{"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: Tim Shipman, Arabella Byrne, Alex Burghart & Lloyd Evans","slug":"spectator-out-loud-tim-shipman-arabella-byrne-alex-burghart-lloyd-evans","published_at":"2026-08-16T08:22:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/spectator-out-loud-tim-shipman-arabella-byrne-alex-burghart-lloyd-evans","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-tim-shipman-arabella-byrne-alex-burghart","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6a7ee39f049c692a6b3dd2e7/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=vKR9jeiaSH_D_alf1J-yBQnZK2EgpD7Qoj_v__uHa2M","summary":"On this week’s  Spectator Out Loud : Tim Shipman argues that politicians’ contempt for the press is really contempt for the public; Arabella Byrne asks if you have old money face; Alex Burghart says that Harold Godwinson has a touch of the Viking about him, as he reviews  Harold: Warrior King  by Tom Licence; and finally, Lloyd Evans reads his confessions of a dog hater.   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 : Tim Shipman argues that politicians’ contempt for the press is really contempt for the public; Arabella Byr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1259,"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-tim-shipman-arabella-byrne-alex-burghart-lloyd-evans/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-tim-shipman-arabella-byrne-alex-burghart-lloyd-evans.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}