{"podcast":{"title":"Best of the Spectator","slug":"best-of-the-spectator-45373","podcast_index_feed_id":45373,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4905579-best-of-the-spectator","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/show-cover.jpg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":2646,"summary":"Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:22:22.936028+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373"},"episode":{"title":"LIVE: Conservatives vs Reform debate","slug":"live-conservatives-vs-reform-debate","published_at":"2026-05-04T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/live-conservatives-vs-reform-debate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373","url":"https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/live-conservatives-vs-reform","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/69f372988466468ab0d5c507/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=Wi_9sY82vddpPV4-CjB3OLH0A5wmalrdv55gxREdtto","summary":"The Conservative party was once the natural political home for those on the right. No longer. The Tories’ vote share collapsed at the 2024 general election and the party, under new leadership, has since been outflanked by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Earlier this week, The Spectator pitted the Conservatives, represented by Nick Timothy and Claire Coutinho, against Reform UK, represented by Matt Goodwin and Danny Kruger, for the definitive debate on which party truly represents the future of the right. Listen to an excerpt of that debate here, and for more The Spectator events go to spectator.com/events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Conservative party was once the natural political home for those on the right. No longer. The Tories’ vote share collapsed at the 2024 general electio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1702,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/live-conservatives-vs-reform-debate/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/live-conservatives-vs-reform-debate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}