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February 6, 2023Podcast: Former acting defense secretary Christopher Miller breaks down the Chinese spy balloon story
Amber Athey is joined by Christopher C. Miller, who served as the acting secretary of defense under Donald Trump, to discuss his new book and the Chinese spy balloon.
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February 3, 2023Podcast: What’s Davos really like?
Ben Domenech is joined by Becket Adams, Washington Examiner columnist and program director at the National Journalism Center, to discuss his recent trip to Davos.
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January 27, 2023Podcast: Facebook’s ties with the CDC revealed
Robby Soave, host of Rising on Hill TV and senior editor at Reason, joins Matt to discuss his new story about how Meta outsourced Covid misinformation policy to a government department.
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January 19, 2023Podcast: Why women need church and a faith community
Teresa Mull speaks to author Ericka Andersen about her new book, Reason to Return, and why the church needs women
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January 12, 2023Podcast: The biggest revelations in Prince Harry’s Spare
Kara Kennedy is joined by guest Kinsey Schofield, host of the To Di For Daily podcast, to discuss Prince Harry’s newly released memoir.
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January 10, 2023Podcast: How long can Kevin McCarthy survive?
Matt Purple is joined by Ben Domenech to discuss the latest speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy.
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December 30, 2022Podcast: What can America look forward to in 2023?
Matt McDonald, Amber Athey and Ben Domenech review the year that’s ending and look ahead to the one to come.
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Amber Athey
Amber Athey is The Spectator’s Washington editor and the host of Unfit to Print on WCBM. She is the author of the upcoming book The Snowflakes' Revolt: How Woke Millennials Hijacked American Media. Amber was previously White House correspondent for the Daily Caller and a co-host of O’Connor & Company on WMAL.
Matt Purple
Matt Purple is the online editor of The Spectator’s World edition.
Matt McDonald
Matt McDonald is the US managing editor of The Spectator. He is based in the Washington, DC area.
Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is deputy editor of The Spectator World and author of the DC Diary. He is a 2021-22 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.
Teresa Mull
Teresa Mull is an assistant editor at The Spectator World.
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