Quite right!: is Britain still a great power?
Michael and Maddie discuss the escalating crisis in the Middle East and ask a bigger question about Britain’s place in the world – is the UK still a great power, or has the conflict exposed just how l...
11 Maalis 19min
Reality Check: Oil crisis – the worst we've ever seen?
Oil prices surged past $100 per barrel as the war with Iran intensified over the weekend. With the Strait of Hormuz practically closed, and without a solution to the severe disruption in crude oil flo...
10 Maalis 28min
Americano: why Iran marks the end of neoconservatism
Spectator World columnist – and Heritage Foundation fellow – Daniel McCarthy joins Freddy Gray to explain how Trump's war with Iran could mark the end of an era, that of neoconservatism. For Daniel, t...
9 Maalis 45min
Coffee House Shots: why we left the Foreign Office | Ben Judah & Ameer Kotecha
Does Britain still have a coherent foreign policy? James Heale and Tim Shipman are joined by Ben Judah, former special adviser to David Lammy, and Ameer Kotecha, who recently resigned from the Foreign...
8 Maalis 35min
Book Club: Paris in the Shadow of War
Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the historian Jane Rogoyska, whose new book Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War tells the bloody story of the Second World War through the len...
7 Maalis 44min
The Edition: Why Trump's ultimate target in this war is China – with Maurice Glasman
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, what is Trump’s game plan? The Spectator’s cover piece this week, by Geoffrey Cain, argues that Trump’s ultimate target in this war is China; every dictat...
6 Maalis 50min
Americano: what role will Turkey play in the Iran conflict?
Yesterday NATO forces intercepted an Iranian missile headed for Turkey. Whilst it remains unclear where that missile was intended to land, questions have emerged over whether President Erdogan can con...
5 Maalis 34min
Quite right!: Trump's plan in Iran explained
If you would like to hear this week's episode in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now.This week: Michael and Maddie debate the escalating crisis in Iran and ask whether Donald Tr...
4 Maalis 26min
