Best Ipsos UK Podcasts (2025)

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Season 7, Episode 10: Shifting Gears - CX Transformation at Volkswagen Group UK 36:04

15d ago36:04

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New world disorder, cholesterol pseudoscience vs scepticism & the magic of Dickens 48:23

19h ago48:23

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This week: the world needs a realist reset Donald Trump’s presidency is the harbinger of many things, writes The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove, one of which is a return to a more pitiless world landscape. The ideal of a rules-based international order has proved to be a false hope. Britain must accept that if we are to earn the respect of others …

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Britain’s bureaucratic bloat, debating surrogacy & is smoking ‘sexy’? 39:14

8d ago39:14

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This week: The Spectator launches SPAFF The civil service does one thing right, writes The Spectator’s data editor Michael Simmons: spaffing money away. The advent of Elon Musk’s DOGE in the US has inspired The Spectator to launch our own war on wasteful spending – the Spectator Project Against Frivolous Funding, or SPAFF. Examples of waste range f…

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Labour's Irish insurgent, Germany's 'firewall' falls & finding joy in obituaries 47:44

15d ago47:44

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This week: Morgan McSweeney, the insurgent behind Keir Starmer’s premiership As a man with the instincts of an insurgent, Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has found Labour’s first six months in office a frustrating time, writes The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove. ‘Many of his insights – those that made Labour electable – appeared t…

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Migration mystery, Ipso’s trans muddle & are you a ‘trad dad’? 45:38

22d ago45:38

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This week: why don’t we know how many people are in Britain? How many people live in the UK? It’s a straightforward question, yet the answer eludes some of the nation’s brightest statistical minds, writes Sam Bidwell for the cover this week. Whenever official figures are tested against real-world data, the population is almost always undercounted. …

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Industry tragedy, Trump vs the Pope & the depressing reality of sex parties 42:01

30d ago42:01

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This week: the death of British industry In the cover piece for the magazine, Matthew Lynn argues that Britain is in danger of entering a ‘zero-industrial society’. The country that gave the world the Industrial Revolution has presided over a steep decline in British manufacturing. He argues there are serious consequences: foreign ownership, poorer…

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Empire of Trump, the creep of child-free influencers & is fact-checking a fiction? 42:19

1M ago42:19

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This week: President Trump’s plan to Make America Greater In the cover piece for the magazine, our deputy editor and host of the Americano podcast, Freddy Gray, delves into Trump’s plans. He speaks to insiders, including Steve Bannon, about the President’s ambitions for empire-building. Could he really take over Canada, Greenland and the Panama Can…

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The truth about grooming gangs, 'why I'm voting for the AfD' & exploring YouTube rabbit holes 47:00

1M ago47:00

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This week: what does justice look like for the victims of the grooming gangs? In the cover piece for the magazine, Douglas Murray writes about the conspiracy of silence on the grooming gangs and offers his view on what justice should look like for the perpetrators. He also encourages the government to take a step back and consider its own failings.…

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Season 7, Episode 9: The Employee Customer Ripple Effect 29:41

1M ago29:41

29:41

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The West's right turn, Michael Gove interviews Jordan Peterson & the ADHD trap 46:11

2M ago46:11

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This week: the fight for the future of the right From Milei in Argentina to Trump in the US, Meloni in Italy to the rise of the AfD in Germany, the world appears to be turning to the right, say James Kanagasooriam and Patrick Flynn. One country, however, seems to be the exception to this rule: our own. Britain under Keir Starmer appears to be putti…

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Best of 2024 with Dominic Sandbrook, Mary Beard and Harriet Harman 1:14:55

2M ago1:14:55

1:14:55

This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revisiting some of the conversations we had around them. First up: the Starmer supremacy Let’s start with undoubtedly the biggest news of the year: Starmer’s supermajority and the first Labour government i…

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Christmas Special 2024 with Rod Liddle, Lionel Shriver, Matthew Parris and Mary Wakefield 1:10:36

2M ago1:10:36

1:10:36

Welcome to a special festive episode of The Edition podcast, where we will be taking you through the pages of The Spectator’s Christmas triple issue. Up first: our review of the year – and what a year it has been. At the start of 2024, the outcome of the US election looked very different, the UK had a different Prime Minister, and The Spectator had…

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Season 7, Episode 8: Building Brands with Soul: A CMOs Journey to Humanising Growth and Lasting Impact 41:45

2M ago41:45

41:45

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How twee triumphed, Graham Brady on Tory turmoil & celebrating pigs in blankets 37:08

3M ago37:08

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This week: are we drowning in a sea of twee? Gareth Roberts writes the cover article this week, arguing against what he sees as the hideous triviality of our times. ‘The British have lost their aversion to glutinous sentimentality,’ he declares. How did we get here, and who are the worst offenders? Gareth argues that the triumph of twee has left us…

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SAS betrayal, the battle for Odesa & in defence of film flops 47:31

3M ago47:31

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This week: SAS SOS The enemy that most concerns Britain’s elite military unit isn’t the IRA, the Taliban or Isis, but a phalanx of lawyers armed with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), writes Paul Wood in The Spectator. Many SAS soldiers now believe that if they kill a terrorist during an operation, they’ll spend decades being hounded …

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Streeting vs Starmer, medical misinformation & the surprising history of phallic graffiti 43:15

3M ago43:15

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This week: Wild Wes. Ahead of next week’s vote on whether to legalise assisted dying, Health Secretary Wes Streeting is causing trouble for Keir Starmer, writes Katy Balls in the magazine this week. Starmer has been clear that he doesn’t want government ministers to be too outspoken on the issue ahead of a free vote in Parliament. But Streeting’s o…

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Ipsos UK Podcast: Politics Talk - Starmer, Farage, Badenoch and Trump 23:27

3M ago23:27

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Keiran, Holly and Cameron take you through our latest polls, discussing the US Election, Kemi Badenoch's first ratings, how Starmer is polling and Reform UK. 00:00- Intro 00:55 - The US Election & British politics 07:03 - Kemi Badenoch 13:00 - Keir Starmer & the Budget 18:49 - Reform UK and Farage #Budget #RachelReeves #keirstarmer #labourparty #co…

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Elon's America, Welby's legacy & celebrating Beaujolais Day 44:58

3M ago44:58

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This week: welcome to Planet Elon. We knew that he would likely be a big part of Donald Trump’s second term, so it was unsurprising when this week Elon Musk was named – alongside entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy – as a co-leader of the new US Department of Government Efficiency, which will look at federal government waste. When Musk took over Twitter, …

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Trump's comeback, Labour's rural divide, and World of Warcraft 36:38

4M ago36:38

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This week: King of the Hill You can’t ignore what could be the political comeback of the century: Donald Trump’s remarkable win in this week’s US election. The magazine this week carries analysis about why Trump won, and why the Democrats lost, from Freddy Gray, Niall Ferguson and Yascha Mounk, amongst others. To make sense of how Trump became only…

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Season 7, Episode 7 - From Bean to Cup: The Starbucks Vietnam Journey! 33:26

4M ago33:26

33:26

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Team Trump, astrologers versus pollsters & debating history 43:03

4M ago43:03

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This week: Team Trump – who’s in, and who’s out? To understand Trumpworld you need to appreciate it’s a family affair, writes Freddy Gray in the magazine this week. For instance, it was 18-year-old Barron Trump who persuaded his father to do a series of long ‘bro-casts’ with online male influencers such as Joe Rogan. In 2016, Donald’s son-in-law Ja…

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Cambridge in crisis, Trump’s wicked humour & the beauty of AI ceramics 52:33

4M ago52:33

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This week: Decline and Fall – how our greatest universities are betraying students. Our greatest universities are betraying students, writes David Butterfield, who has just resigned from teaching Classics at Cambridge after 21 years. What went wrong? First, class lists of exam results became private, under alleged grounds of ‘data protection’, whic…

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Reeves's gambit, a debate on assisted dying & queer life in postwar Britain 52:07

4M ago52:07

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This week: the Chancellor’s Budget dilemma. ‘As a former championship chess player, Rachel Reeves must know that the first few moves can be some of the most important of the game,’ writes Rupert Harrison – former chief of staff to George Osborne – for the cover of the magazine this week. But, he says, the truth is that she has played herself into a…

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Labour’s China pivot, Yvette Cooper’s extremism crackdown & the ladies who punch 48:09

4M ago48:09

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Successive governments have struggled with how to deal with China, balancing them as a geopolitical rival yet necessary trade partner. Recent moves from Labour have sent mixed signals, from the free speech act to the return of the Chagos Islands. Further decisions loom on the horizon. As Rachel Reeves seeks some economic wiggle room, can Labour res…

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Ipsos UK Podcast: Politics Talk - Party Conference 2024 Recap 25:03

5M ago25:03

25:03

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Israel's revenge, farewell Fraser & the demise of invitations 37:02

5M ago37:02

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This week: Israel’s revenge and Iran’s humiliation. As the anniversary of the October 7th attacks by Hamas approaches, the crisis in the Middle East has only widened. Israel has sent troops into southern Lebanon and there have been attempted missile strikes from the Houthi rebels in Yemen and from Iran. Is there any way the situation can de-escalat…

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Tory wars, the reality of trail hunting & is Sally Rooney-mania over? 42:30

5M ago42:30

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This week: who’s on top in the Conservative leadership race? That’s the question Katy Balls asks in the magazine this week as she looks ahead to the Conservative Party conference. Each Tory hopeful will be pitching for the support of MPs and the party faithful ahead of the next round of voting. Who’s got the most to lose, and could there be some sn…

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Season 7, Episode 6: The Channel Performance Benchmark 14:06

5M ago14:06

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In this episode, join Danielle Doran as she chats with Erika Terblenche and Andy Firth about the Channel Performance Benchmark. Erika and Andy give us everything we need to know about the Benchmark; what it is, why it was created, the channel and sectors it covers, and how clients can put it to work to uncover hidden insights that leads to improved…

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Ipsos UK Podcast: Politics Talk - Stephen Bush on Starmer's falling ratings and Labour conference 27:14

5M ago27:14

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Keiran and Holly are joined by Stephen Bush, Associate Editor and Columnist at the Financial Times, and discuss our latest polls showing Starmer's unfavorability at an all-time high, why this might be happening and question, how much does this matter at this stage? The trio also look ahead to the Labour Conference and speculate on what we might exp…

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Farage's plan, the ethics of euthanasia & Xi's football failure 44:54

5M ago44:54

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This week: Nigel’s next target. What’s Reform UK’s plan to take on Labour? Reform UK surpassed expectations at the general election to win 5 MPs. This includes James McMurdock, who Katy interviews for the magazine this week, who only decided to stand at the last moment. How much threat could Reform pose and why has Farage done so well? Katy joins t…

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Trump’s debate woes, how to catch a paedo & the politics of the hotel breakfast buffet 38:35

5M ago38:35

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This week: The US election is back on a knife-edge. Republicans hoped this week’s debate would expose Kamala Harris’s weaknesses. ‘They forgot that, when it comes to one-on-one intellectual sparring matches with candidates who aren’t senile, Donald Trump is very bad indeed,’ writes Freddy Gray. ‘A skilled politician would have been able to unpick H…

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Miliband's net zero madness, meet Reform’s new poster boy & the plight of the restaurant critic 38:30

6M ago38:30

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This week: Miliband’s empty energy promises. Ed Miliband has written a public letter confirming that Labour plans to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030. The problem with this, though, is that he doesn’t have the first idea about how to do it. The grid doesn’t have the capacity to transmit the required energy, Ross Clark writes, and Miliband…

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Alt reich: Is Germany's far right about to go mainstream? 45:27

6M ago45:27

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This week: Alt reich. The Spectator’s Lisa Haseldine asks if Germany’s far right is about to go mainstream, ahead of regional elections this weekend. Lisa joined the podcast, alongside the historian Katja Hoyer, to discuss why the AfD are polling so well in parts of Germany, and how comparable this is to other trends across Europe (1:13). Then: why…

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All hail Harris! Can Kamala bluff her way to the top? 35:47

6M ago35:47

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This week: All hail Harris! As the Democratic National Convention approaches its climax, The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray explores vice president Kamala Harris’s remarkable rise to the top of the democratic ticket in his cover article this week. Freddy joins the podcast from Chicago (1:30). Next: live from the DNC. Freddy and Natasha Feroz…

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Power play: Zelensky's plan for his Russian conquests 40:12

6M ago40:12

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This week: Power play. The Spectator’s Svitlana Morenets writes the cover article in this week’s magazine exploring Zelensky’s plan for his Russian conquests. What’s his aim? And how could Putin respond? Svitlana joins the podcast alongside historian and author Mark Galeotti (02:10). Next: Will and Gus discuss their favourite pieces from the magazi…

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Season 7, Episode 4 - The Experience Beyond The Product - Part 1 of 2 35:29

6M ago35:29

35:29

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Season 7, Episode 5 - The Experience Beyond The Product - Part 2 of 2 27:06

6M ago27:06

27:06

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Why Britain riots 33:00

7M ago33:00

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This week: The Spectator’s Gus Carter was in Rotherham and Birmingham in the days after the riots. Locals tell Gus that ‘violent disorder isn’t acceptable but people from down south don’t know what it’s like up here’. A retired policeman in Birmingham adds that ‘it’s just yobs looking for an excuse – and yobbos come in all sorts of colours’. You ca…

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Ipsos UK Podcast: Politics Talk - Labour's Black Hole and Starmer's Ratings 25:23

7M ago25:23

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Rachel Reeves gave a statement last week talking about a black home in the books following Labour's election win in July, and there is intense public and political debate in Westminster and beyond about what happens next. Discussing all this and our latest Political Monitor - published by the Evening Standard - Keiran, Holly and Cameron take you th…

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Keir Starmer’s plan to soften Brexit 41:56

7M ago41:56

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This week: Keir Starmer’s plan to soften Brexit Katy Balls writes this week’s cover piece on Labour’s plans to establish close ties with the EU. Every member of Starmer’s cabinet voted Remain, and the government is trying to ‘reset EU relations through a charm offensive’. Brussels figures are hopeful: ‘There was no real goodwill for the Conservativ…

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Season 7, Episode 3 Virtual Experience - Unlocking Retail Insights With Virtual Testing: Efficient And Effective Shopper Research 31:01

7M ago31:01

31:01

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The curious rise of Kamala Harris 47:51

7M ago47:51

47:51

This week: Kamala takes charge. Our cover piece discusses the rise of Kamala Harris, who has only one man standing in her way to the most powerful position in the world. Her's is certainly an unexpected ascent, given Harris’ generally poor public-speaking performances and mixed bag of radical left and right-wing politics. Does she really have what …

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