The Edition: Trumpvision
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The Spectator
4.3 • 826 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray says that he was hardly surprised that Donald Trump chose not to participate in last night’s Republican candidates debate. He argues that Trump no longer needs the TV networks and joins the podcast alongside Douglas Murray, who profiles the no-hoper Republican candidates looking to pip Trump to the nomination in his column. (01:21)
Also this week:
Mark Millar, the comic book writer and producer behind Hollywood hits such as Kingsman, Kick Ass and a host of Marvel films, writes The Spectator’s notebook. He discusses everything from London’s fading glory to his new Netflix series The Chosen One, and joins the podcast to tell us how to shock a Satanist. (11:29)
And finally: should trans women be allowed to compete in women’s chess?
It seems a fairly obvious question on the surface, with no physical advantage to be gained in games of chess. However, John MacGhlionn argues that there are hormonal and cognitive factors which give men the advantage in this week’s magazine. This is in light of the decision by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban trans women from competing in women’s events. Chess enthusiasts and regular Spectator contributors Debbie Hayton and Zoe Strimpel join us to set out the arguments for and against FIDE’s controversial decision. (16:08)
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| 0:30.1 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator. |
| 0:33.9 | Each week we look at three pieces from the magazine with the writers behind them. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor. |
| 0:40.8 | And I'm Laura Brenda Garz, the Spectator's Executive Editor. |
| 0:44.0 | On this week's episode, we'll be talking about how Trump is beating the broadcasters again, |
| 0:50.1 | why traditional is the new radical in Hollywood, and if trans women should be allowed to play in |
| 0:55.6 | women's chess matches. First up, in his cover piece for the magazine, the spectator's deputy |
| 1:01.5 | editor, Freddie Gray, says that he was hardly surprised that Donald Trump chose not to participate |
| 1:06.8 | in last night's Republican candidates debate. He argues that Trump no longer needs the TV networks, and he joins me now alongside Douglas |
| 1:15.4 | Murray, who profiles the no-hopper Republican candidates looking to pip Trump to the nomination. |
| 1:22.6 | Freddie, first of all, can I get your reaction to last night's debate? |
| 1:25.8 | Who came out on top? |
| 1:27.6 | Well, it's true to say that Donald Trump is making America watch him again. |
| 1:32.0 | To a certain extent, America has never stopped watching him. |
| 1:34.8 | But there's always been this sort of idea that there's Trump fatigue among the public, |
| 1:39.6 | that people are fed up, they're exhausted with all the legal stories, |
| 1:43.1 | they're just tired of just endlessly |
| 1:45.0 | talking about Donald Trump. However, he still is the biggest draw on the American right, |
| 1:51.3 | and to a certain extent, on the American left and center too. He's always the story in some |
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