Podcast
A six-part series hosted by Kate Andrews and with a panel of special guests, on stories from their countries turned upside down by coronavirus.
A six-part series hosted by Kate Andrews and with a panel of special guests, on stories from their countries turned upside down by coronavirus.
Coronomics
The Coronomics series has come to an end after starting in mid-April, at a time when Hong Kong, Britain, the US, and Italy were at much more serious points of the pandemic. On this final episode, Kate Andrews talks to Nick Gillespie, Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, and Jennifer Creery about what their respective governments have learnt
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Coronomics
In this episode, Mauricio Savarese reports on the latest from Brazil where the battle between the President Jair Bolsonaro and the media heats up. Kate Andrews updates on Britain’s Covid situation with a report from the Times on an estimate for excess cancer deaths in 2021, and Cindy Yu reports on how Beijing’s cluster infection
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Coronomics
Reporter at Canada’s Globe and Mail, Robyn Doolittle, joins the panel this week to discuss what went wrong in Canada. Speaking to a series of infectious-disease experts, health officials and politicians, Robyn and her team pieced together an image of the ‘lost months’ – a period between January and March when more should have been
Play 43 mins
Coronomics
Germany has launched its contact tracing app, but is it the only way to get out of lockdown? Kate Andrews talks to a panel of international guests and hears about the situation from Italy, where concerns over tourism and getting their cities back are conflicting the residents of Venice and Rome; from Germany, where uptake on
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Coronomics
With post-Covid life a bit closer for some countries around the world than others, this week’s panel takes a look at how businesses are navigating their way out of the pandemic. Jennifer Creery, Managing Editor of the Hong Kong Free Press, takes a look at the government bailout to Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s airline; Peter
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Coronomics
In this week’s episode, the Coronomics panel discuss Brazil’s unknown death toll, Sweden’s cautious optimism for employment, the UK’s crawl out of lockdown restrictions, and the double standards uncovered in America’s lockdown rules. Kate Andrews is joined by Fredrik Erixon in Sweden, Nick Gillespie in New York City, and Mauricio Savarese in Brazil.
Play 51 mins
Coronomics
In this week’s episode, the panel discuss the merits of treatment vs vaccine, American red tape, Hong Kong’s fairly relaxed stance on new infections, and Italy running out of money.
Play 44 mins
Coronomics
In this week’s episode, the Coronomics panel discuss Hong Kong’s reopening, lockdown confusion in the UK, the American unemployment nightmare, and the growing divides between northern and southern Italy.
Play 44 mins
Coronomics
In this week’s episode, the Coronomics panel discuss the confusions of Italy’s lockdown easing; Hong Kong’s large-scale repatriation of residents from South Asia; the potential watershed moment of American news outlets accepting federal funds; and whether China is looking down the barrel of a second wave.
Play 51 mins
Coronomics
This six-part series is the latest addition to Spectator Radio. Each week, our panellists from around the world each select a story that gives you an inside look at what’s happening outside their windows. In this episode, we take a look at Italy’s route to freedom, Boris’s return to work, intergenerational tensions in New York,
Play 40 mins
Coronomics
This six-part series is the latest addition to Spectator Radio. Each week, our panellists from around the world select a story that gives you an inside look at what’s happening outside their windows. In the latest episode, we take a look at Italy’s cautious reopening, the political blame game stateside, and Hong Kong’s second wave worries.
Play 39 mins
Coronomics
This six-part series is the latest addition to Spectator Radio. Each week, our panellists from around the world select a story that gives you an inside look at what’s happening outside their windows, presented by Kate Andrews. In this episode, Reason magazine’s Nick Gillespie asks how much Trump knew about coronavirus before deciding to act; Silvia Sciorilli
Play 36 mins