Will Putin help Trump’s Iran deal?
Operation Spiderweb was tactically brilliant, but the strategic fall-out remains uncertain
Freddy Gray
Thursday
Thursday
America’s white guilt hangover
From our UK edition
36 min listen
From the decline of meritocracy to the rise of anti-Western ideology, author Heather Mac Donald joins Freddy Gray to discuss race, merit, and victim hierarchy. Why is the West so desperate to self-cancel? And is now a moment of reckoning considering we’re five years on from the BLM protests?
The world that Elon Musk couldn’t conquer
From our UK edition
Elon Musk understands astrophysics, yet he seems unable to grasp the strange laws of gravity which govern Washington politics. Last night, the world’s richest man confirmed what everybody in Washington already knew: his time as a ‘special employee’ in the White House is over and he’s leaving his formal role as head of the Department
Tuesday
What does Sam Altman want?
From our UK edition
27 min listen
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.
Thursday
Errol Musk on Trump vs white racism in South Africa
From our UK edition
33 min listen
Donald Trump exposed South Africa’s leader Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House yesterday over what he refered to as white racism against the farmers in South Africa. Freddy Gray speaks to Errol Musk — father of Elon Musk — from Cape Town about Trump’s confrontation. Errol shares personal experiences of being attacked on a farm,
Donald Trump – the Orange Mandela?
The Commander-in-Chief pressed the South African President on violence against white Afrikaner farmers
What we know about the Israeli diplomat shootings in Washington so far
From our UK edition
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, was seen pacing around Washington DC’s Jewish Museum in the minutes before last night’s attack. According to Pamela Smith, DC’s chief of police, he then shouted ‘Free Palestine’ before shooting and killing two Israeli embassy staffers – a couple, named as Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, who reportedly were
Monday
Was Zbigniew Brzezinski a Cold War prophet?
From our UK edition
30 min listen
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
Thursday
How Donald Trump will be impeached
As Trump continues his pharaonic world diplomacy, the corruption stories are piling up against him
Wednesday
What is Trump doing in the Middle East?
From our UK edition
29 min listen
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
Tuesday
What the f*** happened to Biden? The Insiders’ story
From our UK edition
23 min listen
Freddy Gray speaks to Chris Whipple, whose latest book Lesson Learned from Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History gives an insiders’ analysis having spoken to the people closest to both campaigns.
Thursday
Is Pope Leo XIV part of the ‘Trumplash’?
From our UK edition
It feels a bit facile and tasteless to say that the first American Pope, Leo XIV, has been elected to counter the influence of Trumpism. Popes often change in the role and, since Catholicism is a religion and not an electoral party, the servants of the servants of God tend to defy political caricature. Consider
Is the trade deal a coup for Starmer?
From our UK edition
26 min listen
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
Is the US-UK trade deal a coup for Starmer — or Trump?
From our UK edition
It’s musical deals in world politics at the moment. Last week, Donald Trump and his senior officials intimated that a big new trade accord with India was imminent. Yet on Tuesday, Keir Starmer announced that he had reached a major agreement with Delhi. Then, late last night, the New York Times reported that Trump will
Tuesday
How to revive the American mind
From our UK edition
25 min listen
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.
Thursday
Victor Davis Hanson on DEI, counter revolutions and why Trump is a ‘tragic hero’
From our UK edition
49 min listen
Victor Davis Hanson joins Spectator TV to talk about the first 101 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, describing it as a bold counterrevolution against decades of cultural, political, and economic drift. He discusses Trump’s sweeping agenda—from closing the border and challenging DEI initiatives to confronting foreign policy orthodoxy and trade imbalances—framing it as a
Deals, deals, deals vs China, China, China
The world’s two biggest powers are now engaged in a full-blown trade war
Trump’s big gambles are paying off
From our UK edition
‘I run the country and the world,’ said President Donald Trump last week. That’s not really an exaggeration. In our ever more mediatised age, Trump doesn’t just make the news. He is the news, win or lose. Why did Mark Carney triumph in the Canadian elections? A Trump backlash. What happened at the Pope’s funeral?
Thursday
Harvard’s intricate China ties
There are a number of allegations that Chinese funding has excessively influenced the university’s research and academic output
Wednesday
What’s going on with Pete Hegseth?
From our UK edition
22 min listen
Freddy Gray is joined by Spectator US Editor-at-Large Ben Domenech to discuss defence secretary Pete Hegseth, whose job appears to be on the line. They explore Hegseth’s outsider status in Washington, his clashes with both hawkish and dovish factions, and the growing tensions over U.S. policy on Iran and Israel.
