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Audience Interest
Estimated Reach: 250,001+
Listeners across platforms
Podcast Focus
Categories: news · commentary
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Frequency: Irregular
1,000+ episodes since 2023
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politics
6
labour party
3
keir starmer
2
literature
2
religion
2
foreign policy
2
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Acast13
The Spectator4
Labour3
Westminster3
Conservative party2
Reform2
Book Club2
Quite right2
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Est. Listeners
250,001+
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- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
25,001 - 50,000 - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
75,001 - 150,000 - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
40,001 - 100,000
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Recent episodes
LIVE: Conservatives vs Reform debate
May 4, 2026
28m 22s
Spectator Out Loud: Martin Vander Weyer, Freddy Gray & Arabella Byrne
May 3, 2026
19m 58s
Reality check: why Polanski is wrong about drug legalisation
May 2, 2026
16m 37s
Americano: how the Declaration of Independence made America
May 1, 2026
51m 02s
The Edition: Britain’s fraying social contract – and what comes after Starmer?
Apr 30, 2026
43m 02s
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Episodes
20
daily release
Avg length
33m 25s
16m 37s – 56m 17s
Range
Aug 2020 – Apr 2026
Topics
93
politics, labour party +91
Guests
34
Freddy Gray +33 · last 20 eps
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/26 |  LIVE: Conservatives vs Reform debate✨ | politicsdebate+4 | Nick TimothyClaire Coutinho+2 | The SpectatorReform UK+1 | — | Conservative partyReform UK+7 | — | 28m 22s | |
| 5/3/26 |  Spectator Out Loud: Martin Vander Weyer, Freddy Gray & Arabella Byrne✨ | British steelsocial climbing+3 | Martin Vander WeyerFreddy Gray+1 | Acast | — | British steelsocial climbing+5 | — | 19m 58s | |
| 5/2/26 |  Reality check: why Polanski is wrong about drug legalisation✨ | drug legalisationdrug deaths+3 | John Power | Green Party | — | drug legalisationZack Polanski+4 | Artemis Fund Managers | 16m 37s | |
| 5/1/26 |  Americano: how the Declaration of Independence made America✨ | American independenceDeclaration of Independence+3 | Michael Auslin | The SpectatorWhite House+1 | — | Declaration of IndependenceAmerican ideals+5 | — | 51m 02s | |
| 4/30/26 |  The Edition: Britain’s fraying social contract – and what comes after Starmer?✨ | social contractshoplifting+4 | Michael SimmonsIsabel Hardman+1 | LabourWestminster+3 | — | social contractshoplifting+5 | — | 43m 02s | |
| 4/29/26 |  The Book Club: How to Kill a Language✨ | language preservationcultural identity+3 | Sophia Smith-Galer | The SpectatorHow to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words | Italy | languagepreservation+5 | — | 41m 08s | |
| 4/28/26 |  Quite right!: Katie Lam interview✨ | Conservative partyimmigration+3 | Katie Lam | Conservative partyReform+2 | — | Katie LamConservative party+5 | — | 56m 17s | |
| 4/28/26 |  Coffee House Shots: Morgan McSweeney faces the music✨ | parliamentpolitics+4 | Morgan McSweeney | Labour partyForeign Affairs Committee+1 | — | parliamenttestimony+5 | — | 17m 59s | |
| 4/26/26 |  Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Peter James, Zoe Strimpel and Graeme Thomson✨ | transgender issuesfeminism+3 | Max JefferyPeter James+2 | Lena Dunham’s version of feminism | — | transgender nihilistsrage+3 | — | 23m 19s | |
| 4/25/26 |  Holy Smoke: is Pope Benedict’s Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans finally going to realise its potential?✨ | Pope BenedictOrdinariates+5 | Ed TomlinsonBenedict Kiely | Pope Benedict XVIPope Leo+2 | — | Pope Benedict XVIOrdinariates+5 | — | 30m 12s | |
| 4/23/26 |  The Edition: ‘Keir Starmer has become Boris Johnson!’✨ | Keir StarmerBoris Johnson+6 | William MoorePeter Frankopan+1 | LabourReform+1 | WestminsterBritain | political dangerWestminster+4 | — | 40m 01s | |
| 4/22/26 |  The Book Club: My Year of Fear with Stephen King✨ | Stephen Kingliterature+3 | Caroline Bicks | Monsters in the ArchivesBook Club+3 | — | early novelsMonsters in the Archives+2 | — | 46m 20s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Quite right!: Starmer didn’t even want Mandelson – so why appoint him?✨ | Keir StarmerMandelson+3 | — | the Foreign Affairs CommitteeAcast+1 | US | political analysisUK politics+1 | — | 40m 18s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Americano: Iran vs USA – how this could end✨ | IranUSA+3 | Charlie Gammell | SpectatorAcast | IranUSA+3 | Strait of HormuzIsrael+2 | — | 30m 11s | |
| 4/20/26 |  Spectator Out Loud: Robert Hardman, Melissa Kite, Julian Glover & Sarah Carlson✨ | King's visit to AmericaElizabeth II's centenary celebration+3 | Robert HardmanMelissa Kite+2 | AcastSpectator Out Loud | AmericaIreland | fuel protestsIreland+2 | — | 23m 28s | |
| 4/19/26 |  Americano: why has Trump picked a fight with the Pope?✨ | TrumpPope+3 | Damian ThompsonFreddy Gray | AmericanoAcast+1 | Americathe United States+3 | Trump vs Popereligious relations+3 | — | 25m 33s | |
| 4/18/26 |  Reality Check: how the leasehold mafia screwed a generation of homeowners✨ | leasehold systemhomeownership+3 | Harry Scoffin | LabourWestminster+2 | Britain | leasehold mafiacommon hold system+2 | — | 34m 36s | |
| 4/17/26 |  The Edition: Rowan Williams on America's 'demonic' political climate✨ | politicsreligion+3 | Rowan Williams | Solidaritythe Catholic Church+4 | Americathe United States+2 | PopeJ.D. Vance+3 | — | 49m 10s | |
| 4/15/26 |  The Book Club: The Once and Future Riot✨ | Hindu/Muslim violencecartooning+2 | Joe Sacco | The Once and Future RiotThe Book Club+2 | India | Book Clubviolence+2 | — | 26m 39s | |
| 4/15/26 |  Quite right!: ‘He is evil’ – why the Southport killer wasn’t stopped✨ | Southport inquiryBritain's institutions+2 | — | AcastQuite right | SouthportBritain | Southport killerwarning signs+2 | — | 24m 12s |
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26 placements across 22 markets.
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26 placements across 22 markets.