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Yale University Press Podcast

Yale University Press

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The Yale University Press Podcast is a series of in-depth conversations with experts and authors on a range of topics including politics, history, science, art, and more for those who are intellectually curious. Jessica Holahan hosts discussions on all things art and architecture and there are occasional appearances by Yale University Press Director John Donatich.
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Agile People

david thomson

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Hello and greetings to you from where ever you are in the world, and welcome to the Agile People podcast (via captivate.fm). We have 2 streams of content at present, each carrying several episodes. - Authors of "Agile People Principles" Our re-launch will be spear-headed by the founder of Agile People, Pia-Maria Thorén, on her chapter on "Authenticity", which she wrote with 35 Agile People Coaches and Facilitators around the globe. Together they co-created the book "Agile People Principles - ...
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Theatre Deli Co-Artistic Director Roland Smith talks to the theatremakers, artists and performers who are inspiring a new generation of practitioners across the UK. First series includes interviews with Tom Morris (Bristol Old Vic, National Theatre), Lee Simpson (Improbable), writer Vinay Patel and director Nadia Latif. Produced by Lydia Thomson Theme music by Luke B. Ford
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Cinema Italia

Film Stories

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Author and film critic John Bleasdale explores the worlds of Italian cinema from Neo Realism to Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli to Sword and Sandal epics, Poliziotteschi to white telehphone films: and anything he left out. Talking to illustrious guests, Italian and otherwise, Cinema Italia unites them with a love of il cinema Italiano and Hollywood on the Tiber. A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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One Bold Idea

University of California

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One Bold Idea tells stories of pivotal moments in California history that have shaped the world, spanning topics from the arts, health, agriculture and technology. This series is produced in celebration of the University of California's 150th anniversary. For more stories, visit 150.universityofcalifornia.edu
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Spectator Out Loud

Spectator Out Loud

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A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Farm - a mystery audio drama

Little Fish Entertainment, LLC

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THE FARM is a gripping narrative audio drama podcast about family secrets, rural suspense, and a woman’s fight to reclaim her legacy. Produced by Little Fish Entertainment, this slow-burn thriller blends mystery, betrayal, and emotional depth in a small-town setting. When a high-powered architect returns home after her father’s sudden death, she uncovers a conspiracy that could cost her the farm—and her life. The Farm is a mystery-thriller audio drama about family secrets, betrayal, and surv ...
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Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Boardroom Confidential

Australian Institute of Company Directors

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Produced by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Hosted by Bennett Mason, Boardroom Confidential brings you candid conversations with some of Australia's most influential company directors, business leaders, and experts. Together, we explore their paths to the boardroom, lessons from their careers, and the ideas shaping modern governance. Whether you're an experienced director or just starting your governance journey, each episode offers practical insights into leadership, de ...
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Getting married and becoming a mom was all I ever wanted. Little did I know, it would also stretch me and grow me in ways I had never imagined. But with the help of Jesus and my relationship with God, I am going to rock this thing! and so are YOU!! Let's rally together to become the mothers that God intended us to be.
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Each Week - Pop: The History Makers presents a new one-hour interview with an icon of popular culture. If you prefer watching the interviews - go to my YouTube podcast channel -https://www.youtube.com/@popthehistorymakers Online - Per Martinsen - Norwegian's Electronic Godfather!UPDATE and DEEP DIVE interviews include:Raz Lindvall (formerly Rob 'n' Raz), Louis C. Oberländer (Jeremy Days), Justin Currie (Del Amitri), Fish (Update interview) Phillip Boa, Toyah, Anne Clark (the poet who continu ...
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Welcome to Inside a Millennial Mind! I'm David Storch and I'll be your host. On this channel, we'll get into the nooks and crannies of the largest generation in history. We'll dive into topics about finance, investing, culture, technology and the future. Subscribe to this channel and I'm excited for this journey together!
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Investigating the Post Office Scandal

Investigating the Post Office Scandal

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Journalists Rebecca Thomson and Nick Wallis cover the ongoing Post Office Horizon IT scandal which led to the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK legal history. Hundreds of people were wrongly criminalised, thousands lost money and when the Post Office and government realised what they had been doing, they covered it up. To date, no one has been held accountable. Made with thanks to Whistledown for their production support.
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LifeStory

The Living Memory Association

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Ordinary people who lived through extraordinary times tell their stories to The Living Memory Association. Stories from the 20th century of childhood, schooldays, work, play, courtship. Tales of joy and hardship from Edinburgh, Leith, Scotland and beyond.
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The Spot On Podcast gives you a baseline understanding and knowledge about skin cancer, and helps navigate you through that journey ahead through diagnosis and treatment. The Spot On Podcast is brought to you by the Melanoma & Skin Cancer Advocacy Network (MSCAN) - who are providing a new, innovative approach to tackle Australia’s national cancer. MSCAN engages with Australia’s leading clinicians, researchers and advocates with the aim of increasing the knowledge of those affected by a diagn ...
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The Authority is a show that candidly discusses issues affecting popular culture, sports and politics. The show will discuss, deliberate and debate current events effecting these categories of focus and see how they intersect with the issue of race. The show will talk about all types of issues: gender, class, etc, but the show will have an inclination to highlight topics that deal with the issue of race. Because the host of the show, Dr. Sanford Richmond, believes there has never been an iss ...
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ABR's Poem of the Week

Australian Book Review

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Poem of the Week is a weekly podcast presented by Australian Book Review. Each week a poet discusses and reads a new poem. These poems are also published on the ABR website. Australian Book Review is Australia's premier arts and literary magazine. We publish reviews, essays, commentary and new creative writing. We also present a range of prizes, fellowships and literary events. Visit our website to find out more or to subscribe to the print edition or to ABR Online.
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Life and career rarely go to plan. Breakthroughs happen on the ragged edge when things aren't quite going as expected. Self-aware people learn from those trials. What I Wish I Knew podcast hosts Mike Irwin and Simon Daw explore lessons learned by everyone, including academics, athletes, creators, entrepreneurs, leaders, writers, and difference makers. They have three things in common: none are perfect, all are humble, and they've learned a few things along the way. In What I Wish I Knew, the ...
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Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ wherever you are listening now. This week: a Commons showdown over asylum – and a cold shower for Net Zero orthodoxy. After Shabana Mahmood’s debuts Labour’…
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Advertising legend and Spectator columnist Rory Sutherland joins Michael Simmons to explain why he thinks Britain’s economic problem isn’t income, tax rates or even inequality — it’s property, rent extraction, and a national belief that housing is the safest and smartest place to store wealth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa…
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David Gallop AM — former CEO of the NRL and Football Australia —share lessons on leadership, crisis, and culture from a career spent in the spotlight. In this conversation, David reflects on two decades at the helm of high-profile sports, the experiences he's carried into the boardroom, and what makes an effective chair in today's governance landsc…
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To submit your urgent questions to Michael and Maddie, go to: spectator.co.uk/quiteright This week on Quite right! Q&A: Could Britain see a snap election before 2029? Michael and Maddie unpack the constitutional mechanics – and explain why, despite the chaos, an early vote remains unlikely. They also turn to Labour’s troubles: growing pressure on K…
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In this message from John 17, we “listen in” as Jesus prays the night before His crucifixion, revealing the priorities that should shape our own intercessions. If Matthew 6 teaches us how to pray, John 17 shows us how Jesus prays for us—and therefore how God’s people should pray for one another. As we adopt the heart of Jesus in our prayers—for our…
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In this message from John 17, we “listen in” as Jesus prays the night before His crucifixion, revealing the priorities that should shape our own intercessions. If Matthew 6 teaches us how to pray, John 17 shows us how Jesus prays for us—and therefore how God’s people should pray for one another. As we adopt the heart of Jesus in our prayers—for our…
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Lawyer Alan Dershowitz joins Freddy Gray to react to the 20,000 newly released Epstein emails — and why he believes far more remains hidden. He discusses Trump’s appearance in the documents, the contradictions in Virginia Giuffre’s testimony, the FBI’s real “client list”, and why judges are still sealing major depositions. Hosted on Acast. See acas…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power examines the rise in drug abuse and homelessness on British streets; Madeline Grant explains the allure of Hollywood radical Sydney Sweeney; Ysenda Maxtone Graham laments the rise of the on-the-day party flake; Calvin Po warns of a war on Britain’s historic architecture; and Gus Carter reads his Notes o…
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Britain’s prisons are a legislative problem that has beset successive governments. New revelations show 91 accidental early releases in just six months, the latest in a growing pattern of administrative chaos across the criminal justice system. Between drones delivering drugs, crumbling Victorian buildings, exhausted staff and an ever more convolut…
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Can the BBC be fixed? After revelations of bias from a leaked dossier, subsequent resignations and threats of legal action from the US President, the future of the corporation is the subject of this week’s cover piece. Host William Moore is joined by The Spectator’s commissioning editor, Lara Brown, arts editor, Igor Toronyi-Lalic, and regular cont…
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Sam Leith’s guest this week is Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust. They discuss why trust is such an important value for public debate, and how it can address polarisation in society. Jimmy addresses the challenge Elon Musk has posed to Wikipedia after the entrepreneur branded the site as ‘woke’, despite th…
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Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ wherever you are listening now. This week: a crisis at the BBC – and a crisis of standards in our schools. Following the shock resignations of Tim Davie and…
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Britain is facing a quiet crisis — its data is breaking down, and the government’s numbers are increasingly unreliable. In this episode of Reality Check, economics editor Michael Simmons asks what happens when the state can’t count properly. How can the Bank of England set interest rates or the Treasury balance the books when the data they rely on …
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Naomi Simson is an experienced director, successful entrepreneur, and acclaimed author. She co-founded Big Red Group and helped it grow to become Australia's largest experience network. In this candid conversation, Naomi reflects on two decades of building and scaling businesses, the lessons learned stepping back from the CEO role, and why small bu…
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To submit your urgent questions to Michael and Maddie, go to: spectator.co.uk/quiteright This week on the first ever Quite right! Q&A: What’s your most left-wing belief? Michael & Maddie confess their guilty liberal secrets on the Elgin Marbles, prison reform and private equity – or ‘the unacceptable face of capitalism’. Also this week: who would y…
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In this message we explore two powerful national prayers—Solomon’s in Israel’s days of glory and Daniel’s in its days of exile—to show that the future of any nation depends on the prayers of God’s people. Through gratitude for God’s past faithfulness, honest confession of our national and personal sins, and humble dependence on God’s mercy, we are …
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In this message we explore two powerful national prayers—Solomon’s in Israel’s days of glory and Daniel’s in its days of exile—to show that the future of any nation depends on the prayers of God’s people. Through gratitude for God’s past faithfulness, honest confession of our national and personal sins, and humble dependence on God’s mercy, we are …
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Why are Silicon Valley billionaires obsessing over Heaven & Hell, and what does it tell us about American society today? Spectator World's Arts Editor Luke Lyman joins Damian Thompson on this episode of Holy Smoke to talk about how a fascination with the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist and a techno-utopia – or techno-apocalypse – has gripped the…
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On this week's Spectator Out Loud: James Heale considers the climate conundrum at the heart of British politics; Rebecca Reid explains why she's given up polyamory; Damien Thompson recounts the classical music education from his school days; Margaret Mitchell asks what's happened to Britain's apples; and Julie Bindel marvels at the history of pizza…
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What lessons does America have for our politics? While progressives look to Zohran Mamdani for inspiration on how to get elected successfully, the really important question is how to govern effectively. And here it is the Trump administration which is setting the standard, writes Tim Shipman in this week’s cover story. On day one, Donald Trump step…
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A year on from his presidential election victory, what lessons can Britain learn from Trump II? Tim Shipman writes this week’s cover piece from Washington D.C., considering where Keir Starmer can ‘go big’ like President Trump. Both leaders face crunch elections next year, but who has momentum behind them? There is also the question of who will repl…
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Sam Leith's guest this week is Graham Robb. In his new book The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History, Graham takes us on a time-travelling bicycle tour of the island's history. They discuss how Graham weaves together personal memories with geography and history, his 'major cartographic scoop' which unlocks Iron Age Britain and contemporary d…
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Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ wherever you are listening now. This week on Quite right!: Rachel Reeves goes on the offensive – and the defensive. After her surprise Downing Street addres…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen looks at a new musical subgenre of Roman Catholic black metal; Mary Wakefield celebrates cartoonist Michael Heath as he turns 90 – meaning he has drawn for the Spectator for 75 years; looking to Venezuela, Daniel McCarthy warns Trump about the perils of regime change; Michael Simmons bemoans how Britai…
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Freddy Gray sits down with academic James Orr at the Battle of Ideas in London for a live Americano podcast to discuss Vice President J.D. Vance. Having been described as 'Vance's British sherper', James responds to how likely it is that J.D. Vance will be President one day, which weaknesses could hold him back and how Vance's unique closeness to T…
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This message from 2 Chronicles 20 explores how King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah responded to overwhelming danger by seeking God’s wisdom through prayer. Rather than panicking or relying on human strategy, they turned to God first, admitted their helplessness, waited to hear His voice, and trusted His promise even before the victory came. As…
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This message from 2 Chronicles 20 explores how King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah responded to overwhelming danger by seeking God’s wisdom through prayer. Rather than panicking or relying on human strategy, they turned to God first, admitted their helplessness, waited to hear His voice, and trusted His promise even before the victory came. As…
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Are the rich fleeing Britain? That's what the numbers suggest, but some activist groups have hit back that the data is dodgy. For the second episode of Reality Check The Spectator's economics editor Michael Simmons explains why the data shows that the wealthy are leaving Britain, and why this matters for everyone else. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…
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‘On the day of the local elections, when the Tories suffered a historic setback, Kemi Badenoch went to the gym and got her hair done,’ Tim Shipman reveals in the magazine this week. Aides insist that Badenoch has since ‘upped her game’. Her PMQs performances are improving and the CCHQ machine seems to have whirred into gear, making sure that Labour…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen looks at a new musical subgenre of Roman Catholic black metal; Mary Wakefield celebrates cartoonist Michael Heath as he turns 90 – meaning he has drawn for the Spectator for 75 years; looking to Venezuela, Daniel McCarthy warns Trump about the perils of regime change; Michael Simmons bemoans how Britai…
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Big Tech is under the spell of the occult, according to Damian Thompson. Artificial intelligence is now so incredible that even educated westerners are falling back on the occult, and Silicon Valley billionaires are becoming obsessed with heaven and hell. An embrace of the occult is not just happening in California but across the world – with ‘Witc…
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Nat Jansz joins Sam Leith to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Moomin novels. The first of these, Comet in Moominland, was revised by author Tove Jansson a decade after the original publication date. To celebrate the anniversary Sort of Books, co-run by Jansz, is publishing this revised edition for the first time in English. Jansz discusses why…
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Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ wherever you are listening now. This week on Quite right!: the great Home Office meltdown. After a week of fiascos – from the accidental release of a convic…
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Piers Morgan sits down with Andrew Doyle in Glasgow to discuss Piers’s provocative new book, Woke Is Dead, and share their unfiltered views on the state of the world today. Rather than celebrating the death of woke, Piers’s book advocates for the return of common sense and a less divided, more sensible society. Piers Morgan: Woke Is Dead with Andre…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery examines Britain’s new hard left alliance; Sam Leith wonders what Prince Andrew is playing; Michael Henderson reads his letter from Berlin; Madeline Grant analyses the demise of the American ‘wasp’ – or White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant; and, Julie Bindel ponders the disturbing allure of sex robots. Produc…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery examines Britain’s new hard left alliance; Sam Leith wonders what Prince Andrew is playing; Michael Henderson reads his letter from Berlin; Madeline Grant analyses the demise of the American ‘wasp’ – or White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant; and, Julie Bindel ponders the disturbing allure of sex robots. Produc…
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Colossians 1:9–14 reminds us that spiritual maturity doesn’t come from trying harder but from praying deeper. Just as children grow in understanding, God desires His people to grow in faith and wisdom. Paul’s prayer for the Colossians teaches us how to pray for that kind of growth: to know God’s will, to live in ways that please Him, and to remembe…
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Colossians 1:9–14 reminds us that spiritual maturity doesn’t come from trying harder but from praying deeper. Just as children grow in understanding, God desires His people to grow in faith and wisdom. Paul’s prayer for the Colossians teaches us how to pray for that kind of growth: to know God’s will, to live in ways that please Him, and to remembe…
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How did faith shape Margaret Thatcher’s politics? To mark the centenary month of Margaret Thatcher’s birth, Damian Thompson introduces a conversation between the Spectator’s Natasha Feroze, Thatcher’s biographer Lord Moore and Bishop Chartres who delivered the eulogy at her funeral. They discuss her relationship with faith, how both her family back…
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With a Gaza ceasefire deal, President Trump's attention has turned to ending the war in Ukraine. A meeting with Putin was suggested, before coming to nothing. Owen Matthews joins Freddy Gray to talk about the fundamental differences between Trump and Putin, the limits on Ukraine's President Zelensky when it comes to negotiation and why the global w…
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‘The Ultras’ are the subject of The Spectator’s cover story this week – this is the new Islamo-socialist alliance that has appeared on the left of British politics. Several independent MPs, elected amidst outrage over the war in Gaza, have gone on to back the new party created by former Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. The grouping has g…
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