{"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/1784644240973-f772404a-63ed-4eb8-95e0-a70bfba0b3ab.jpeg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":2753,"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":"2026-09-21T02:21:32.640045+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373"},"episode":{"title":"Spectator Out Loud: Madeline Grant, Harry Mount, Freddie Heffer & Toby Young","slug":"spectator-out-loud-madeline-grant-harry-mount-freddie-heffer-toby-young","published_at":"2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/spectator-out-loud-madeline-grant-harry-mount-freddie-heffer-toby-young","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373","url":"https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/spectator-out-loud-madeline-grant-harry-mount-freddie-heffer","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6a88e9e654f87b8876181192/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=ox4GQGhKY5p7x08pxrddEzKSvdBNR7x5jtPsyjG7JKI","summary":"On this week’s  Spectator Out Loud : Madeline Grant argues that the debate about the direction of James Bond mirrors Britain’s decline; Harry Mount makes the case for scrapping dinner parties; Freddie Heffer provides his notes on mulberries; and finally, Toby Young says that friendly fire hurts the most, as he reflects on the fallout from the Jason Arday scandal.   Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"On this week’s Spectator Out Loud : Madeline Grant argues that the debate about the direction of James Bond mirrors Britain’s decline; Harry Mount m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/spectator-out-loud-madeline-grant-harry-mount-freddie-heffer-toby-young/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/spectator-out-loud-madeline-grant-harry-mount-freddie-heffer-toby-young.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}