https://ricochet.com/series/london-calling/enPoliticsRicochethttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a9f469137089b6cbc61582cd37833250.jpghttps://ricochet.com/series/london-calling/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:33:01 +0000RicochetRicochetproduction@ricochet.comJames Delingpole and Toby Young discuss and explain British and European politics and culture for their American audience.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-one-of-those-things--56467532
What started out as a podcast critiquing Game Of Thrones relaunched as London Calling on Nov. 6, 2015. We've been around for five Prime Ministers, three US Presidents, two Monarchs, Brexit and a worldwide pandemic. Our intrepid duo has broadcast from 11 different countries from three different continents with barely a week off. And now we're taking a break.

This is not goodbye but "until we meet again." Toby and James will return in October with a slightly revamped programme and the plan (for now) is come to you once a month after that. Stay tuned.

So goodbye, goodbye, bye, bye, goodbye baby and amen -
Here's hoping we'll meet now and then...
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things.

Opening sound this week comes to you from KHNL, Honolulu.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56467532Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:40:18 +0000RicochetIn 1935 Cole Porter penned a tune called "Just One of Those Things" about a love affair "too hot not to cool down." And so it goes. What started out as a podcast critiquing Game Of Thrones relaunched as London Calling on Nov. 6, 2015. We've been...
What started out as a podcast critiquing Game Of Thrones relaunched as London Calling on Nov. 6, 2015. We've been around for five Prime Ministers, three US Presidents, two Monarchs, Brexit and a worldwide pandemic. Our intrepid duo has broadcast from 11 different countries from three different continents with barely a week off. And now we're taking a break.

This is not goodbye but "until we meet again." Toby and James will return in October with a slightly revamped programme and the plan (for now) is come to you once a month after that. Stay tuned.

So goodbye, goodbye, bye, bye, goodbye baby and amen -
Here's hoping we'll meet now and then...
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things.

Opening sound this week comes to you from KHNL, Honolulu.]]>4092falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-old--56396230Or maybe because we're all getting a little bit older. James "celebrated" #58 this past weekend and Toby isn't looking forward to #60 due this October.

Toby tells James about having lunch with Sean Langan, who’s just back from the Donbas where he’s been making a documentary about the Ukrainian war seen through the eyes of Russian conscripts.

James pulls Toby up about last week’s episode, in which he thinks Toby “attacked” him; Toby assures James that no one put him up to it (not even our producer, Evil Brian) and, in Culture Corner, Toby praises Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and season two of Yellowstone, while James says how much he enjoyed The Chosen One, a new Netflix series from Mark Miller, and describes Anna Karenina as the best novel he’s ever read.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56396230Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:13:06 +0000RicochetEveryone is a little miserable this week, fueled by the rainy summer England has had this year. Or maybe because we're all getting a little bit older. James "celebrated" #58 this past weekend and Toby isn't looking forward to #60 due this October....Or maybe because we're all getting a little bit older. James "celebrated" #58 this past weekend and Toby isn't looking forward to #60 due this October.

Toby tells James about having lunch with Sean Langan, who’s just back from the Donbas where he’s been making a documentary about the Ukrainian war seen through the eyes of Russian conscripts.

James pulls Toby up about last week’s episode, in which he thinks Toby “attacked” him; Toby assures James that no one put him up to it (not even our producer, Evil Brian) and, in Culture Corner, Toby praises Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and season two of Yellowstone, while James says how much he enjoyed The Chosen One, a new Netflix series from Mark Miller, and describes Anna Karenina as the best novel he’s ever read.]]>3313falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fab-2--56324535
They go on to talk about Yuval Harari’s calling for ‘conspiracy theorists’ to be banned from the internet and Toby ask James to respond to Harari’s claim that many conspiracy theories, particularly those that blame the world’s problems on an elite cabal of billionaires and their acolytes, have an antisemitic component and that leads to a bigger argument about whether James’s conspiracy theory about the ‘death jabs,' Paul McCartney and 'manufactured' bands.

In Culture Corner, Toby heaps praise on They Cloned Tyrone, a new sci-fi conspiracy thriller (Netflix) and Lioness, the new Taylor Sheridan series (Paramount+), while James enthuses about Kohrra, an Indian police procedural (Netflix.)

This week's opening sound is Yuval Noah Harari's appearance on The Lex Fridman Podcast #390.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56324535Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:49:47 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby open the discussion with James’ recent gig in Dorset and the division in towns like Bridport and Totnes between the woke and the awake, particularly over traffic calming measures like LTNs, Ulez schemes and 15-minute cities....
They go on to talk about Yuval Harari’s calling for ‘conspiracy theorists’ to be banned from the internet and Toby ask James to respond to Harari’s claim that many conspiracy theories, particularly those that blame the world’s problems on an elite cabal of billionaires and their acolytes, have an antisemitic component and that leads to a bigger argument about whether James’s conspiracy theory about the ‘death jabs,' Paul McCartney and 'manufactured' bands.

In Culture Corner, Toby heaps praise on They Cloned Tyrone, a new sci-fi conspiracy thriller (Netflix) and Lioness, the new Taylor Sheridan series (Paramount+), while James enthuses about Kohrra, an Indian police procedural (Netflix.)

This week's opening sound is Yuval Noah Harari's appearance on The Lex Fridman Podcast #390.]]>4665falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pull-a-whitey--56202855
We then segue into a discussion of their holidays this year, both those they've already had and those they are planning, with James saying he may go to Amsterdam which leads to agreement that cannabis should probably not be legalised.

Finally, in Culture Corner, James discusses the new University Challenge, as well as having almost finished Anna Karenina – which he declares the best novel he’s ever read – while Toby gives a lukewarm review to Hijack.

Opening sound this week is CapX editor discussing Michael Gove's backtracking on Net Zero.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56202855Mon, 24 Jul 2023 20:56:32 +0000RicochetIt's hot in the Mediterranean and James and Toby discuss the recent forest fires in Greece and whether climate change or arsonists are to blame. This triggers an argument (From these two? Really?) about whether there are enough honest journalists left...
We then segue into a discussion of their holidays this year, both those they've already had and those they are planning, with James saying he may go to Amsterdam which leads to agreement that cannabis should probably not be legalised.

Finally, in Culture Corner, James discusses the new University Challenge, as well as having almost finished Anna Karenina – which he declares the best novel he’s ever read – while Toby gives a lukewarm review to Hijack.

Opening sound this week is CapX editor discussing Michael Gove's backtracking on Net Zero.]]>3787falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-question-of-degree--56129995
Better to be on holiday in Spain than to be in England with a hacked Twitter account. James' Twitter profile (and his followers) have been hijacked by a crypto currency scammer.

They then discuss the weird ‘crossover’ podcast in which Nick Dixon, Toby’s other podcasting partner, interviewed James for his other podcast, The Current Thing.

In Culture Corner, Toby praises season 1 of The Tulsa King (Paramount+) while James has been watching Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (Netflix) and The Traitors: Australia (BBC3 and i-Player in the UK; there is an American version that runs on Peacock.)

Opening sound this week is Novak Djokovic's gracious speech after his Finals loss at Wimbledon.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56129995Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:46:34 +0000Ricochet"The best laid plans of mice and men," said Rabbie Burns, "often go awry." And so it is as Toby tells James about how his travel plans have gone over the past fortnight, even though he’s in Majorca with his wife and four children. Better to be on...
Better to be on holiday in Spain than to be in England with a hacked Twitter account. James' Twitter profile (and his followers) have been hijacked by a crypto currency scammer.

They then discuss the weird ‘crossover’ podcast in which Nick Dixon, Toby’s other podcasting partner, interviewed James for his other podcast, The Current Thing.

In Culture Corner, Toby praises season 1 of The Tulsa King (Paramount+) while James has been watching Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (Netflix) and The Traitors: Australia (BBC3 and i-Player in the UK; there is an American version that runs on Peacock.)

Opening sound this week is Novak Djokovic's gracious speech after his Finals loss at Wimbledon.]]>2953falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-in-our-dna--56054074
On a serious note the lads take on the immigration crisis taking place all across Europe and especially the riots that have rocked France.

In Culture Corner we begin with Wimbledon and the crowd's treatment of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who was booed off the court after losing to the Ukranian Elina Svitolina. And since it's summertime we concentrate on books instead of television.

Opening sound this week is Azarenka in her post match press conference.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56054074Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:41:07 +0000RicochetToby is in Ibiza and James is in a funk as the diet he's on fails to really kick in and that leads to a discussion on DNA, genetically altered mosquitos, Bill Gates, lost friends and cocaine. Yep, it's quite the journey. On a serious note the lads...
On a serious note the lads take on the immigration crisis taking place all across Europe and especially the riots that have rocked France.

In Culture Corner we begin with Wimbledon and the crowd's treatment of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who was booed off the court after losing to the Ukranian Elina Svitolina. And since it's summertime we concentrate on books instead of television.

Opening sound this week is Azarenka in her post match press conference.]]>3107falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/revolutionary-thoughts-on-free-speech--55971137
In Culture Corner the spotlight falls on the new Idris Elba series, Hijack (AppleTV+) and Toby recalls the life an Englishman in America on the Fourth of July.

Opening sound this week is Farage explaining his predicament on Twitter.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55971137Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:43:29 +0000RicochetAfter the usual chit-chat about the week gone by, Toby and James have a substantive talk about the limits of free speech and what constitutes "crossing the line." It's all spurred on by the revelation last week that former UKIP party boss - and now...
In Culture Corner the spotlight falls on the new Idris Elba series, Hijack (AppleTV+) and Toby recalls the life an Englishman in America on the Fourth of July.

Opening sound this week is Farage explaining his predicament on Twitter.]]>3740falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/titanic-or-olympic-sized-episode--55158490
Then it's on to the implosion of the Titan submersible. One of the lads thinks the news drip may have been a ‘psy op’ (Not saying who...) We also cover the "failed coup" in Russia led by the Wagner Group and whether it was all a cunning ploy so Putin could place Prigozhin and his forces North of Kiev without raising Ukrainian alarm bells.

In Culture Corner James complains about The Covenant, which he dismisses as “regime propaganda”, and Toby praises Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which he saw last week with his 15 year-old son.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55158490Mon, 26 Jun 2023 21:17:57 +0000RicochetThis week Toby tells James about his event-filled diary last week, the climax of which was bumping into Boris Johnson at a party and explaining to him why Tobes was so disappointed by his decision to tell us all to stay in our homes three years ago; a...
Then it's on to the implosion of the Titan submersible. One of the lads thinks the news drip may have been a ‘psy op’ (Not saying who...) We also cover the "failed coup" in Russia led by the Wagner Group and whether it was all a cunning ploy so Putin could place Prigozhin and his forces North of Kiev without raising Ukrainian alarm bells.

In Culture Corner James complains about The Covenant, which he dismisses as “regime propaganda”, and Toby praises Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which he saw last week with his 15 year-old son.]]>4090falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scofflaws-and-sceptics--54525885
Yes, mummy and daddy have a bit a tiff this week that temporarily devolves into a cable news panel show, but we do our best to get it back on the rails so we can bring you the ever popular Culture Corner. Toby touts a new web site designed to help you discover if a show is more politics than entertainment and then offers his own advice on The Covenant, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+), and Extraction 2 (Netflix), while James gives a thumbs up to Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is from Episode 3 of Tucker Carlson's Twitter monologues that sparks heated debate among James and Toby.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54525885Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:45:22 +0000RicochetJames began the week attending a "speed awareness" course, having been nicked going a wee bit too fast on the way to an appointment. Early on in the programme James thinks that he has finally... FINALLY... brought Toby over to Team James, only to have...
Yes, mummy and daddy have a bit a tiff this week that temporarily devolves into a cable news panel show, but we do our best to get it back on the rails so we can bring you the ever popular Culture Corner. Toby touts a new web site designed to help you discover if a show is more politics than entertainment and then offers his own advice on The Covenant, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+), and Extraction 2 (Netflix), while James gives a thumbs up to Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is from Episode 3 of Tucker Carlson's Twitter monologues that sparks heated debate among James and Toby.]]>4071falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reversals-of-fortune--54305341
Rumors have circulated that this episode sees our hosts coming together in agreement over several major issues instead of the knock-down-drag-'em-out fight predicted over the weekend. You'll just have to listen in.

In Culture Corner, both James and Toby take in Patriots at the Noel Coward, the latest play from Peter Morgan (The Crown, Frost/Nixon) that features Tom Hollander as Boris Berezovsky and Will Keen as Vladimir Putin. And - SPOILER ALERT - we wrap up Succession.

Opening sound this week is Douglas Ross, Leader of the Opposition in the Scottish Parliament, commenting on Nicola Sturgeon's legal troubles.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54305341Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:18:27 +0000RicochetLess than three years ago they were flying high and now they've been subjected to major setbacks. And, no, we're not talking about our intrepid duo. In the last week former President Donald Trump has been put under federal indictment, former Prime...
Rumors have circulated that this episode sees our hosts coming together in agreement over several major issues instead of the knock-down-drag-'em-out fight predicted over the weekend. You'll just have to listen in.

In Culture Corner, both James and Toby take in Patriots at the Noel Coward, the latest play from Peter Morgan (The Crown, Frost/Nixon) that features Tom Hollander as Boris Berezovsky and Will Keen as Vladimir Putin. And - SPOILER ALERT - we wrap up Succession.

Opening sound this week is Douglas Ross, Leader of the Opposition in the Scottish Parliament, commenting on Nicola Sturgeon's legal troubles.]]>3618falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/town-mouse-and-country-mouse--54104782
In the news we talk about independent journalists detained for questioning by counterterror police, The Telegraph story about stifling lockdown dissent, and the Philip Schofield affair. (For our American listeners think a grayer and gayer version of Matt Lauer.)

In Culture Corner, James can't even make it through the trailer for Poker Face (SkyMax in the UK, Peacock in the US), Toby is back on the Bernard Cornwall train with Sharpe's Devil, and they agree not to talk about Succession until James is caught up - and he'd be caught up if he wasn't watching crap such as The Days (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is Amercan journalist Michael Shellenberger talking tp Andrew Doyle on GBNews about government censorship during the pandemic.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54104782Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:02:59 +0000RicochetWe begin this week with James and Toby debating a truly burning issue - Is it better to live in the city or live in the country? After some time in the country this past week, Toby isn't sure the Youngs would last very long living the Delipngpole...
In the news we talk about independent journalists detained for questioning by counterterror police, The Telegraph story about stifling lockdown dissent, and the Philip Schofield affair. (For our American listeners think a grayer and gayer version of Matt Lauer.)

In Culture Corner, James can't even make it through the trailer for Poker Face (SkyMax in the UK, Peacock in the US), Toby is back on the Bernard Cornwall train with Sharpe's Devil, and they agree not to talk about Succession until James is caught up - and he'd be caught up if he wasn't watching crap such as The Days (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is Amercan journalist Michael Shellenberger talking tp Andrew Doyle on GBNews about government censorship during the pandemic.]]>3618falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-never-ending-culture-corner--54034725
In Culture Corner proper, James turns against Silo and Toby says stay as far away as possible from FUBAR (Netflix) as it lives up to the name.

Opening sound this week is Gov. Ron DeSantis talking about Donald Trump on the Clay and Buck Show.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54034725Mon, 29 May 2023 20:01:54 +0000RicochetUsually Culture Corner comes at the end of the programme but this week it sorts of flows through the entire show. We talk the bank holiday in the UK (It's Memorial Day in the USA), grocery stores, eye glass frames and proper English pronunciations....
In Culture Corner proper, James turns against Silo and Toby says stay as far away as possible from FUBAR (Netflix) as it lives up to the name.

Opening sound this week is Gov. Ron DeSantis talking about Donald Trump on the Clay and Buck Show.]]>3437falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/team-james-v-team-toby--53963588The Weekly Sceptic) at the Emmanuel Centre on Saturday evening. When James organised a live recording of The Delingpod at the same venue, he sold out the 900-seat auditorium, but Tobes only managed to fill the 250-seater. The first question during the Q&A was from a fan who asked how much longer the London Calling can continue, given how acrimonious some of the exchanges between the hosts are getting and how they often seem to be talking past each other.

After we’ve got that out the way, they just about have time to pay tribute to two of their favourite writers, Martin Amis and Jeremy Clarke, who both died at the weekend.

Opening sound this week is the late Jeremy Clarke reading from his column Low Life: Dead cool (September 3, 2016) from The Spectator via Facebook.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53963588Mon, 22 May 2023 20:16:28 +0000RicochetThis week’s episode begins on a sceptical note, namely the lads talking about the live recording of Toby's "other" podcast (The Weekly Sceptic) at the Emmanuel Centre on Saturday evening. When James organised a live recording of The Delingpod at the...The Weekly Sceptic) at the Emmanuel Centre on Saturday evening. When James organised a live recording of The Delingpod at the same venue, he sold out the 900-seat auditorium, but Tobes only managed to fill the 250-seater. The first question during the Q&A was from a fan who asked how much longer the London Calling can continue, given how acrimonious some of the exchanges between the hosts are getting and how they often seem to be talking past each other.

After we’ve got that out the way, they just about have time to pay tribute to two of their favourite writers, Martin Amis and Jeremy Clarke, who both died at the weekend.

Opening sound this week is the late Jeremy Clarke reading from his column Low Life: Dead cool (September 3, 2016) from The Spectator via Facebook.]]>4758falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-great-moment-in-british-history--53876684available here) and author Ian Rons' criticism of it in the pages of The Daily Sceptic. That leads to a wider discussion about journalistic ethics.

This week in Culture Corner, James endorses Silo (AppleTV+) and Sanctuary (Netflix), Toby offers up The Diplomat(Netflix). We also get an answer to last week's "genre" question. And we wrap things up with a discussion about the reviews surrounding Queen Cleopatra on Rotten Tomatoes.

Opening sound this week is Calvin Robinson on his GBNews program from last Saturday.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53876684Mon, 15 May 2023 19:15:08 +0000RicochetEverybody dance now! We're gonna make you sweat as Toby and James bust a few moves and take to the dance floor. After the terpsichorean trip down memory lane they talk Donald Trump's CNN town hall and, closer to home, Rev. Calvin Robinson's GBNews...available here) and author Ian Rons' criticism of it in the pages of The Daily Sceptic. That leads to a wider discussion about journalistic ethics.

This week in Culture Corner, James endorses Silo (AppleTV+) and Sanctuary (Netflix), Toby offers up The Diplomat(Netflix). We also get an answer to last week's "genre" question. And we wrap things up with a discussion about the reviews surrounding Queen Cleopatra on Rotten Tomatoes.

Opening sound this week is Calvin Robinson on his GBNews program from last Saturday.]]>4572falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coronation-street--53782022
We wrap up James' trip abroad (ewwww, leaches!) and mourn, lament and bury the Queen's Park Rangers season.

All that and Culture Corner, too.

This week's opening sound is King Charles reading off cue cards for his oath.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53782022Mon, 08 May 2023 22:38:33 +0000RicochetOh, to be in England now that Spring is here! When republicans and royalists are in full bloom! James and Toby clash on the official coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. Another chapter in our long Island story or just a distraction? Say, who's...
We wrap up James' trip abroad (ewwww, leaches!) and mourn, lament and bury the Queen's Park Rangers season.

All that and Culture Corner, too.

This week's opening sound is King Charles reading off cue cards for his oath.]]>3857falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/may-day-may-day--53708675
Toby recounts his own adventures in the Far North - no, not that one - we're talking about Stoke-on-Trent, where he went on Saturday to see QPR’s final away game of the current football season. Speaking of football, what's the real motivation behind Ryan Reynolds’ and Rob McElhenney’s purchase of Wrexham Football Club?

In Culture Corner, James goes all anthropological on us. Really.

Opening sound this week is Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, on this morning's conference call on the acquistion of First Republic Bank.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53708675Mon, 01 May 2023 18:59:01 +0000RicochetWhat better way to observe May Day than to discuss another US bank failure? But before we get to the collapse of First Republic (Is this another case of "Get Woke, Go Broke" and what does it means for the future of ESG and "Stakeholder Capitalism?"),...
Toby recounts his own adventures in the Far North - no, not that one - we're talking about Stoke-on-Trent, where he went on Saturday to see QPR’s final away game of the current football season. Speaking of football, what's the real motivation behind Ryan Reynolds’ and Rob McElhenney’s purchase of Wrexham Football Club?

In Culture Corner, James goes all anthropological on us. Really.

Opening sound this week is Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, on this morning's conference call on the acquistion of First Republic Bank.]]>3810falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-cover-the-earth--53642315London Calling. But this week we've left London behind as James and Toby find themselves on opposite sides of the world – Toby in Canada, James in Hong Kong – and whether jet lag gets worse as you get older.

James says Hong Kong may not be a democracy any longer, but then, neither is the UK, while Toby tells him how much he’s enjoying being in Canada, not least because there are plenty of conservatives in rural areas who have no time for their Prime Minister.

Then it's on to discuss the news of the hour – Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News – with James claiming it’s because he’s too Team James and Toby thinking it’s because the Murdochs were embarrassed about having to settle the Dominion law suit.

They aslo pay tribute to the late Barry Humphries, briefly discuss the candidacy of Robert Kennedy Jr, explore the pro-natalist movement (to which James is sympathetic, although he gets sidetracked into talking about his new theory that Greta Thunberg is a small, hairless man.)

In Culture Corner, they discuss The Playlist, The Night Agent, and The Whale. Falling off the bookshelf is Anna Karenina, which James is reading in Hong Kong, and Andrew Roberts’s magisterial Churchill biography, which Toby is listening to in Canada.

Opening sound this week is the Canadian Prime Minister rewriting history on the vaccine mandates.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53642315Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:59:45 +0000RicochetTwo thirds of the earth is covered in water, the rest is covered by London Calling. But this week we've left London behind as James and Toby find themselves on opposite sides of the world – Toby in Canada, James in Hong Kong – and whether jet lag gets...London Calling. But this week we've left London behind as James and Toby find themselves on opposite sides of the world – Toby in Canada, James in Hong Kong – and whether jet lag gets worse as you get older.

James says Hong Kong may not be a democracy any longer, but then, neither is the UK, while Toby tells him how much he’s enjoying being in Canada, not least because there are plenty of conservatives in rural areas who have no time for their Prime Minister.

Then it's on to discuss the news of the hour – Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News – with James claiming it’s because he’s too Team James and Toby thinking it’s because the Murdochs were embarrassed about having to settle the Dominion law suit.

They aslo pay tribute to the late Barry Humphries, briefly discuss the candidacy of Robert Kennedy Jr, explore the pro-natalist movement (to which James is sympathetic, although he gets sidetracked into talking about his new theory that Greta Thunberg is a small, hairless man.)

In Culture Corner, they discuss The Playlist, The Night Agent, and The Whale. Falling off the bookshelf is Anna Karenina, which James is reading in Hong Kong, and Andrew Roberts’s magisterial Churchill biography, which Toby is listening to in Canada.

Opening sound this week is the Canadian Prime Minister rewriting history on the vaccine mandates.]]>3909falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/green-around-the-gills--53563120Grand National. ("Save the Sheep!")

That leads us to the name change of the Brecon Beacons National Park, the scandal at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the shocking suicide of a 19-year old Greenpeace activist from Walthamstow who became inconsolable by the prospect of climate change.

We also pay tribute to Nigel Lawson, Mrs. Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer who died 3 April, aged 91.

In Culture Corner, we let the blocks fall where they may with Tetris (AppleTV+) and Seven Kings Must Die (Netflix.)

Opening sound this week is James Evans, Member of the Senedd for Brecon and Radnorshire courtesy of GBNews.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53563120Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:49:15 +0000RicochetThis week James has a good walk in Shropshire spoiled by the "bird-blending, bat-chomping eco-crucifixes" and Toby debates animal "rights" around the dinner table because of the deaths of three horses at this past weekend's...Grand National. ("Save the Sheep!")

That leads us to the name change of the Brecon Beacons National Park, the scandal at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the shocking suicide of a 19-year old Greenpeace activist from Walthamstow who became inconsolable by the prospect of climate change.

We also pay tribute to Nigel Lawson, Mrs. Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer who died 3 April, aged 91.

In Culture Corner, we let the blocks fall where they may with Tetris (AppleTV+) and Seven Kings Must Die (Netflix.)

Opening sound this week is James Evans, Member of the Senedd for Brecon and Radnorshire courtesy of GBNews.]]>4661falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-god-sized-hole--53496403
Speaking of reparations, we also talk about the recent story about the founder of The Guardian and his links to the slave trade and the paper's subsequent attempt to deflect attention from this story by exposing the Royal Family’s links to the slave trade.

In other news, Toby crows about the derailment of the Worker Protection Bill, for which the Free Speech Union deserves some credit.

In Culture Corner, Moonage Daydream (Available for rent on Amazon Prime) Sharper (AppleTV+), The White Lotus 2 and Beef (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is BBC Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell talking about the Royal Family slavery study.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53496403Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:03:38 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby contemplate the spiritual - from the game of "sermon bingo" James and his family played when they went to church this Sunday (betting on which progressive talking points the vicar would include in the service) to Justin...
Speaking of reparations, we also talk about the recent story about the founder of The Guardian and his links to the slave trade and the paper's subsequent attempt to deflect attention from this story by exposing the Royal Family’s links to the slave trade.

In other news, Toby crows about the derailment of the Worker Protection Bill, for which the Free Speech Union deserves some credit.

In Culture Corner, Moonage Daydream (Available for rent on Amazon Prime) Sharper (AppleTV+), The White Lotus 2 and Beef (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is BBC Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell talking about the Royal Family slavery study.]]>4336falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/replacing-your-overton-window--53433179
Of course there's the Trump indictment and whether the former President uses the word ‘INDICATED’ deliberately to troll the libs; plus the Overton Window and whether Toby outside of it or not.

In Culture Corner, the films 65 (Sony Entertainment), The Boston Strangler (Hulu in the US, Disney+ in the UK), as well as the TV shows Succession, Rabbit Hole and War Sailor (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is remarks by Andrew Tate after being released from prison.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53433179Mon, 03 Apr 2023 20:55:29 +0000RicochetThis week James buys a second-hand car while Toby has a mundane weekend and contemplates masculinity, which prompts a discussion on the release of Andrew Tate from jail and why he’s acquired cult status among adolescent males (in spite of being a less...
Of course there's the Trump indictment and whether the former President uses the word ‘INDICATED’ deliberately to troll the libs; plus the Overton Window and whether Toby outside of it or not.

In Culture Corner, the films 65 (Sony Entertainment), The Boston Strangler (Hulu in the US, Disney+ in the UK), as well as the TV shows Succession, Rabbit Hole and War Sailor (Netflix).

Opening sound this week is remarks by Andrew Tate after being released from prison.]]>4539falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diagnosing-delingpole--53358428
Among the news items covered: Whether Bill Gates really is an evil mastermind, the inevitability of ’15 minute’ cities, the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s damning new report on wind power, Humza Yousef becoming the new leader of the SNP and the mobbing of Kellie-Jay Keen in New Zealand.

In Culture Corner, the new season of Succession (HBO Max), The Night Agent (Netflix), the first of Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels (Can You Forgive Her?) and Royal Flash, the second of George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman novels.

Opening sound this week is Kellie-Jay Keen talking about being attacked in New Zealand, courtesy of TalkTV.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53358428Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:48:31 +0000RicochetThis week, James and Toby discuss James’s profound sense of loss now that the hunting season is over and Toby’s concern that James’s pessimism about the future is making him mentally ill. Among the news items covered: Whether Bill Gates really is an...
Among the news items covered: Whether Bill Gates really is an evil mastermind, the inevitability of ’15 minute’ cities, the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s damning new report on wind power, Humza Yousef becoming the new leader of the SNP and the mobbing of Kellie-Jay Keen in New Zealand.

In Culture Corner, the new season of Succession (HBO Max), The Night Agent (Netflix), the first of Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels (Can You Forgive Her?) and Royal Flash, the second of George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman novels.

Opening sound this week is Kellie-Jay Keen talking about being attacked in New Zealand, courtesy of TalkTV.]]>4053falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-baubles--53356829Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1408230Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:47:58 +0000RicochetThe lads are depressed. For James it’s the end of the hunting season, for Toby it’s QPR (11-19-18, 19th in the league table) and his football hopes are dashed in more ways than one. After a mutual therapy session it’s on to the news of the week:...Source]]>3867falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/match-of-the-week--53356832Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1398137Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:42:38 +0000RicochetToby and James begin the week talking about James’s health (not good), Toby’s failure to make it across London using public transport (which James thinks is all part of the plan to keep us locked in our homes), and the Gary Lineker scandal (which...Source]]>4041falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/springing-a-leak--53356831Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1395669Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:39:07 +0000RicochetOn this week’s episode of London Calling, Toby and James start by talking about James’ health (he has a cold), then segue into discussing what James says is the best hunting experience of his life. Toby then tells James about his week (hangover and...Source]]>3803falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-mozart-and-toby-beethoven--53356834Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1392355Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:59:04 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling, Toby and James discuss last Saturday’s live recording of The Delingpod, in which James interviewed Neil Oliver in front of a paying audience of 900; Toby worries about whether his live recording of The Weekly...Source]]>4201falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-and-the-giant-hunt--53356838Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1389448Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:52:44 +0000RicochetWe’re all over the politically correct spectrum this week. On one hand, James had his epic hunting adventure last weekend, while on the other hand, Toby is struggling to adjust to his new role as “Mr. Mom” now that an empowered Caroline has left for a...Source]]>3896falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-re-not-saying-it-s-aliens-but--53356844Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1386031Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:38:36 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling, Toby and James discuss James’ rock star status among the readers of TCW Defending Freedom, the shooting down of three “UFOs” over North American airspace and whether that’s a nice way to treat visitors from...Source]]>4751falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/runnin-with-the-devil--53356836Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1383150Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:43:29 +0000RicochetAs is our Monday ritual, Toby and James discuss their weekend exploits (James went hunting, Toby watched a musical based on Come Dine With Me) before getting on to the news of the day: Robert Kennedy Jr’s lawsuit against the Trusted Media Initiative,...Source]]>3916falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spied-on-like-us--53356830Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1380320Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:23:06 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby discuss how different the last three years would have been if James, and not Chris Whitty, had been the Chief Medical Officer and the fact that during the pandemic it seems Toby was spied upon by the 77th Brigade, a unit of...Source]]>3677falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-would-you-do--53356841Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1377528Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:00:25 +0000RicochetAn interesting mix this week (and sometimes with just TOO much information) as James and Toby discuss whether 2022 saw higher-than average mortality in Britain and elsewhere and, if it did, whether the mRNA vaccines are responsible; Charles III’s...Source]]>3303falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doctor-is-in--53356848Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1375088Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:28:15 +0000RicochetOne is back from the hunt and the other is preparing to go. Our intrepid duo talk about Toby’s shooting trip last weekend and James’ upcoming hunt meet in which a benefactor is going to provide him with – not just one – but two horses. Now we’re...Source]]>3679falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doing-harry-and-meghan--53356849Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1372399Mon, 09 Jan 2023 23:29:07 +0000RicochetSince we last met Toby made another trip to Iceland, this time to give a talk at the inaugural meeting of a new free speech society. The post trip discussion on Icelandic cuisine, well, that’s a different story. The news of the week prompts a...Source]]>3605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-christmas-and-other-disasters--53356840Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1369362Mon, 02 Jan 2023 22:06:03 +0000RicochetWe gave the boys the week off last week and told them to go enjoy themselves. Our bad. As we catch up with Toby and James after the holidays, they share their Christmas disaster stories – James got vertigo playing on a roundabout with his three...Source]]>4595falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/size-is-everything--53356855Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1364117Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:19:31 +0000RicochetWe’re putting a bow on the 2022 run of London Calling as James and Toby compare the respective sizes of their Christmas trees, the parties and dinners they’ve been to in the run-up to the holidays, and their favourite Christmas movies. In the news we...Source]]>4318falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-odd-couple--53356873Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1361160Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:02:29 +0000RicochetJames takes enough time off from gathering wood to burn in his Rayburn cast iron stove (so he and his family won’t freeze to death when the World Economic Forum cuts off the power this winter) to let Toby read out an extract from ‘An Odd Couple For...Source]]>3342falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/panic-at-the-christoteque--53356837Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1357876Mon, 05 Dec 2022 21:53:08 +0000RicochetTopics this week include Toby and James include James’ sell-out gig at the Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green, Toby’s four after-dinner speaking gigs in the past seven days (including one for the Totnes Young Conservatives) the unseemly haste with...Source]]>3043falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/men-of-a-certain-age--53356843Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1343251Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:46:04 +0000RicochetA cold has Toby feeling less than stellar this week, so he and James have an age old discussion about men – and old age. Vitamin regimens, detoxification and general bouts of hypochondria lead off the show before we really get down, as Texans would...Source]]>3753falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/metro-porn--53356877Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1341295Tue, 22 Nov 2022 19:27:29 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby compare notes about meeting fans of the podcast and discuss all the things that have happened in the past week that suggest James just may be correct in his assessment about who’s really running the world (the Autumn...Source]]>3517falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cryptomaniacs--53356856Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1338047Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:49:47 +0000RicochetLou Pearlman… Bernie Madoff… and now, Sam Bankman-Fried. “SBF” joins a long list of Ponzi scheme artists in modern times and Toby and James open the show with the collapse of FTX and the fall from grace of its 30 year-old founder. Toby’s just back...Source]]>2635falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rantalogue-through-venice--53356863Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1334685Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:49:03 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, Toby and James discuss James’s trip to Venice, which is mercifully free of Covid theatre, whether traveling overseas is being made deliberately more difficult as part of the Great Reset or it’s just a consequence of...Source]]>3903falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hammers-and-spares--53356852Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1331376Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:25:51 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode Toby and James discuss the deep state’s determination to destroy Home Secretary Suella Braverman (MP for Fareham) and the finalization of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, including his Tweet about the the conspiracy theory...Source]]>3713falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/year-of-the-three-pms--53356847Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1328753Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:05:59 +0000RicochetNow that the drama about who is to be the next Prime Minister has been settled, in the most undramatic fashion with an uncontested race for the Tory Leadership, the high drama remains on London Calling… Will Toby capitulate and join Team James in the...Source]]>4051falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rhymes-with-hunt--53356854Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1326028Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:15:08 +0000RicochetTime marches on and so James wishes Toby a happy birthday (today, Oct. 17) but they both worry about the approaching Big Six-O. And while one might assume than a man of Toby’s “advanced” years would be through with cycling, he relates to James the...Source]]>2707falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mercury-s-rising-reversed-ferrets-armageddon--53356881Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1323384Mon, 10 Oct 2022 19:51:45 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby discuss if James is suffering from mercury poisoning, whether Tobes is, at the least, partly responsible for PayPal’s recent difficulties, and the ongoing trials and tribulations of the new Prime Minister. In other news we ask...Source]]>3621falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hit-first-hit-hard-hit-often--53356859Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1320602Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:44:13 +0000RicochetHalf of our intrepid duo comes to us this week from Birmingham, the site of the 2022 Conservative Party Conference as the PM and the Chancellor retreat from the higher-end tax cuts. Its a pugilistic edition of London Calling as James and Toby pick a...Source]]>3818falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-not-your-pal--53356862Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1317194Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:33:08 +0000RicochetUpdate: At 5:30pm BST (12:30 EDT) this evening, PayPal notified Toby that it has restored all three of the accounts it cancelled a couple of weeks ago – the accounts for the Daily Sceptic, the Free Speech Union and his personal account. In all three...Source]]>3338falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eternal-rest--53356864Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1314364Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:06:25 +0000RicochetOn the day we laid our late Sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to her eternal rest, we reflect on the last ten days of mourning. And so we have entered the Era of Charles III and with it, cricket riots in Leicester. The rest of the world...Source]]>3319falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-save-the-king--53356894Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1311841Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:09:23 +0000RicochetOf course the lead story this week is the death of Her Majesty the Queen. James is showing a bit of a republican streak at the beginning of the reign of Charles III and he’s not the only one. Toby and the Free Speech Union are defending quite a few as...Source]]>2945falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kiss-this-ring--53356860Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1309217Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:17:16 +0000RicochetIf it’s Tuesday it must be a day for the kissing of hands. Boris and Liz go to Balmoral and out goes one Prime Minister and in comes another. Toby and James disagree about whether Liz Truss is her own woman or controlled by the WEF and You-Know-Who....Source]]>3174falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-temptation-of-delingpole-and-young--53356857Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1306243Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:43:19 +0000RicochetA London Calling Tuesday can only mean one thing – Toby got a last-minute grouse shooting invitation – for Monday. As the Johnson Premiership comes to a close this week (The final results of the race between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are to be...Source]]>3182falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grousing-and-retiring--53356892Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1302845Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:50:58 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby talk about Anthony Fauci’s retirement – is he stepping down to maximise his chances of winning a Nobel Prize? – the fact that neither of them have received any invitations to go grouse shooting this year, the role of the...Source]]>3250falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/business-in-the-front-party-in-the-back--53356874Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1299769Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:07:33 +0000RicochetWe start with the least controversial opinions to begin this week’s show, namely, the return of the mullet is not a good idea. After dispensing with that we hit the news from the last week: the FBI raids Mar-a-Lago, Salman Rushdie is attacked in New...Source]]>2632falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-man-with-a-hose--53356861Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1296685Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:12:06 +0000RicochetThis week our congenial hosts talk about Toby’s narrow escape from a volcanic eruption in Iceland. But more importantly, how’s a journalist expected to take a family holiday without an expense account? Toby also frets about his obsession with watering...Source]]>3535falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carnivore-clogs-and-latin-plurals--53356911Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1293321Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:07:55 +0000RicochetThe Delingpoles admire their billing. (Photo: Twitter via @DickDelingpole) Toby is all shook up as he wraps up the family holiday in Iceland, where unusual seismic activity in the past few days may mean a volcano is about to erupt. Meanwhile, back...Source]]>2643falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-eyewateringly-expensive-podcast--53356884Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1290329Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:27:47 +0000RicochetThis week Toby and James talk about Toby’s family holiday in Iceland, where he’s enjoying the spectacular scenery and geological wonders but is freaking out about how eye-wateringly expensive everything is. In addition, they discuss the shortcomings...Source]]>3470falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-bad-trip--53356845Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1287149Mon, 18 Jul 2022 21:22:21 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode, James and Toby discuss whether the current heatwave is evidence of global warming, whether the Conservative Party leadership election is “rigged” by the World Economic Forum and who is likely to win. Other topics tackled...Source]]>3669falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-dutch-on-the-lavender-list--53356865Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1283926Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:59:46 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling, Toby and James discuss the big news of the week, namely, James’s visit with his grandson. In other news, Boris Johnson has been defenestrated by the Conservative Party, which James thinks Bill Gates flew in to...Source]]>2937falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chasing-rabbits--53356876Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1281234Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:17:33 +0000RicochetIt’s Independence Day in America, or as the British call it, “Monday.” And that means another edition of London Calling. In this week, James tells Toby about his trip to Devon to see his granddaughter, why he thinks terrorist attacks by radical...Source]]>3346falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oxford-blues--53356912Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1277818Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:44:45 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, James and Toby discuss James’ college reunion where he had an awkward encounter with Kate Bingham, ex-head of the Vaccine Taskforce; Toby’s last college gaudy, where the headmaster of Harrow made a good joke about...Source]]>2955falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/discontent-and-strawberries-out-the-ears--53356917Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1274388Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:34:56 +0000RicochetWe start off this week’s London Calling with a discussion of the Messenger Review of the NHS and then look across the channel at the results from France’s vote for the Assemblée nationale and how it has placed Emmanuel Macron’s globalist agenda at...Source]]>3610falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-day-in-london-a-night-at-the-opera--53356878Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1271126Mon, 13 Jun 2022 19:37:05 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, James and Toby discuss the use eco-warriors make of ‘fact-checks’ to try to discredit their opponents and the inevitable delay to the deportation flights to Rwanda. On the Royal front, Prince Charles complains that Boris...Source]]>3435falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vegans-vaginas-and-a-greased-piglet--53356875Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1267844Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:43:24 +0000RicochetNote: This week’s episode of London Calling, was recorded several hours before the Conservative Party’s vote of confidence in Boris Johnson’s premiership. Update: Johnson survives, 211-148. Percentage-wise that is much worse than the vote that...Source]]>3406falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tea-and-chimpanzees--53356869Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1264793Tue, 31 May 2022 00:09:55 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, Toby and James discuss whether Boris will survive a vote of no confidence, wonder if it would make any difference if he was replaced by another Conservative leader, marvel at the Government’s theft of Jeremy Corbyn’s...Source]]>2328falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-s-a-riot--53356929Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1261355Mon, 23 May 2022 20:36:44 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling, James and Toby try their best to avoid arguing and stick to topics they agree on, including the inevitability of widespread social unrest in the near future, and their complete indifference to Davos (although...Source]]>2997falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/delingpole-hears-a-who--53356902Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1258151Mon, 16 May 2022 20:45:46 +0000RicochetAfter lamenting about the rising and eye-watering expense of summer holidays, James and Toby take off the gloves and duke it out over two red-hot topics: First up, Putin’s muted reaction to the prospect of Finland and Sweden joining NATO and whether...Source]]>2929falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beergate-and-other-drinking-games--53356883Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1254674Mon, 09 May 2022 20:39:03 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, James and Toby discuss the QPR’s failure to reach the Championship play-offs, last week’s local election results (“Boring,” snorts James), Sinn Fein’s success in Northern Ireland and what that means for the future of the...Source]]>4122falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/any-way-you-pronounce-it--53356890Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1251745Mon, 02 May 2022 21:24:31 +0000RicochetThis week’s we have a Bank Holiday edition of London Calling which begins with James and Toby showing an amazing lack of understanding of the US holiday calendar but more than make up for it with a review of the weekend’s Delingpod Live event at...Source]]>4287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-touch-of-musk-a-ton-of-macron--53356893Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1248591Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:40:23 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby discuss the news of Elon Musk’s apparently imminent takeover of Twitter and what that means for fans of free speech. We look back at Sunday’s big story, the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, muse over the integrity of the French...Source]]>3206falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-of-your-easter-bonnet--53356850Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1220829Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:33:35 +0000RicochetIn this special Easter weekend version of London Calling, James and Toby tackle the Church of England, from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s unwelcome intervention in the immigration debate to their refusal to ordain Calvin Robinson. Then it’s on to...Source]]>3678falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-index-of-undesirable-persons--53356880Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1217485Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:52:22 +0000RicochetA plethora of topics on this week’s episode of London Calling: environmental protests, Boris’s double U-turn on banning conversion therapy, the non-dom (that’s “non-domiciled,” for our American listeners) status of the wife of the Chancellor of the...Source]]>3280falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sing-along-if-you-know-the-words--53356941Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1214514Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:07:32 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, the topics under discussion are James’s recent trip to Bulgaria, Elon Musk’s purchase of close to 10% of Twitter, the ‘Respect my sex if you want my X’ campaign, and the Fixed Penalty Notice slapped on Boris’s “head of...Source]]>3076falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-real-slap-in-the-face--53356882Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1211194Mon, 28 Mar 2022 21:25:21 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, James and Toby discuss the Oscars, pointing out that Army of the Dead winning ‘fan favourite’ was the real low point, not Will Smith slapping Chris Rock and the worry about President Biden inadvertently triggering a...Source]]>2175falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/necessary-outrage--53356898Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1208175Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:21:21 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, James and Toby discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s unwillingness to thank the British government for securing her release at a cost of £400 million to the British taxpayer and how Boris’s comparison of the crisis in...Source]]>3229truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/online-safety-edition--53356924Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1205813Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:03:34 +0000RicochetThis week, James and Toby talk about the Delingpoles recent holiday in Costa Rica (he loved the wildlife, but not the masks) and then it’s on to the events of the week: The £400m release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori from Iran,...Source]]>3273falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/toucan-play-this-game--53356901Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1200815Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:39:26 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, Toby has to guess where James is on holiday – and he does – and James praises the British Airways staff for not once telling him to put on a mask during the 12-hour flight. For the most part they cannot agree on anything...Source]]>3400falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hot-for-war--53356879Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1196667Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:48:09 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling, James and Toby engage in a bit of throat-clearing about James’s meeting with Jason Miller, CEO of Gettr, then get to the main event – Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – which they disagree about. James is sceptical...Source]]>2834falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-in-the-street--53356896Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1142040Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:05:19 +0000RicochetThis week Toby Young talks to the man in the street. Our man James Delingpole is literally on the streets of London – complete with the occasional car horn, siren and gusts of wind – but the show must go on. Toby wraps up his trip with tales of Mexico...Source]]>3088falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/down-mexico-way--53356886Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1138996Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:54:42 +0000RicochetThe US Navy’s recruiting slogan used to be, “It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure!” Sometimes that applies to this podcast, too. This week Toby comes to us from Mexico City and James from rural England where broadband is non-existent and hard drives...Source]]>2559falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ottawa-or-bust--53356885Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1133765Mon, 07 Feb 2022 21:26:23 +0000RicochetJump up in the cab, good buddies, look’s like we got ourselves a convoy… James and Toby discuss the Freedom Convoy, which has restored their faith in Canadians and then touch on the Jimmy Carr joke imbroglio. Carr, who has made a living telling...Source]]>2603falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-london-calling-experience--53356889Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1129985Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:53:19 +0000RicochetThe last time we heard from our intrepid duo, Toby and James were making plans to go shooting together. It seems they fought off all temptation to take aim at one another because they’re back – hail, hearty and full of game. There is, of course, the...Source]]>3072falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-for-a-penny-in-for-a-pound--53356905Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1125706Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:33:41 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling is very sobering – literally. Before James and Toby talk about who’s to blame for the crisis in Ukraine, Toby’s Dry January turned very wet over the weekend. Then they take on Putin, Biden, NATO and Ukraine and...Source]]>2865falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-it-over--53356907Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1121872Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:00:27 +0000RicochetIn this week’s London Calling, James and Toby argue about whether the global pandemic is over (Toby thinks it is, while James thinks it’s a false dawn) and discuss the Johnny-come-latelies who claim to have been lockdown sceptics all along. They...Source]]>3299falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ball-in-your-court--53356846Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1118388Mon, 10 Jan 2022 21:17:41 +0000RicochetGuess who has Covid – again? One half of our intrepid duo, that’s who. After that personal update its off to the Madness Down Under and Men’s Tennis #1 Novak Djockovic’s battle with the immigration authorities over his vaccine status and his spot in...Source]]>3138falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-year-s-honours--53356895Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1114591Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:20:59 +0000RicochetIn this week’s episode of London Calling, Toby collects his 50 quid and then he and James debate whether 2022 will be the year we return to normal or “The Great Reset” will continue apace. What lies ahead in politics? What’s the line of succession in...Source]]>3560falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-twixmas--53356904Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1111381Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:45:10 +0000RicochetIt’s our last show of 2021, in the 52nd week of another Covid year. And it’s a real Twixmas special! Toby and James discuss Boris’s postponement of D-Day, being ridiculed by their families over Christmas, their best Christmas gifts of 2021 and Toby’s...Source]]>3117falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/omicron-no-way-home--53356939Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1108757Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:06:38 +0000RicochetTo begin the week James sketches out his worst case scenario: Delingpole v. the NHS. In the review of the week we start with the good news: the landmark free speech victory won by former constable Harry Miller (aided by the Free Speech Union) in the...Source]]>3262falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rush--53356909Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1105206Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:33:50 +0000RicochetAs Boris talks the status of “Plan B,” James and Toby talk the status of “The Bet.” The other big question is centered around the PM’s ability to remain in Number 10. Two years ago the Tories were celebrating securing an 80-seat majority and now the...Source]]>3831falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/omicron-party--53356900Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1101887Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:20:21 +0000RicochetThis afternoon in the House, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that community transmission of the new Omicron variant has taken hold in England. So far, this version seems to be relatively mild, which leads us to wonder why, instead of trying to...Source]]>2094falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-the-hounds--53356908Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1099034Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:56:44 +0000RicochetThis week our intrepid duo is armed and dangerous. The first segment of the show is dedicated to shooting and the hunt. After the fun we return to the news of the day which, of course, is dominated by Covid both at home and abroad. In an abbreviated...Source]]>2729falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brideshead-revisited--53356866Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1095656Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:30:57 +0000RicochetJames and Toby start out with their own Brideshead Revisited moment as they look back on their days as students at Oxford before getting into the news of the day, including the introduction of mandatory jabs in Austria, the acquittal of Kyle...Source]]>3767falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-canaries-in-a-coal-mine--53356925Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1091766Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:52:25 +0000RicochetWe open the week with Toby and the terrible winter cold he’s got – which he tells us is far worse than his bout of Covid-19 last year. While he’s on the road and sounds a bit subdued, we throw our best sniffle filter into the mix and the show must go...Source]]>2591falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unreachable--53356839Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1088095Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:14:44 +0000RicochetFirst up this week is a bevy of Covid stories including David Starkey’s assertion that vaccines should be compulsory; the new head of NHS England’s misleading claim that there are currently 14 times as many Covid patients in hospital as there were...Source]]>2987falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-call-a-cop-or-atlas-shrugged-the-world--53356922Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1084283Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:39:23 +0000RicochetCNN’s Wolf Blitzer somewhere “near” COP26. The world has gathered in Glasgow or, in CNN’s case, Edinburgh. (At 76 kilometers it’s as close as CNN comes to being right these days…) This week is a COP26 special in which we discuss our Glorious Leader’s...Source]]>3005falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/place-your-bets--53356872Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1079718Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:34:16 +0000RicochetCartoonist Michael Leunig has been sacked by The Age over this image. Source: Instagram/leunigstudio Ladies and Gentlemen, place your bets. After our intrepid duo review Toby’s great success in shooting, the conversation turns to the case of...Source]]>2559falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remembrance--53356906Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1075304Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:09:49 +0000RicochetThe murder of Sir David Amess, MP casts a large shadow over the proceedings this week. After assessing the implications for the future we take on happier topics, starting with James’ Delingpod adventure with Laurence Fox. Speaking of Lozza, we also...Source]]>2689falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/team-james-v-team-toby--53356910Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1069661Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:23:12 +0000RicochetIt’s a Battle of Team James v Team Toby as we open up this week’s episode with Toby’s participation in the The Battle of Ideas Festival in London this past weekend. We cover Rotten Tomatoes disabling the ‘Audience Score’ button for the new...Source]]>2806falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/redacted-pitchforks--53356867Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1064567Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:30:30 +0000RicochetJames and Toby spend more time on the road than Hope and Crosby but unfortunately it’s not together. This week we’re all about James’s return to grey old England after his glorious week in Croatia and Toby’s trip to Scotland (in which he fails,...Source]]>2993falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/travels-with-delingpole--53356914Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1060475Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:59:50 +0000RicochetA midweek release for this episode as James has been on the “last holiday” with his family and comes to us from Croatia and the shores of the Adriatic. The big story this week is Britain’s fuel “crisis” and the PM’s decision to “bring in the army.”...Source]]>3140falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-persuaders--53356923Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1054367Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:10:11 +0000RicochetThe announced easing of travel restrictions between the US and citizens of the UK get us going – but our producer, “Evil Brian,” isn’t sweating it because James will still need the double-jab to show up at his front door. On the international front...Source]]>3006falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/self-checkout--53356963Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1048964Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:02:16 +0000RicochetExcuse the nationalistic pride, but James and Toby celebrate Emma Raducanu’s triumph in the U.S. Open Women’s Final but bemoan the way it was immediately politicised. But that gives way to the despair of this government’s Covid policy with passports...Source]]>2892falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-play-s-the-thing--53356915Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1044137Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:22:40 +0000RicochetWe start the week in County Durham where James travels to see Kynren, the outdoor show that’s “a romp through 2,000 years of English history from the masks of the Roman invaders to the masks of Arthurian legend to the masks of Queen Victoria. Did we...Source]]>2904falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-papers-please--53356951Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1039628Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:16:44 +0000RicochetThis week in Covid news, Michael Gove, the Minister for the Cabinet Office was recorded dancing in an Aberdeen nightclub over the weekend while the PM’s office barrels ahead in implementing its medical passport scheme, a 17-year old girl from Newport,...Source]]>3471falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-special-relationship--53356918Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1033145Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:09:23 +0000RicochetWe have a full, full plate this week. We talk about Trump’s speech in Alabama, how the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan has also deteriorated the “special relationship,” the non-stop death spiral of freedom in Australia in the name of zero-Covid...Source]]>2979falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/retreat-australia-fair--53356958Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1028075Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:45:16 +0000RicochetToby is on the road doing his “footie reporter” thing and after a quick tour of the north country, he and James widen their scope to take in the draconian measures elsewhere in the Commonwealth, namely that of Dan Andrews, the Premier of Victoria and...Source]]>3042afghanistan,australia,joe biden,new zealandtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-our-birthday-suits--53356920Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1022581Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:38:42 +0000RicochetWe’re offering up your money’s worth this week with a full hour of podcast excellence to be had. Toby and James open the show with a discussion of efficiently managing their time between work, family and devotion to “kicky-ball” teams like QPR,...Source]]>3704falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watchin-the-olympics-rowin-for-gold-take-two--53356956Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1017892Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:55:41 +0000RicochetWe cram a good 65-minute show into a half hour this week and not through editing. James explains that conundrum at the top of the program. What’s left is Covid face-licking (no, really), Lord Digby Jones in a Twitter throw down with BBC presenter Alex...Source]]>1747falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-in-the-saddle-again--53356919Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1012750Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:55:33 +0000RicochetMuch to the consternation of Team Delingpole and Team Toby, our intrepid duo are back in the saddle and riding again. Like meat and potatoes, or salt and tomatoes or the Lone Ranger and Tonto, somethings just go better together. That means there’s a...Source]]>2867falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heads-held-high--53356980Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=1002694Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:44:27 +0000RicochetDisappointing results on the pitch Sunday night as England fell to Italy on penalty kicks. Among the faithful in attendance was one Toby Young who was hangin’ with the WAGS. We get a firsthand report from Wembley. And then we, uh… tackle the “ Rainbow...Source]]>3618euro cup,football,soccerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/centre-court--53356916Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=998005Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:02:45 +0000RicochetAnother week and another “freedom date,” this time it’s July 19th, and by this time next week it might as well be the 12th of Never. England is going gaga over the success of Team England in the Euros (the Semi-final vs Denmark is Wednesday July 7)...Source]]>2749falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-catch-a-thief--53356936Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=991930Mon, 28 Jun 2021 20:24:21 +0000RicochetWe start off the week with pure thievery – Toby goes to Central London and gets his phone pinched, which meant that he missed Saturday’s march. Not that it really mattered since James had such a good time he doesn’t remember too much of it himself....Source]]>3059anti-lockdown protestsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-men-and-a-vespa--53356921Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=986959Mon, 21 Jun 2021 22:11:23 +0000RicochetMonday June 21st was supposed to be “Freedom Day” in the UK as the Covid-19 restrictions were to finally go away. Yeah, right. James and Toby reflect on the PM’s delay and look forward to a weekend of conflicting protests next Saturday as lockdown...Source]]>2640falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/know-what-the-b-stands-for--53356940Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=981403Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:56:44 +0000RicochetThe PM has announced that Covid restrictions will not end on June 21 as planned and may continue for up to four more weeks. “At a certain stage, we are going to have to learn to live with the virus and to manage it as best we can,” the prime minister...Source]]>2452falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/match-of-the-day--53356953Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=975262Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:23:35 +0000RicochetWhat in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is goin’ on around here?!? After the obligatory acknowledgement of the latest royal progeny, our intrepid duo have a take at the three biggest stories in sport this past week. First up is Ollie Robinson, a bowler...Source]]>2259covid,cricket,football,meghan and harry,rugby,soccerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/release-us-from-this-servitude--53356853Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=970001Mon, 31 May 2021 19:58:41 +0000RicochetFresh from their smash reunion tour this weekend, James and Toby recap the weekend’s anti-lockdown march that wound from Parliament Square to Toby’s doorstep. We then parse the testimony of the PM’s former “top man,” Dominic Cummings, before the...Source]]>3065falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/royalty-on-the-couch--53356926Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=964754Mon, 24 May 2021 20:18:38 +0000RicochetThis week, in an interview with Dax Shepard, Prince Harry created a stir in his new neighborhood by labeling America’s First Amendment as “bonkers.” It was but a small comment in a larger discussion of a Royal in therapy and James and Toby tackle both...Source]]>2153falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/party-at-the-young-house--53356871Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=960086Tue, 18 May 2021 19:19:08 +0000RicochetDue to the graciousness of Her Majesty’s Government, we’re starting this week with a party at the Young house! (No, not in the Young house, just at the Young house.) We talk about the BBC’s decision not to cover last Saturday’s anti-lockdown protest –...Source]]>3300boris johnson,covid,dominic cummings,laura dodsworth,lockdown,mi6,partyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/build-back-better--53356943Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=954560Mon, 10 May 2021 21:03:00 +0000RicochetThe results of the elections are in: The Tories increase their Parliamentary majority with a by-election win in Hartlepool, the SNP came up short of a majority in Scotland and Lozza lost both his race and his deposit. James and Toby have plenty of...Source]]>3270falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/global-citizens--53356973Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=949415Mon, 03 May 2021 21:13:20 +0000RicochetAfter butchering the American holiday calendar, our intrepid duo takes on the Government’s Covid calendar. Such is the nervousness of the general population, the Delingpole family went to lunch and behaved so normally they got banned from the...Source]]>3216falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-pair-of-national-treasures--53356944Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=944255Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:11:59 +0000RicochetWe start with Saturday’s anti-lockdown protest in London and the under-reporting of it by the BBC. When press does report on such events you can count on them to be generally characterized as being populated by Covid deniers, conspiracy theorists and...Source]]>3727falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-trails-and-unhappy-stadiums--53356928Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=938501Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:11:37 +0000RicochetJames hit the campaign trail with Laurence Fox this past weekend (Mmmmmm, donuts…) and now we gather to talk a little treason and try to avoid getting arrested. Toby, meanwhile attended an FA semifinal match and, between the masks and the stadium...Source]]>2311falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-vs-the-volcano--53356938Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=932933Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:10:39 +0000RicochetToday was the day to begin day drinking in the UK (at least in public.) Pubs and retail stores may resume operations but with restrictions, of course. We would be remiss not to address the loss of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of...Source]]>3539falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/classical-gas--53356946Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=927830Mon, 05 Apr 2021 21:28:38 +0000RicochetThe Easter holiday comes to an end and with it the deprivations of Lent. When will the deprivations of lockdowns go with it? James is convinced his generation is waving the white flag of surrender for traditional liberal Western values while Toby...Source]]>2883falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-monday--53356957Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=922757Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:06:14 +0000RicochetWe start the week by doing the weekly shopping with James and Toby – without masks, of course. According to the government today is “Happy Monday,” with a limited return to outdoor sport and tea in the garden with the neighbors. But that’s always “the...Source]]>3255batley grammar school,bernard cornwell,boris johnson,freddie the hammersmith seal,happy monday,jennifer acurifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-few-we-happy-few--53356947Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=918095Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:25:47 +0000RicochetJames attended this past weekend’s anti-lockdown protests in London with Reclaim mayoral candidate Laurence Fox and managed not to get arrested. But how many people were in attendance is certainly up for debate, and debate is what James and Toby do....Source]]>2701bernard cornwell,covid vaccine,emmanuel macron,king arthur,laurence fox,lockdown,protestfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-long-walk-off-a-short-piers--53356948Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=913583Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:04:16 +0000RicochetWe took a ride on the Technical Struggle Bus this week. Someone was throwing some electrical interference James’ way (we think MI-5 has finally caught up to him) and Toby was coming in a little bit hot… Apologies in advance. But content-wise we have...Source]]>2778bernard cornwell,cressida dick,good morning britain,meghan markle,metropolitan police,mumford and sons,piers morgan,sara everardfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/royal-victims--53356891Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=909356Mon, 08 Mar 2021 23:10:37 +0000RicochetWhat did you expect one day after CBS flooded our screens with Meghan and Harry and Oprah? Toby and James review the allegations, the whining and the greater themes of royal victimhood and racism. Then they’re on to Laurence Fox’s entrance and Nigel...Source]]>2027falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uriah-heep-sycophants--53356942Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=904538Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:34:03 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby are naming names. James Corden, Graham Norton, Natascha McElhone, Peter Hitchens and, of course, Harry & Meghan. Could a couples therapy be in the offing between our hosts and Oprah? We continue weaving our way through the...Source]]>2934falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-roadmap-to-where--53356964Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=899810Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:28:11 +0000RicochetCongratulations to us. We have a podcast! Last week, due to some technical problems on Toby’s end we lost not one, but two attempts at production. This week we pulled out all the stops, put several redundant systems in place and, of course, none of it...Source]]>3640falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/should-old-acquaintance-be-forgot--53356949Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=888077Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:15:18 +0000RicochetThis week James “Scorched Earth” Delingpole and Toby “Forgive and Forget” Young square off about attacking all of James’ former allies (including Dan Hannan and Chris Snowdon) and in this week’s pandemic news, is “ Zero Covid” really a workable idea?...Source]]>3099falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winning-the-virtual-debate--53356968Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=883181Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:30:23 +0000RicochetThis week James and Toby recount their doings in support of The Great Reopening… and the deeds of others, too. (Protests have erupted here, here and here.) Delingpole goes walkabout in his area of the country and comes away a bit disappointed, but...Source]]>3071falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-reset--53356899Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=877394Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:53:14 +0000RicochetOh, to be in England now that snow has come… as it wreaks havoc on the Delingpole household. Otherwise, everything is going “Great…” as in The Great Reset, The Great Reopening… The Great Revolt. There seems to be two kind of people in the world right...Source]]>3434falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everybody-hates-james-and-toby--53356955Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=871994Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:13:02 +0000RicochetJames and Toby open with a discussion of Christopher Snowden’s Quillette article on Lockdown Scepticism and the mauling the lockdown sceptic Lord Sumption has received since his appearance on The Big Questions, and Toby’s censure by the press...Source]]>322677th brigade,christopher snowdon,discovery of witches,lockdown sceptics,lord sumption,neil o'brien mp,wandavisionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-thin-ice--53356954Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=866492Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:47:22 +0000RicochetThe show takes a decidedly different tone this week as Toby and James seek to find common ground… er… a common sheet of ice in a cold, raging river of politics. 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And speaking of desolate, deadly landscapes, the Government has announced an exit deal with the European...Source]]>3114boris johnson,brexit deal,christmas presents,european union,lockdownsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-so-in-god-s-mercy-a-happy-christmas-to-you-all--53356971Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=849464Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:32:54 +0000RicochetWhat’s the old joke? Oh, yes. “How can you tell when a politician is lying?” Answer: “His lips are moving.” Boris Johnson promised is quickly becoming a joke of its own. The problem is, no one is laughing. Especially Mr. Delingpole. After a...Source]]>2715boris johnson,christmas,lock down,the great reset,tier 4falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-our-dystopian-future--53356965Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=844860Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:41:24 +0000RicochetToby is a busy, busy man. Hence it’s a London Calling Tuesday. We start this week with “The Great Reset,” aka, “Build Back Better.” Will the Technocracy have its way with us? Does the name Klaus Schwab ring any bells? James sees a dystopian future and...Source]]>2603falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talk-a-little-conspiracy--53356842Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=840312Tue, 08 Dec 2020 19:39:06 +0000RicochetJames has something he needs to get off his chest and opens the show by taking Toby, as the Americans would say, to the woodshed. As far as James is concerned journalistic curiosity is dead. Then it’s on to the major news of the day, the UK has become...Source]]>2938boris johnson,brexit negotiations,covid,free speech,us presidential election,vaccinefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-petri-dish-of-history--53356927Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=835965Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:07:31 +0000RicochetThis week, James and Toby reflect on what it’s been like to live through a year of such enormous historical importance and whether their sense of humour has helped them get through it. Who’s really on the “right side of history?” Cancel culture...Source]]>3204falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/argy-bargy--53356851Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=832538Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:23:54 +0000RicochetThis week on the UK’s Fastest Growing Podcast™ Messrs. Delingpole and Young get a little contentious. After reviewing the week’s Covid news they turn their attention to the US Presidential election and words fly. Words such as “Tesla,” “shotgun,”...Source]]>2789falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-a-short-lead--53356897Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=827119Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:29:51 +0000RicochetThere’s been a shakeup at No. 10. Adviser Dom Cummings is out, as is communications director Lee Cain. So who’s calling the shots? Boris? Carrie Symonds? Klaus Schwab? And who’s that measuring drapes? The Young house is getting a rewire (and we hope...Source]]>3235boris johnson,carrie symonds,dom cummings,lee cain,number 10falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/britain-s-best-the-deling-poll--53356960Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=822350Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:28:31 +0000RicochetJames and Toby react to the PM’s presser from late Monday afternoon as Pfizer announces a 90% success rate in their Covid-19 vaccine and ask the musical question, “Why Can’t an Englishman be More Like a German?” And then, like everyone else, our...Source]]>3350falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/place-your-bets--53356935Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=820090Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:27:30 +0000RicochetIt’s Election Day in the United States (kinda) and Toby and James discuss the bets they’ve placed on a Trump victory. On the domestic front they decry Boris Johnson’s decision to impose a second national lockdown and ridicule the idea that the UK is...Source]]>2882falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strangers-on-a-train--53356976Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=817280Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:17:43 +0000RicochetThis week our show has a bit of Hitchcockian opening as James recounts his time with Strangers on a Train. That encounter leads us to the recent Dutch study on the effectiveness of masks that seems to have been left homeless – because “science.”...Source]]>2740falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boris-nookie-ban--53357002Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=815447Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:46:33 +0000RicochetTuesday evening the PM announced that the greater Manchester area would be given the Third Tier Lockdown treatment. And for Toby and James the one thing this situation has done is highlight the divide between England and the devolved nations of the...Source]]>3108andy burnham,covid-19,gary lineker,manchester,patrick valance,sage committeee,tehran,the boys,tier three lockdownfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-not-pass-go--53356931Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=811546Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:10:28 +0000RicochetOn this week’s episode James and Toby react to the PM’s announcement of a second round of restrictions in the fight against Covid-19. There are now three levels of restrictions and – spoiler alert – there are no levels that are free from restrictions....Source]]>2384falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-grim-up-north--53356979Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=808320Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:01:34 +0000RicochetThis week on the UK’s Fastest Growing Podcast® James and Toby ruminate about the relationship between the English and the Scots and lament what the SNP has done to it – and that’s just the beginning of a very full show. What does Donald Trump’s Covid...Source]]>2538amnesty international,big tech,boris johnson,care homes,covid-19,donald trump,scotland,tom bowerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lockdown-madness--53356981Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=806513Mon, 28 Sep 2020 22:09:56 +0000RicochetJames attended Saturday’s anti-lockdown march in Trafalgar Square and tells Toby about the aggressive behavior of the riot police. The government’s contact tracing app turns out to be a real abomination and university students are now paying for the...Source]]>2702covid-19,laurence fox,scotland,tehran,the boys,trafalgar square protests,uk,universityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-end-of-an-illusion--53357012Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=804623Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:39:42 +0000RicochetThis morning in the House, the Prime Minister announced the re-imposition of the lockdown rules in England to avoid what he says is a looming second wave of Covid-19. Now, Toby and James wonder where it all went wrong with Boris and curse themselves...Source]]>2783falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-obi-wankers--53356858Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=802552Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:49:34 +0000RicochetThis year is like living in a zombie movie. Except it’s worse, because the zombies are running the country. Or maybe it’s The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, because someone has even taken over the usually reliable Home Secretary, Priti Patel, and...Source]]>249090s rock bands,cobra kai,covid-19,johnny mercer mp,pitt rivers museum,priti patel,the rule of sixfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anti-establishment-rebels--53356992Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=800873Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:33:10 +0000RicochetReady for the Second Wave of Covid? The one that may never come? After our weekly update from the Lockdown-Sceptic-in-Chief, James and Toby ridicule the idea that Extinction Rebellion and Black Lives Matter protestors are street-fighting, working...Source]]>2550black lives matter,cobra kai,covid-19,extinction rebellion,lockdown sceptics,the boysfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/embarrassing-dads--53356932Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=797979Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:46:35 +0000RicochetJames and Toby have officially passed the hero stage with their kids and are firmly entrenched as “the embarrassment.” The Delingpole lad thinks James is nothing more than a dancing monkey performing for his Twitter followers, while Toby reveals his...Source]]>2186adele,greece,lockdown,london,piers corbyn,protest,ted lassofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fool-brittania--53357014Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=795465Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:23:11 +0000RicochetThis week James reports in from an undisclosed location (his evil genius lair, no doubt) and he and Toby review the week’s doings, from the latest on the Covid lockdowns to the foolishness of the multi-culti wokeness of the BBC and their plans for...Source]]>2892australia,bbc,boris johnson,covid-19,donald trump,face masks,greyhound,jenny harries,joe biden,kamala harris,land of hope and glory,proms,rule brittania,tom hanks,victoriafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sophisticated-lab-rats--53356983Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=793063Mon, 17 Aug 2020 18:59:57 +0000RicochetEighty years ago the United Kingdom and her Commonwealth stood alone against fascist tyranny – defiant and resolved to preserve their liberty. Now, all across the Anglosphere the citizenry is meekly abiding by all sorts of arbitrary and capricious...Source]]>2461boris johnson,cge a levels,covid,jacinda arden,new zealand,uk,yellowstonefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-to-school--53356962Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=790971Mon, 10 Aug 2020 20:26:22 +0000RicochetThe time for the fall term is quickly bearing down on us and James and Toby are itching to get kids back in the classroom. But others aren’t so sure. Said the Prime Minister this weekend, “Now that we know enough to reopen schools to all pupils...Source]]>2731falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mea-culpa--53357000Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=789156Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:37:28 +0000RicochetAbout yesterday… We didn’t exactly miss our Monday record date, we just missed Toby pushing the record button. Stuff happens. But we’re back for another go. And go we do. It’s not just a missed recording that James and Toby apologise for this week,...Source]]>2635falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shagadelic-unmasked-heroes--53357055Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=783328Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:45:28 +0000RicochetEveryone is back at their home base this week (barely) and James braves his way through the podcast, ignoring the terrific pain from the torn muscle in his shoulder. Toby wraps up his trip and recounts the procedure of getting the family home from...Source]]>2870falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/veni-vidi-venice--53356972Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=780953Mon, 20 Jul 2020 21:30:14 +0000RicochetThe view from the Young villa in Italy. This week on the UK’s Favorite Podcast (well, in the Top 100, anyway…) Toby calls in from Italy (complete with kids and traffic) where he tells James about his trip to Venice, which has been great because it’s...Source]]>3122falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-royal-orders--53356870Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=778691Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:22:23 +0000RicochetJames is back from holiday and has some suggestions for the Royal family: First, we need a new Order of Knighthood. Second, Harry has sent us all a hostage video and it may be time for an extraction. Exactly what is Meghan’s hold over the Prince?...Source]]>2564falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-founders-lives-matter--53357004Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=776534Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:33:13 +0000RicochetJames was a bit jealous of Toby’s Covid-19 antibody test results last week, so he went to get his own – and that was after dropping more than a few quid on one just a couple months ago. But the results were so important James interrupted his holiday...Source]]>2732falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-men-don-t-matter--53357009Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=774081Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:17:17 +0000RicochetAfter a proper chastising for not being available until Wednesday of last week, Toby redeems himself through his work for the Free Speech Union – and the exoneration of an Isle of Man broadcaster. In the heart of this week’s discussion James and Toby...Source]]>2989falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boris-derangement-syndrome--53356967Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=772254Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:56:47 +0000RicochetJames and Toby begin the show with the Free Speech Union‘s legal action yesterday against Ofcom (the UK equivalent of the FCC), and their decision to go after anyone that contradicts or questions the government on its Covid-19 policy. But the main...Source]]>2989falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/come-the-revolution--53357007Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=769264Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:39:50 +0000RicochetBack before the election in December James and Toby worried about their fate under a Corbyn Government. Now the Cultural Revolution is back with a vengeance and the worries return, particularly if more left-wing college graduates lose their jobs....Source]]>1893black lives matter,boris johnson,covid-19,protests,united kingdomfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lawlessness-with-a-wink-and-a-smile--53357003Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=766411Mon, 08 Jun 2020 21:14:14 +0000RicochetToby and James were appalled by what they witnessed this weekend: Journalists applauding the mob that tore down Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol and the police that let them do it and excused them afterwards. What’s next? Hadrian’s Wall? Also, they...Source]]>1719falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kim-jong-nicola--53357005Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=763457Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:38:34 +0000RicochetIs Scotland Becoming North Korea? James and Toby discuss the latest authoritarian announcements of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon – or, as Toby prefers to call her, Nic Sturge-un. Also on the agenda: Is it now illegal to have sex in England?...Source]]>2197covid-19,nicola sturgeon,ukfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cummings-not-going--53357025Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=761351Mon, 25 May 2020 21:56:51 +0000RicochetNot long after breaking lockdown forced Neil Ferguson, the Imperial College boffin behind the Covid-19 death model, to be bounced from advising Number 10, the PM’s closest advisor, Dominic Cummings, was found straying from London himself. Now, James...Source]]>3190falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-me-your-papers--53356984Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=758863Mon, 18 May 2020 20:24:15 +0000RicochetThis week the British bed-wetters are doubling down on the lockdown and Toby and James are thinking abut forming a new political party called the Dangerous Party for people who are pro-risk. Speaking of risk, the lads lead off with a recount of James’...Source]]>2977arrests,covid-19,culture,economy,hyde park protests,lockdowns,the guardian,ukfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/low-hanging-fruit--53356945Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=756384Mon, 11 May 2020 19:59:42 +0000RicochetThe American wit Will Rogers once said, “All I know is what I read in the papers.” And as far as James and Toby are concerned, ol’ Will wouldn’t have known anything about the state of the world today. Why is the mainstream media missing so much during...Source]]>2387covid-19,germany,lockdown,sweden,uk,united statesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/professor-lockdown-the-shagadelic-emergency-edition--53357006Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=754599Wed, 06 May 2020 19:47:50 +0000RicochetRight after we wrapped production on our last episode The Telegraph broke the story of the scandal that’s rocked the British Establishment: Professor Neil Ferguson, architect of the lockdown policy, resigned after being caught with his pants down with...Source]]>1428corona virus,imperial college,lockdown,neil ferguson,ukfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/place-your-bets--53356988Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=754309Tue, 05 May 2020 22:15:52 +0000RicochetAs other countries and individual American States open up, Toby laments that his opposition to the lockdown, and his new website, LockdownSceptics.org, is gradually taking over his life. After a promising start with Brexit, James is starting to...Source]]>2741boris johnson,covid-19,lockdown,modeling,ukfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/georgia-on-my-mind--53356930Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=751778Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:02:17 +0000RicochetThe longer the lockdown, the higher the skepticism, especially here on the United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast®. James and Toby kick off the week with another worldwide rundown of pandemic life – who’s opening up and who’s not – and the PM’s...Source]]>2855falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bojo-mojo-good-to-go--53357010Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=749137Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:41:05 +0000RicochetWe open this episode with Toby’s work on lockdownskeptics.org and whether or not the faith we’ve placed in our scientific experts is well founded or not. Will BoJo – that’s Boris Johnson to you and me – recover his Mojo and end the lockdown or will he...Source]]>2998falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boris-has-risen-glory-to-the-nhs--53357013Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=746765Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:11:11 +0000RicochetToby and James celebrate the resurrection of their old chum Boris Johnson. But there are worries. Will his near-death experience make it harder for him to end the lockdown? And are there any hopes for NHS reform after this? Then there’s our usual...Source]]>2518falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/get-well-soon-prime-minister--53357018Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=744153Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:29:39 +0000RicochetToby’s New Puppy James and Toby send their love to their old chum Boris, now in intensive care, and worry about the decisions the Government will take in his absence. Toby shares his new Twitter strategy and then it’s on to their usual culture reviews...Source]]>2336falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-long-have-i-got-doc--53356990Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=737523Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:30:27 +0000RicochetToby reveals that he’s every man the PM is – he’s sick as a dog, too. He may not make it to next week but he still wants the lockdown to end, especially in light of the way the local constabularies have reacted to the government’s directives. What’s...Source]]>3144falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peter-hitchens-liberty-in-the-age-of-covid-19--53357020Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=736272Fri, 27 Mar 2020 00:57:41 +0000RicochetOn March 21st, in his Daily Mail column, Peter Hitchens asked the unaskable: Is shutting down Britain – with unprecedented curbs on ancient liberties – REALLY the best answer? “This is our future,” he wrote, “and if I did not lift my voice to speak up...Source]]>2705falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-metre-minimum--53357016Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=734712Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:13:52 +0000RicochetWe are being responsible and maintaining our distance this week as Toby and James say the unsayable and wonder if shutting down the global economy will be worth it in terms of lives saved. Also, the Stasi-like tendencies of the Twitter social...Source]]>2790falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-corona--53357023Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=732536Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:56:46 +0000RicochetOn this week’s edition of the United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast®, our men revisit the COVID-19 Panic Scale from last week and find a reversal of circumstances (primarily because James thinks he’s already had it.) Compared to how other nations have...Source]]>2212corona virus,covid-19falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-panic-scale--53357024Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=729861Tue, 10 Mar 2020 19:18:24 +0000RicochetOn a scale of how worried to be about Coronavirus, Toby is on three, but James is on eight. In fact, James thinks he’s got it. As of publication there’s been 373 confirmed cases in the UK and 6 confirmed deaths. Also on the agenda: Britain’s...Source]]>2655coronavirus,free speech,green movement,max von sydowfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boris-baby--53357034Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=727176Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:36:55 +0000RicochetThe Prime Minister’s partner Carrie Symonds is pregnant and the couple have got engaged, they have announced. This week on the ever-popular, growing by leaps and bounds, London Calling, James sneaks off to Bristol where he goes undercover disguised as...Source]]>1668antifa,baby,bistol,boris johnson,greta thunberg,prime minister,weddingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-viral--53357019Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=725942Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:43:30 +0000RicochetOn this week’s edition of the United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast®, a house-bound James and enthusiastic Toby talk about the Coronavirus pandemic (and… shhhhh…. a little insider trading), compare Bernie Sanders to outgoing Labour leader Jeremy...Source]]>2632bernie sanders,corona virus,free speeh union,hunters,jeremy corbyn,locke and keyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-emergency-room--53357041Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=723630Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:47:17 +0000RicochetOn this week’s edition of the United Kingdom’s Fastest Growing and Most Trusted Podcast®, James discusses with Toby his and his daughter’s adventures with the NHS in the A&E of his local hospital (that’s an ER for you Yanks), as well as the...Source]]>2846cabinet reshuffle,corona virus,extinction rebellion,nhsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-up-guys--53357021Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=722287Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:43:51 +0000RicochetSay what you want about our intrepid podcasters but they are real stand up guys. For Toby, he’s fresh from his smash debut as a stand up comic, for James… well, he’s lucky just to be standing up, having spent the last couple of days battling what he’s...Source]]>2605bbc,boris johnson,comedy,greta thunberg,oscars,stand-upfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sealed-with-a-kiss--53356974Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=719654Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:00:41 +0000RicochetIn the first true Brexit Era outing, James and Toby talk about their recreation of the famous VJ-Day kiss in London, as well as the BBC’s woeful coverage of the Brexit celebrations. Then it’s off to Boris’s ‘Green Conservatism,’ Prince William’s...Source]]>2680baftas,brexit,green conservatismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-brexit-day--53356977Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=718208Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:57:24 +0000RicochetIt’s short but it’s oh, so sweet. James and Toby are together in London to celebrate the United Kingdom officially ending their time in the European Union. Raise a glass boys! https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/happy-brexit-day/Source]]>1010falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brexit-wah-wah-way--53357027Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=716714Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:17:20 +0000RicochetJames and Toby need to be careful on this week’s edition of the United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® because someone may be listening in… Yeah, we know, that’s the point. 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They...Source]]>2240falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/johnny-the-house-elf--53357037Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=673421Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:44:01 +0000RicochetOn this edition of the United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® James and Toby lament the latest news from the House of Commons and the actions of the Speaker of the House, AKA, Johnny the House Elf. And then because we are Ricochet, our gents submit to...Source]]>2073falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-empire-are-the-good-guys--53357036Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=672318Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:50:04 +0000RicochetFor the second time in a week, James Delingpole and Toby Young take to the microphones to keep us up to date on the latest machinations of the Remainers and the state of Brexit with a special edition of London Calling. Is this a moment of reckoning...Source]]>2247falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/losing-control-of-the-house--53357042Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=671059Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:15:56 +0000RicochetOn Tuesday, during a speech by the Prime Minister, Tory MP Phillip Lee walked across the floor of the Commons and joined the Liberal Democrats. Boris Johnson’s working majority in the House has been reduced from one to zero. 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James and Toby rap about the latest predictions of the Brexit doomsayers: Operation Yellowhammer....Source]]>1963falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-s-the-beef--53357050Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=662250Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:40:08 +0000RicochetHalf of the United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® originates in America this week where Toby is taking in the sun and the thunderstorms of South Florida. But there’s plenty of foolishness in the Mother Country to keep them occupied, from a university...Source]]>1860falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guns-and-political-ammo--53357035Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=659767Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:42:46 +0000RicochetFirst up this week on The United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® James and Toby turn their eyes towards America and the shootings in El Paso and Dayton and the role, if any, that the rhetoric of the Left and Right contributes to the problem. Then they...Source]]>1730falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-princess-meghan-bring-down-britain-s-monarchy--53357049Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=657825Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:34:32 +0000RicochetThis week on The United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® James and Toby discuss the public relations catastrophe that is the September issue of British Vogue, guest-edited by Meghan Markle. Then the duo wax their bottoms and take a side trip to Love...Source]]>1848falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-boris-britain-s-trump--53356950Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=655797Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:51:33 +0000RicochetThis week there was the Changing of the Guard at Buck House, and no, we’re not talking about the guys in the big furry hats. Mrs. May offered her resignation to Her Majesty the Queen and Boris Johnson has been asked to form a new government. James and...Source]]>3079falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tweets-and-free-passes--53357063Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=652791Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:53:55 +0000RicochetJames and Toby do a deep dive into the Trump Tweet on the Socialist Squad in the House during this week’s installment of The United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast®, followed by a rousing discussion of Scarlet Johansson’s “controversial” remarks on...Source]]>3038falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-british-ambassador-and-the-blond--53357065Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=637990Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:41:50 +0000RicochetThis week on The United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® James and Toby talk about the resignation of Britain’s ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, after Boris Johnson refused to back him, as well as Big Little Lies, The Little Drummer Girl and...Source]]>1964falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-real-fascists--53357061Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=636345Wed, 03 Jul 2019 21:57:58 +0000RicochetThis week on The United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® James Delingpole and Toby Young turn the spotlight on us and the unchecked Antifa gangs beating up people in the streets of Portland, Oregon. Then James wanders into the 2019 Glastonbury Festival...Source]]>2987falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dime-store-stasi-try-to-take-out-boris-johnson--53357084Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=634070Mon, 24 Jun 2019 20:26:39 +0000RicochetThis week on The United Kingdom’s Most Trusted Podcast® James Delingpole and Toby Young discuss the ongoing saga of the Tory Leadership race and whether or not the front-running Boris Johnson has been doomed because of a minor row with his girlfriend....Source]]>2911falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e4-yes-prime-minister--53357017Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=632075Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:32:56 +0000RicochetThis week, our intrepid correspondents from across the pond take on the increasingly controversial race for Prime Minister in the U.K. (including a few thoughts about long shot Rory Stewart). Also, Parkland survivor Kyle Kushov is un-admitted to...Source]]>3734false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e3-a-powerful-drug--53356995Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=630293Mon, 10 Jun 2019 22:11:12 +0000RicochetWith Theresa May’s resignation the Tories are in the midst of a leadership campaign. The winner becomes the next Prime Minister and faces the challenges of Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, a resurgent Liberal Democrats and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. Throw in...Source]]>2191false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e2-trump-s-state-visit-and-other-nuclear-meltdowns--53357008Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=628894Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:40:20 +0000RicochetJames and Toby discuss Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, then turn to HBO’s Chernobyl. Thanks for listening and don’t forget: Keep Calm and Subscribe....Source]]>3538false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e1-the-centre-cannot-hold--53357054Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=626580Mon, 27 May 2019 23:12:48 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole and Toby Young discuss the resignation of Theresa May and the disastrous showing for Britain’s two main political parties in the European elections. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/the-centre-cannot-hold/Source]]>3062false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-detail-we-can-t-remember--53356994Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=624731Tue, 21 May 2019 17:39:27 +0000RicochetWe have finally reached the end of the Game of Thrones saga, ie; A Song of Ice and Fire. James and Toby break down the final episode and give some thoughts on the series as well. 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They break down all the mistake,...Source]]>1671false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e3-the-battle-of-winterfell--53357015Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=618400Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:49:28 +0000RicochetThe Battle of Winterfell is now in the (alt) history books and James Delingpole and Toby Young are here to break it all down for you. Who survived, who died, who was smart, who was dumb, and some predictions for next week and the ultimate end of the...Source]]>2182false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e2-the-things-we-do-for-love--53357022Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=616410Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:47:36 +0000RicochetThe second Game of Thrones episode has been controversially received, which is exactly why we need Delingpole and Young to break it down for us. Brianne and Jamie, Dany and Jon, Arya and the blacksmith dude — they all have to be explained. Also, who...Source]]>2143false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e1-get-the-name-right-chaps--53357033Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=614562Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:30:01 +0000RicochetThe new and final season of Game of Thrones began this past Sunday and that means James Delingpole and Toby Young must reconvene to tell us what happened, what will happen, and what it all means. And they’ll do that right after they figure out what...Source]]>2112false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e7-ice-breathing-dragon--53357058Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=451818Mon, 28 Aug 2017 22:41:11 +0000RicochetJame Delingpole and Toby Young discuss their thoughts on the last episode of the season and wonder what’s in store for the last season of the show coming in two years?! https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/ice-breathing-dragon/Source]]>2331false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e6-game-of-walking-dead--53357062Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=450184Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:22:10 +0000RicochetWith only one more episode left in the season, Toby Young and James Delingpole go deep on this week’s episode, including and in depth discussion of who is the most desirable (not the word they used) character on the show? Tune in to hear the final...Source]]>1479false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e5-no-lawyers-in-westeros--53357069Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=448576Mon, 14 Aug 2017 23:52:57 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole is back from holiday and Toby Young is puzzled at the lack of law schools grads in the Game of Thrones universe. Also, is Jon Snow not a bastard? Listen in to find out. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/no-lawyers-westeros/Source]]>1731false5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e4-bend-the-knee--53357053Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=447271Tue, 08 Aug 2017 22:37:50 +0000RicochetJohn Podhoretz sits in for James Delingpole as he and Toby deconstruct this week’s episode as the season draw ever nearer to the series conclusion. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/bend-the-knee/Source]]>2397false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e3-fire-and-ice-meet-at-last--53357067Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=445633Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:28:25 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole and Toby Young to some quick takes on this week’s GoT, including the new hot couple of Waters: Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/fire-ice-meet-last/Source]]>918false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e2-can-a-crossbow-kill-a-dragon--53357070Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=444393Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:38:22 +0000RicochetToby Young and James Delingpole return to dissect the second episode of Game of Thrones. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? Take a sword to them in the comments. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/can-crossbow-kill-dragon/Source]]>2031false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e1-no-more-sheeran--53357071Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=443208Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:37:05 +0000RicochetA new Game of Thrones season has begun and guide you through all of the plot lines, we’ve reassembled our intrepid team of GoT experts, James Delingpole and Toby Young. This week, Jon Snow becomes a leader, Sansa is the power behind the Throne, Arya...Source]]>1760false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e22-the-red-meat-man--53357057Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=379841Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:31:35 +0000RicochetIn Episode 22 of London Calling, our hosts talk about what Toby considers to be Trump’s meltdown and James reckons is a minor blip. Then they discuss the Remoaners – all the Euroweenies who were thwarted in the EU Referendum vote and have been...Source]]>2171false22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e21-the-secret-vegetarian--53356959Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=378108Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:35:47 +0000RicochetIn which Toby actually visits James at his country seat for a special Conservative party conference edition of London Calling. They share their excitement about the good thing about new Prime Minister Theresa May – she’s finally going to make Brexit...Source]]>1612false21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e20-the-stepford-president--53357068Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=376208Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:19:03 +0000RicochetJames and Toby discuss the Hillary/Trump debate and are mildly surprised to find themselves in agreement with one another. At least briefly. Trump, says his closet admirer James, was like a punch-drunk boxer, while Hillary was sharp, well-briefed,...Source]]>1152false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e19-stranger-things--53357060Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=374878Wed, 21 Sep 2016 22:00:34 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole and Toby Young call in from London (yes, the name has persevered) to discuss the goings on in the Labour Party, Gazza, and Netflix’s Stranger Things. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/stranger-things-2/Source]]>1957false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e18-soundcast--53357066Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=372787Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:53:10 +0000RicochetThe show formerly known as London Calling is now called SoundCast with Delingpole and Young. We’ll let Toby and James tell you why.Thuis week’s Teresa May’s new education proposal, the prospect of a new general election in the near future, a Brexit...Source]]>2369false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e17-burkinis--53357073Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=369377Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:33:08 +0000RicochetThis week, Jame Delingpole and Toby Young chat about their recent summer holidays, the kerfuffle over Burkinis, Margaret Thatcher’s last victory, and some frank talk on gender equality. https://ricochet.com/podcast/london-calling/burkinis/Source]]>2344false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e17-gold-medal--53357074Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=364579Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:40:37 +0000RicochetThis week, look get a glimpse of the Olympics from a perspective across the Atlantic as James Delingpole and Toby Young discuss the summer games, A Brit visits the RNC, why there wont be a Brexit recount, and our election as it looks from folks who...Source]]>1390false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e16-lord-delingpole--53357077Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=361956Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:26:26 +0000RicochetThis week, our intrepid correspondents from across the pond (That’s James Delingpole and Toby Young) discuss British food versus the Continent, a report from the Port Elliot Literary Festival, Suicide Squad’s place in the pantheon of super hero...Source]]>2290false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e15-ghostbusted--53357080Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=358502Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:59:22 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole makes it through customs to join Toby Young to chat about the continuing fallout from the Brexit vote, the view of the RNC from across the pond, the some thoughts about Milo Yiannopoulos’s banishment from Twitter....Source]]>3126false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e14-game-of-threxit--53357056Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=347875Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:14:02 +0000RicochetFor some of you, the best news you’ll hear all week is that Game of Thrones has concluded the season. But not before James Delingpole and Toby Young (joined by Tom Meyer) wrap up the season with some expert analysis and explanation of what transpired....Source]]>2126false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e13-independence-day--53357064Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=346013Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:50:05 +0000RicochetLive from across the pond (well, almost live) our own James Delingpole and Toby Young analyze and celebrate the vote to exit the European Union, which they both correctly predicted several weeks ago. They cover the implications for Britain and what it...Source]]>1035false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e12-dating-supermodels--53357001Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=341848Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:44:24 +0000RicochetSummer is coming for James Delingpole and Toby Young is they contemplate with lust and glee the possibility that Britain may actually leave the European Union. Gove for Prime Minister! Also: Thrones – how did Arya survive that stabbing and who exactly...Source]]>3032false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e11-london-calling-11-hold-the-door--53357078Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=338333Wed, 25 May 2016 19:32:05 +0000RicochetWhile waiting for Toby, James discusses last Sunday’s shocking episode of Game of Thrones with Ricochet editor Tom Meyer (spoilers). Toby joins them a few minutes in for more commentary on the show, before James and Toby turn their attention to...Source]]>2949false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e10-london-calling-10-thrones-and-brexit--53357039Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=336430Wed, 18 May 2016 00:46:17 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole and Toby Young return for another ThroneCast to recap this week’s episode, and after last’s weeks comments, this week they’ve brought an actual expert to help them parse the Snows from the Starks: Ricochet’s own resident ThroneHead,...Source]]>2884false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e9-london-calling-thronecast-3--53356888Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=334852Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00:31 +0000RicochetToby Young and James Delingpole are back with another deep dive into this week’s episode of “Game of Thrones.” As usual, MAJOR SPOILERS in this podcast, so if you have not watched episode three, you probably don’t want to listen to this podcast — yet....Source]]>1277false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e8-london-calling-8-thronecast--53356913Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=332893Wed, 04 May 2016 15:00:23 +0000RicochetWhile the real world is seemingly falling apart, James Delingpole and Toby Young wisely turn their attention to the fictional world of Game Of Thrones to discuss the events of this week’s episode. And yes, MAJOR SPOILERS contained in this podcast, so...Source]]>944false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e7-london-calling-the-throne-returns--53357081Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=331835Sat, 30 Apr 2016 05:00:56 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole and Toby are so excited that HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has returned, they insisted on recording a podcast this week to discuss (and have pledged to record a new podcast weekly for the duration of the season). In addition to the...Source]]>1616false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e6-london-calling-tolerating-the-intolerable--53357083Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=328581Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:23:39 +0000RicochetLike most European countries, Britain is dealing with an immigration crisis. Today, James Delingpole and Toby Young ponder how much British schools should integrate their Muslim students. It’s a fascinating discussion and may well be a harbinger of...Source]]>2725false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e5-london-calling-ancient-stones--53357082Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=326735Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:34:36 +0000RicochetWhen London Calls, we always answer promptly in order to hear exactly what James Delingpole and Toby Young are talking about. This week, the Panama Papers, Ian Cameron, and The Guardian. Also, the Delingpole family encounters David Cameron on a...Source]]>2179false5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e4-london-calling-4-free-traders--53357048Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=322020Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:35:12 +0000RicochetThis week, James Delingpole and Toby Young provide another across-the-pond perspective on the James’ continuing convalescence, the American primaries, whether or not a female President help stoke the moderation of Islamic culture, anti-Semitism on the...Source]]>2698false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e3-london-calling-3-the-brexit--53357052Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=317307Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:17:24 +0000RicochetThe convalescing James Delingpole and the always chipper Toby Young reunite for another edition of London Calling, their audio romp through all things politics and culture from a decidedly British perspective. This week, James recounts his injury and...Source]]>3216false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e2-london-calling-2--53357051Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=302068Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:07:01 +0000RicochetJames Delingpole and Toby Young are back with another trot through the movies, TV, and other cultural artifacts they deem worth their attention. This week, they take on The Big Short, Black Mass, middle aged dudes and popular music, the British view...Source]]>1668false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e1-london-calling-1--53357079Source]]>https://ricochet.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=292915Fri, 06 Nov 2015 23:34:01 +0000RicochetWelcome to the first edition of a new podcast featuring James Delingpole and Toby Young. We’ll be producing this show on a monthly basis (more frequently if it catches on). In this premiere episode, James and Toby discuss Spectre, the new James Bond...Source]]>2468false1full