Holy Smoke
Hosted by Damian Thompson · The Spectator
4.5from 212 ratings
- 246
- Episodes
- 60
- Transcribed
- 212
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Holy Smoke
The most important and controversial topics in world religion, thoroughly dissected by a range of high profile guests. Presented by Damian Thompson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Spectator
- Category
- religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Oct 2016
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
60 of 246 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Anshel Pfeffer: is religion deciding Israel’s future?
24 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Could evangelical Christians decide Brazil's election?
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Should we worry about Pope Leo?
Inside a recent episode
Anshel Pfeffer: is religion deciding Israel’s future?
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And now we're talking about below replacement levels. And is that true of ultra-Orthodox Jews? No. So the one community in the world, in the Western world, which took this opportunity to have as many children as you can in between the ages of 18 and 40-something is this community. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Holy Smoke
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Anshel Pfeffer
- Manuela Lowenthal Ferreira
- Ed Condon
- Charles Owen
- Michael Nazir-Ali
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 129 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 83 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 33
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts Holy Smoke?
Damian Thompson host the show. Published by The Spectator.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Holy Smoke take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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