Spectator Out Loud

Spectator Out Loud

Hosted by Abigail Brierley and Patrick Gibbons and Henry Lloyd · Spectator Out Loud

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72Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
166
Episodes
147
Transcribed
16
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2023
First episode
114M
YouTube views

About Spectator Out Loud

A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher
Spectator Out Loud
Category
news · news · society & culture
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
22 Jul 2023
Latest episode
31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

147 of 166 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Noa Hoffman, John Power, Martin Vander Weyer & Olivia Potts

  2. 23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    James Heale, Lionel Shriver, Toby Young & Lara Prendergast

  3. 16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lara Brown, Matthew Parris & William Atkinson

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Noa Hoffman, John Power, Martin Vander Weyer & Olivia Potts

Published 31 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And if there's still intermittent broadband and a vestige of a stock market, I shall pause from cabbage planting to scan for undervalued French shares. The CAC 40 index of leading stocks has dipped only 10% during the recent turmoil, an indication that corporate France is in considerably better health than its debt-crippled government. Online tipsters aplenty can help you explore this theme, but my own eye falls on the luxury brands sector, where world-class names such as LVMH, Hermes, and Kering, owner of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, have fallen hard this year. Based on traditional craftsmanship rather than out-of-control AI, selling beautiful things to lift our mood as scare stories recede, they're surely good for long-term revival. […]

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Who has been a guest on Spectator Out Loud

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Noa Hoffman
  • John Power
  • Martin Vander Weyer
  • Olivia Potts
  • James Heale

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views
113,835,410
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
5 ratings
Spotify
4.5 / 5
11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

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Quality
74
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
81

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Who hosts Spectator Out Loud?

Abigail Brierley and Patrick Gibbons and Henry Lloyd host the show. Published by Spectator Out Loud.

How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.

Does Spectator Out Loud take guests?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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