Best Robert Spence Podcasts (2025)

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Short Rest - Dael Kingsmill 2:16:42

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In this Short Rest conversation series I chat with Dael Kingsmill, YouTuber, creator, roleplayer, gamer, all the nerd things. Check her out by 'search engining' her name! She's sure she'll come up...Friends, Fans and Fine folkIf you enjoyed this video and you want to support me financially, so I can make more of this sort of content, you can do so …

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Thank you and Merry Christmas - A message from Peta 1:46

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This is a short Christmas message to say thank you for listening to The I Can’t Stand Podcast this year. The show will be taking a brief break over the holidays and will return on Tuesday the sixth of January. If you’d like to give the podcast a little Christmas present, a rating or review would mean so much. It helps new listeners find the show an…

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Conspirinormal 501- Dr Future 16- 2025: A Strange Year Ends. 1:38:27

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Recorded December 10th, 2025 Dr Future returns to the show to discuss the last year and what the events mean for everything that comes next. As usual with the good Doc we go into deeper territory than what's on the surface. We delve into some of the moral implications of current events. We'll be back in the New Year with more episodes! Until then t…

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Andrew Rosindell, Ben Maguire, Dr Tessa Dunlop & Samuel Kasumu 52:16

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Conservative Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Andrew Rosindell, Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Ben Maguire, historian and broadcaster Dr Tessa Dunlop and the social entrepreneur Samuel Kasumu.

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Charlotte Nichols, Sarah Bool, Baroness Jenny Jones & Guto Harri 53:59

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Charlotte Nichols from Labour and Sarah Bool from the Conservatives, Baroness Jenny Jones from the Green Party and the former adviser to Boris Johnson, Guto Harri.

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Richard Holden, Tony Vaughan, Salma Shah & Polly Toynbee 55:46

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Conservatives' Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden, Labour MP Tony Vaughan, political commentator Salma Shah and The Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

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Redefining Blindness: Lucy Edwards on Disability, Beauty, and IVF 35:52

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Lucy Edwards is a broadcaster, journalist, and one of the most recognisable blind content creators in the world. In this episode, she opens up about losing her sight at 17, building a career online, and why she proudly says, “I love being blind now.” We talk about the grief of going blind, how she found confidence through storytelling, and her late…

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#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

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Irving Finkel is a scholar of ancient languages and a longtime curator at the British Museum, renowned for his expertise in Mesopotamian history and cuneiform writing. He specializes in reading and interpreting cuneiform inscriptions, including tablets from Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian contexts. He became widely known for studying a…

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Short Rest - Thor Knai 2:56:26

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Rob is chatting around the campfire with Thor Knai, actor, game designer, and veteran with a special passion for D&D and the collaborative and emergent storytelling it so wonderfully creates! He has 25 years of DM-ing and almost 20 years of acting under his belt. Check him out on insta at https://www.instagram.com/thorknai and on imdb at https://ww…

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Josh Simons, Sir John Redwood, Judith McMinn & Benedict Spence 54:26

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour's Cabinet Office Minister Josh Simons, former Conservative Cabinet Minister Sir John Redwood, the tech entrepreneur Judith McMinn and the political commentator Benedict Spence.

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Ali Milani, Harriet Cross, Will Stone & Phoebe Arslanagić-Little 53:17

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour Muslim Network chair Ali Milani, MPs Harriet Cross from the Conservatives and Will Stone from Labour, and the think-tanker Phoebe Arslanagić-Little.

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Justine Greening, Dame Chi Onwurah, Anna Sabine & James Heale 52:31

17d ago52:31

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Education Secretary Justine Greening, Labour MP Dame Chi Onwurah, Anna Sabine from the Liberal Democrats & The Spectator's James Heale.

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Being Bed Bound and Living With an Energy-Limiting Illness: Amelia Tang’s Story 29:28

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In this episode, Peta speaks with model, actor and advocate Amelia Tang about what life looks like when illness reshapes everything. Amelia shares their experience of becoming disabled as a teenager, the long periods they spent bedbound, and how community kept them connected when they could barely tolerate light or sound. They talk about modelling …

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Chris Curtis, Theresa Villiers, Jim Shannon & Matthew Torbitt 53:26

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Chris Curtis, former Conservative Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers, Democratic Unionist Party MP Jim Shannon and the homelessness campaigner Matthew Torbitt.

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Dorothy Byrne, Andrew Pakes, Emma Revell & Tom Skinner 51:49

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Channel 4's former Head of News Dorothy Byrne, Labour MP Andrew Pakes, the Centre for Policy Studies' Emma Revell and the former Conservative adviser Tom Skinner.

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Polly Billington, Carl Cashman, Lord Robert Hayward & Henry Hill 51:35

24d ago51:35

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour MP Polly Billington, the Liberal Democrats' group leader in Liverpool Carl Cashman, Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward and ConservativeHome's Henry Hill.

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From Iron Lung to Icon: Honouring Ed Roberts with Professor Scot Danforth 32:47

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Ed Roberts is often called the father of the independent living movement, but many people have never heard his story. This week, I’m joined by Professor Scot Danforth, author of An Independent Man, to explore Ed’s life, from contracting polio at fourteen and living in an iron lung, to becoming a key figure in disability rights. We talk about the mo…

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#486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life

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Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep486-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https…

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Short Rest - Edward Spence 2:46:07

28d ago2:46:07

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Rob is chatting around the campfire with Edward Spence, producer, actor, accomplished self-deprecator and award-nominated GM for Beyond the Brook and The Fourth Age. Game Designer for Warcradle Studios. Check him out on bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/edwardspence.bsky.socialThanks to Jen Toher for editingFriends, Fans and Fine folkIf you enjoy…

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Dan Tomlinson, Dame Harriett Baldwin, Paul Nowak & Fraser Nelson 51:00

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Exchequer secretary to the Treasury Dan Tomlinson, Shadow business minister Dame Harriett Baldwin, General secretary of the Trades Union Congress Paul Nowak and Columnist for The Times Fraser Nelson.

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Shevaun Haviland, Kezia Dugdale, Graham Stuart & Camilla Turner 53:46

30d ago53:46

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the British Chambers of Commerce's Director General Shevaun Haviland, former Scottish Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale, Conservative MP Graham Stuart and the Sunday Telegraph's Political Editor Camilla Turner.

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Conspirinormal 500!- 500th Episode Roundtable (Tim Binnall, Joshua Cutchin, Nathan Isaac, and Dr Future) 2:00:07

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Recorded November 13th, 2025 We are back after nearly ten months of a long hiatus! We have on offer the 500th Episode with true friends of the show Tim Binnall, Nathan Isaac, Dr Future and last but definitely not least Joshua Cutchin! We talk about some of the events and projects that these fellas have been working on and other various and sundry p…

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Catherine Atkinson, Dr Luke Evans, Edward Morello & Angela Epstein 55:26

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are MPs Catherine Atkinson from Labour, Dr Luke Evans from the Conservatives and Edward Morello from the Liberal Democrats, plus the journalist and broadcaster Angela Epstein.

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Grace Spence Green: The Doctor Living the Social Model of Disability 36:17

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Grace Spence Green was a medical student when a man jumped from a height in a shopping centre and landed on her, causing a spinal cord injury that left her paralysed from the chest down. In this conversation, Grace speaks openly about the moment her life changed, the long road through hospital and rehabilitation, and what it was like to suddenly be…

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Twitch Tales - Cartografur - Episode 12 - "People of Staanhon" 1:19:58

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In this episode, Niwha enjoys not being in mortal peril for a day and meets a few folk of Staanhon while ticking off some jobs.Friends, Fans and Fine folkIf you enjoyed this video and you want to support me financially, so I can make more of this sort of content, you can do so on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/RobertHartleyGMIf you want to wear o…

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Lucy Frazer, Jim Murphy, Charlotte Pickles & Liam O'Dell 53:33

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the former Conservative Cabinet ministers Lucy Frazer and former Labour Cabinet minister Jim Murphy, along with Re:Start think-tank director Charlotte Pickles and journalist and disability rights campaigner Liam O'Dell.

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Alex Sobel, Sir John Hayes, Alys Denby & Mathew Hulbert 52:14

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour MP Alex Sobel, Conservative MP Sir John Hayes, Alys Denby from the business newspaper City AM and the political commentator and Liberal Democrat activist Mathew Hulbert.

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Business Special: Gina Miller, Steve Perez, Kiki McDonough and Richard Browning 51:32

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Joining Iain Dale for a business-themed special edition of Cross Question are the wealth manager Gina Miller, drinks producer boss and hotelier Steve Perez, fine jeweller Kiki McDonough and the inventor and entrepreneur Richard Browning.

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#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy 2:45:22

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David Kirtley is a nuclear fusion engineer and CEO of Helion Energy, a company working on building the world’s first commercial fusion power plant by 2028. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep485-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcr…

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Clare Reilly on Wheelchair Meets Wilderness and her Accessible Outdoor Adventure 29:05

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When Clare Reilly was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2017, she thought her days of outdoor adventure might be behind her. But the lifelong outdoors lover, podcaster, and mum is preparing to take on something extraordinary; a 1,072-kilometre ride along Western Australia’s Munda Biddi Trail using her off-road wheelchair. In this episode, Clare …

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Short Rest - Candace the Magnificent 3:08:21

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Rob is chatting around the campfire with Candace McAfee, also known as Candace the Magnificent, TTRPG performer, VO artist, writer and ukulele enthusiast. Check them out at https://linktr.ee/candacethemagnificent and drop them a follow at https://twitch.tv/candacethemagnificentThanks to Jen Toher for editingFriends, Fans and Fine folkIf you enjoyed…

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Conspirinormal Returns Soon!! 17:41

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Just a brief update about where we have been and what we've been doing and why there hasn't been a show in awhile. We'll be coming back soon so stay tuned!! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conspirinormal-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Stephen Kinnock, James Reed, Sir Ranil Jayawardena & Zoe Williams 54:01

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Labour Health Minister Stephen Kinnock, James Reed of the employment agency Reed, former Conservative Cabinet minister Sir Ranil Jayawardena and The Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.

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Tom Slater, Rachel Cunliffe, Natasha Irons & Sir Alec Shelbrooke 52:40

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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Spiked Online editor Tom Slater, the New Statesman's associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe, Labour MP Natasha Irons and the Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke.