney
    Cindy Yu tells the story of how she got to know Westminster’s alleged Chinese agent and the astonishment of seeing herself pictured alongside him when the story broke (01.12), Charlie Taylor, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, talks breakouts, bureaucracy and stabbings, and wonders – where have all the inspirational leaders gone (06.45), and Petroc Trelawney shares his classical notebook and describes a feeling of sadness as the BBC Proms wraps up for another year (11.54). Produced and presented by Linden Kemkaran.
    16/09/2023
    17:00
  • Kate Andrews, Katy Balls and Max Pemberton
    Kate Andrews talks crumbly concrete, overcrowded trains, NHS waiting lists, and describes the general air of despair and asks – who broke Britain? (01.15). Katy Balls analyses Keir Starmer’s reshuffle and describes the appearance of a New Labour restoration as the party prepares for power (11.20), and Max Pemberton outlines the worrying increase of Tourettes and tics in children, neglected during lockdowns and possibly damaged for life (17.25). Produced and presented by Linden Kemkaran.
    9/09/2023
    24:28
  • Katy Balls, Owen Matthews, Kate Andrews and Ian Thomson
    This week Katy Balls asks whether Rishi is a risk taker or whether he’ll choose to play it safe as Conference season approaches (01.17), Owen Matthews explains why America is still Ukraine’s best hope for victory (07.27), Kate Andrews is totally baffled and exasperated by the British refusal to get checked out by a doctor (15.34) and Ian Thomson reports from Sicily on the Godfather, Greek Temples and a misunderstanding involving mascarpone cheese (20.50). Produced and presented by Linden Kemkaran.
    2/09/2023
    24:36
  • James Heale, Svitlana Morenets, Melanie McDonagh and Richard Madeley
    This week James Heale describes the mess the Conservative Party has got itself into when selecting its parliamentary candidates (01.17), Svitlana Morenets is in Ukraine witnessing first hand the tragedy of how troops are dying for want of proper medical supplies and training (06.59), Melanie McDonagh discusses the art of kissing and when a kiss is not just a kiss (18.22) and Richard Madeley shares with us his diary in which he ponders Queen songs and cancel culture and the shocking case of Lucy Letby (22.07).  Produced and presented by Linden Kemkaran.
    26/08/2023
    28:15

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Each week we choose three pieces from the magazine, and ask their writers to read them aloud.
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