Podcast appearances and mentions of Gareth Roberts

Spirit of Shankly member Gareth Roberts spoke to Sam Millne about how the supporters' union is approaching the investment of 1892 Holdings.FSG's ownership was also discussed, as was the ideal nature of Liverpool's future and how supporters can ensure the club remains theirs.

After a bore draw that won't live long in the memory, Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart talk about the game against Fulham, the reaction and Spurs tomorrow in the League Cup at Anfield.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Liverpool made it two wins on the spin with a 2-1 comeback victory over Atlético Madrid at Anfield. Gareth Roberts and Stu Wright discuss Liverpool's response to going behind, Andoni Iraola admitting he was caught out tactically, big performances from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister, Bradley Barcola's first start, Ronald Araújo's growing influence and the latest signs from Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak. Also on the agenda: a look ahead to Saturday's game against Fulham, Henry Winter's response to Gareth's viral Overlap clip, and the growing concerns about how Premier League clubs are treating season-ticket holders.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

With the transfer window closed, Gareth Roberts, Stu Wright, Mo Stewart and Paul Cope assess Liverpool's squad, the business done and the gaps that remain.Also on the agenda: the early signs under Andoni Iraola, Liverpool's defensive problems, the route back to the top and Friday night's trip to Ipswich Town.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Bradley Barcola is a Liverpool player but The Reds' squad still looks way short with only a day left in the summer transfer market. So what is Richard Hughes doing? What should he be doing? And what did the Nottingham Forest draw at Anfield tell us about where Liverpool are at? Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart get into it all.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Welcome to the first Midweek Sports Special in the studio from The Late Challenge. Gareth Roberts and Stu Wright get stuck into the latest Liverpool FC talking points, including Bradley Barcola, what the numbers tell us about the French winger and what his arrival could mean for the rest of the squad. We also look at some of the increasingly wild verdicts on Alexander Isak. Is he really injury prone? Can he actually “string games together”? And is anyone remotely justified in writing him off after such a small sample in a Liverpool shirt? There's more transfer chat too, including Gakpo, Elliott, Minteh, Sarr and Alex Scott, before attention turns to Iraola's first Prem match at Anfield. What should Liverpool change after Newcastle? How dangerous could Oliver Glasner's Forest be? And where is the hope-ometer heading as the new season gets properly underway? Midweek Sports Special will initially be available free before becoming an extra show for Patreon subscribers and YouTube members. You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Liverpool legend John Barnes joins Mo Stewart and Gareth Roberts for an in-depth and wide-ranging chat.Barnes discusses his new podcast, Defend and Attack, remembers the great Kevin Keegan, reveals his favourite goal in a Liverpool shirt and lifts the lid on what training was really like at LFC back in the day.He also gets into the differences between how fans see football and how players and pundits see the game, life after playing, how football has changed, Liverpool then and now, and much more besides.A proper natter with one of the greatest players ever to wear the red shirt.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Women's History Series, #2 of 4. In 1590, the king of Scotland fomented a witch hunt in North Berwick, implicating as many as 200 people, convicting 70, and executing as many as 50. He participated in the “questioning” of the accused, tearing confessions of treason and weather magic from their trembling lips. He sent those whom he “believed” conspired against him to their deaths. Why? Reading his witch-hunting treatise, Demonologie, one might assume it was because he feared the threat that magic-users posed to his country. But perhaps the shrewd and savvy king had other, more earthly reasons to stir up a panic that destroyed those who moved against him. Bibliography Katherine Brice, The Early Stuarts 1603–1640 (1994) Ed. Julian Goodare, The Scottish Witch-hunt in Context (Manchester University Press, 2002).  Julian Goodare, “Frameworks for Scottish Witch Hunting in the 1590s,” The Scottish Historical Review Oct 2002) Julian Goodare, “Witchcraft in Scotland,” The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America, ed. Brian Levack, 300-317 Christina Larner, Enemies of God (1981) Brian Levack, “State Building and Witch Hunting in Early Modern England,” in Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (2010) 213-226 Lawrence Normand and Gareth Roberts, Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland, Tamara Wallace, “The Witch-Finder King: A Study of James I of England and his Relationship to Witchcraft,” Undergraduate Thesis, University of Victoria (2023) Liv Helene Willumsen, “WITCHCRAFT AGAINST ROYAL DANISH SHIPS IN 1589 AND THE TRANSNATIONAL TRANSFER OF IDEAS,” IRSS 45 (2020) Jenny Wormald, “The Witches, the Devil, and the King,” in Freedom and Authority: Scotland c. 1050-1650 (2000) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

„Glaub mir, so wie Doctor Who momentan dasteht, wird das nicht passieren. Das ist kein Sprungbrett mehr momentan.“ Es geht auf unser 20. Jubiläum zu, und bekanntlich werfen große Ereignisse ihre Schatten voraus. In diesem Fall jedoch nicht nur Schatten, sondern auch einige alte (Ur-)Steine des Anstoßes: Raphael begrüßt – als hätten wir die 2010er nie hinter uns gelassen – die beiden Ur-Whocaster Kolja und Harald zum gemütlichen Plausch über das Ende der aktuellen Doctor-Who-Ära und Gareth Roberts‘ Liste zur Rettung der Serie. Außerdem gibt es weitere Gastankündigungen für die TimeLash. Des Weiteren möchten wir auch an dieser Stelle noch einmal auf unsere Jubiläumssendung hinweisen, die live auf Twitch stattfinden wird. Nähere Informationen findet ihr hier: https://www.whocast.de/20-jahre-whocast/ Und dank einer Zusage, die wir erst in der Nacht nach der Aufnahme dieser Folge erhalten haben, möchten wir ausdrücklich darauf hinweisen: Manche könnten sich später ärgern, wenn sie nicht in irgendeiner Form daran partizipieren. Mehr dazu in den kommenden Tagen. Gareth Roberts 20 Punkte Plan, um Doctor Who zu retten im Spectator: https://spectator.com/article/twenty-ways-to-fix-doctor-who/

Gareth Roberts is joined by Paul Cope, Stu Wright and Brian Nash to talk the sacking of Slot, the appointment of Iraola and how the future looks for Liverpool. With huge thanks to Paul's Bar, St John's Road Waterloo

In this edition of the The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about The One Doctor by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman, released in December 2001 – the twenty seventh in Big Finish’s Main Range! Listening instructions are very straightforward – Buy The One Doctor from Big Finish Productions for just a few pounds (if you don’t own it already of course!) Listen to it! Join us in the Echo Chamber, listen to what we thought and join in the discussion! Enjoy the show!

Først slo de oss på straffe i Community Shield, sa nektet de å selge oss en ny stopper, så påførte de oss sesongens første Premier League tap, så knuste de oss 3-0 på Anfield i ligacupen. Denne sesongen har Crystal Palace vært en konstant gledesdreper, og lørdag er de motstander igjen, midt i innspurten om en plass i Champions League neste sesong! I Liverpool.no Pausepraten har Arve Vassbotten med seg Mari Lunde og Jens Bessesen for å snakke om jakten på topp 5, Ibrahima Konates nye kontrakt, Freddie Woodman, som nok får sin debut fra start i Premier League for Liverpool, spillerne Liverpool kobles til og trenger i sommer og er Alisson på vei bort? Kapitlene 00:00 Intro01:09 Sesongens utfordringer med Crystal Palace05:38 Palace-gutten Freddie Woodman i mål fra start10:48 Mannen bak man age sparket, og en ny konkurrent om topp 515:49 Arsenal har mistet ledelsen i Premier League18:50 Har meningene endret seg om Liverpool og Arne Slot de siste ukene19:21 Curtis Jones splitter fansen22:42 Litt mer om Slots posisjon24:22 Hvem skal spille høyreback mot Palace - og hva gjør man med høyrebacken i sommer?27:09 Laguttaket mot Crystal Palace. Alexander Isak fortsatt fra start?29:38 Konate nærmer seg ny kontrakt. Er det gode nyheter?32:21 Hvordan skal vi tolke det Ibrahima Konate sa om kontraktsforhandlingene?35:16 Hvis Konate signerer, er vi da godt nok rustet på stopperplass neste sesong?37:14 Hvilke plasser bør forsterkes til sommeren?41:04 Yan Diomande og Bazoumana Touré42:52 En spennende gresk venstreback på vei tilbake43:24 Alisson Becker og koblingen til Juventus47:22 Supporterprotestene trappes opp med gult kort49:33 En prat med Gareth Roberts fra Spirit of Shankly (SOS) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth Roberts is joined by Stu Wright to discuss Liverpool getting back on track against Fulham at Anfield and all other happenings in the world of The Reds from protests, to Robbo leaving to PSG up next.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Chris Pajak is joined by Gareth Roberts of Spirit of Shankly to discuss upcoming protests planned for Liverpool vs Fulham at Anfield, in regards to LFC ticket price rises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart reflect on the shitshow at Man City and the daunting prospect of PSG away. The big question is: Just what are Liverpool right now and where is the club heading? You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

With Liverpool announcing earlier today that they are increasing ticket prices after a freeze of 8 years, is the raise justifiable or proportionate, especially considering the relative lack of increase in proportion to overall turnover and the wider impact on the clubs fan base given how the club actively markets the fans commercially? Josh Sexton is joined by Jay McKenna, Gareth Roberts and Phil Blundell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart look back at Brighton and forward to what Liverpool need to do in the remains of this season and beyond.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

Gareth Roberts is joined by Stu Wright to look back to Liverpool's much-needed and convincing victory over Galatasaray and forward to Saturday's Premier League trip to Brighton. Number Seven? It's ON!You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family. 

This month, Kyle and Erik have to face their personal Waterloo with a pair of episodes from the middle of Series 8 that form the middle of the Doctor-Clara-Danny triangle, and which consequently are not fun to watch. Those are "The Caretaker," written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, and "Kill the Moon," written by Peter Harness. Would you rather a good episode or an interesting episode? Why not neither!

Another kick in the balls in the league, but The Reds march on in The FA Cup with the Champions League up next? So what does it all mean? Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart get stuck in. You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart are again raking over the ashes of a Liverpool defeat after another late loss, this time to Manchester City at Anfield. Is Arne Slot edging closer to the sack or will the owners keep the faith? Is Champions League qualification now a step too far? Can something still be salvaged from the season or is everyone's glass now permanently half empty? All this and more on The Late Challenge free show.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart react to Liverpool's 4-1 win over Barnsley in the FA Cup, reflect on the draw at Arsenal and discuss Arne Slot's status with the sacked Xabi Alonso now the favourite to succeed the Dutchman at Anfield.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

The Reds are unbeaten in seven, have won four on the spin and are up to fourth in the league with Leeds at home next up on Thursday. So how are we all feeling? Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart are back in the studio to take the temperature.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Gareth Roberts is joined by Paul Cope, who has stepped up from the substitutes' bench, to discuss Liverpool's win at Spurs, the Anfield injury crisis, Alexander Isak's leg and what the festive period holds for The Reds.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Gareth Roberts is joined by Stu Wright to discuss Liverpool's 2-0 win over Brighton at Anfield, the latest developments in the Mo Salah saga and how equipped The Reds are to recover some ground after their disappointing start to the season.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Send us a textFor the final episode of this series of Too Hot For TV, Dylan is joined by Mark Donaldson to look at some of the pitches for 90's/00's Doctor Who.  And as always the answer the burning questions:Why does Deadly Assassin have a lot to answer for?Why are the Cybermen so damn vain? When did the Doctor smoke cigars? 

The Reds have won a game of football….get innnnnnnnnn!!! Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart are in a new setting this week and celebrating a Liverpool victory with a little bevy. How was it for us, and what happens next? We'll be getting into all of that and more with Real Madrid and Man City looming on the horizon for The Mighties.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Send us a textDylan and Jackson are joined by Richie Morgan to look at Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000, in the penultimate episode of their journey through Doctor Who replacements of the 90's and 00's.

Liverpool returned to winning ways by beating Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 away from home in the Champions League. In this episode of The Reaction, we hear from Arne Slot and Curtis Jones, as well as post-match analysis from former Reds Jay Spearing and Neil Mellor. Our fan panel contributors were Gareth Roberts, Dan Morgan and Kyle Miles from the Kansas City OLSC.

First: Reform is naff – and that's why people like itGareth Roberts warns this week that ‘the Overton window is shifting' but in a very unexpected way. Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls – not only because his party is ‘bracingly right-wing', but ‘because Reform is camp'. Farage offers what Britain wants: ‘a cheeky, up-yours, never-mind-the-knockers revolt against our agonisingly earnest political masters'.‘From Farage on down,' Roberts argues, ‘there is a glorious kind of naffness' to Reform: daytime-TV aesthetics, ‘bargain-basement' celebrities and big-breasted local councillors. ‘The progressive activists thought they could win the culture war simply by saying they had won it', but ‘the John Bulls and Greasy Joans are stirring again'. Roberts loves how ‘the current excitement over flag-raising' is the ‘conniptions' it gives to ‘the FBPE crowd'. Of course, for Farage, planning for government ‘really cannot be a pantomime affair'. But ‘in these grim times' we ‘need the romping Reform'. Gareth joins the podcast to make his case for Carry On Reform.Next: the ‘she' consumed by masculine rageLionel Shriver reacts to the latest school shooting in America. The perpetrator was widely reported in the media with the pronouns ‘she/her' which, Lionel argues, is not just an issue around politeness. This glosses over the fact that the shooter was biologically male, adding to the majority of cases of school shootings that are conducting by men. By pandering to this incoherence of the reality of the situation, it doesn't help society to uncover the reasons behind the issue.Lionel joined the podcast alongside the Spectator's US editor Freddy Gray. Freddy points out how this shooting is just one example of how younger people can be transfixed by the very darkest sides of the internet.And finally: why people make up languages Constructed language expert Dr Bettina Beinhoff and author and historian Peter Parker join the podcast to talk about ‘made-up' languages. Why do humans construct languages outside of their every-day speech? Most people will have heard of Klingon or Elvish, used in books and film, but what about Polari – the subversive language used by groups of LGBT people decades ago – or the Potato language – which writer Melanie Ferbreach says her parents used to hide their conversations from her. Listeners may be impressed to hear Lara's own attempt at 'eggy-peggy'...Plus: with a special introduction from our political editor, Tim Shipman interviews shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick – is he trying to outflank Farage? Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Natasha Feroze. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First: Reform is naff – and that's why people like itGareth Roberts warns this week that ‘the Overton window is shifting' but in a very unexpected way. Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls – not only because his party is ‘bracingly right-wing', but ‘because Reform is camp'. Farage offers what Britain wants: ‘a cheeky, up-yours, never-mind-the-knockers revolt against our agonisingly earnest political masters'.‘From Farage on down,' Roberts argues, ‘there is a glorious kind of naffness' to Reform: daytime-TV aesthetics, ‘bargain-basement' celebrities and big-breasted local councillors. ‘The progressive activists thought they could win the culture war simply by saying they had won it', but ‘the John Bulls and Greasy Joans are stirring again'. Roberts loves how ‘the current excitement over flag-raising' is the ‘conniptions' it gives to ‘the FBPE crowd'. Of course, for Farage, planning for government ‘really cannot be a pantomime affair'. But ‘in these grim times' we ‘need the romping Reform'. Gareth joins the podcast to make his case for Carry On Reform.Next: the ‘she' consumed by masculine rageLionel Shriver reacts to the latest school shooting in America. The perpetrator was widely reported in the media with the pronouns ‘she/her' which, Lionel argues, is not just an issue around politeness. This glosses over the fact that the shooter was biologically male, adding to the majority of cases of school shootings that are conducting by men. By pandering to this incoherence of the reality of the situation, it doesn't help society to uncover the reasons behind the issue.Lionel joined the podcast alongside the Spectator's US editor Freddy Gray. Freddy points out how this shooting is just one example of how younger people can be transfixed by the very darkest sides of the internet.And finally: why people make up languages Constructed language expert Dr Bettina Beinhoff and author and historian Peter Parker join the podcast to talk about ‘made-up' languages. Why do humans construct languages outside of their every-day speech? Most people will have heard of Klingon or Elvish, used in books and film, but what about Polari – the subversive language used by groups of LGBT people decades ago – or the Potato language – which writer Melanie Ferbreach says her parents used to hide their conversations from her. Listeners may be impressed to hear Lara's own attempt at 'eggy-peggy'...Plus: with a special introduction from our political editor, Tim Shipman interviews shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick – is he trying to outflank Farage? Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Natasha Feroze.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth Roberts, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Reform UK's deportation plans, how ‘sensible centrists' lost touch with reality and how Essex Man could save Britain. New episodes every Friday. Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart are back to talk about Liverpool selling, Liverpool spending, and Liverpool still somehow upsetting people. We're asking: was the Luis Diaz deal a smart bit of timing, or a player undervalued? Who's next out the door? Who else is actually coming in? And what's the latest on Isak, Rodrygo, and the club's quiet chase for a centre-half?You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Fie! A plot! Fireworks and burning Catholics! The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Victor - hoho! - I mean to say Vicki are caught up in the machinations and groin stirrings of King James!

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart talk about Liverpool's return to action at Preston North End and the brilliant displays of respect and affection for Diogo Jota.Taking the piss out of Donald Trump is also on the agenda.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mo Stewart and Gareth Roberts reflect on the devastating deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva. They talk through the shock, the tributes, and the emotional impact — trying to make some kind of sense of it all. You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Top ho! Off to season seventeen for Kieran and I! Upper crust bumbling fools, time portals, evil smells and possessed policemen! Plus a passionate conversation about the author, and the reaction against him.

Gareth Roberts is joined by a TLC debut-making Stu Wright to talk all things Liverpool FC, including a new record signing, more transfer tittle-tattle and we also get stuck into your questions. You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

End of the rainbow: Pride's fallWhat ‘started half a century ago as an afternoon's little march for lesbians and gay men', argues Gareth Roberts, became ‘a jamboree not only of boring homosexuality' but ‘anything else that its purveyors consider unconventional'. Yet now Reform-led councils are taking down Pride flags, Pride events are being cancelled due to lack of funds, and corporate sponsors are ‘withdrawing their cold tootsies from the rainbow sock'. Has Pride suffered from conflation with ‘genderism'? Gareth joined the podcast to discuss, alongside diversity consultant Simon Fanshawe, one of the six original co-founders of Stonewall. (0:59)Next: people are forgetting how to readPhilip Womack ‘can hear the rumblings of disaster, as if the foundations of western culture, eroded for decades, are teetering into collapse'. The reason? We are forgetting how to read. Today's children ‘hardly read; their tech-blinded parents don't care; their teachers don't have the resources'. American students participating in a study requiring them to parse the first paragraph of Bleak House ‘were unable to elicit a scintilla of sense' from Charles Dickens's prose. What or who is to blame? Philip joined the podcast to discuss. (23:29)And finally: the social minefield of swimming pool seasonArabella Byrne writes in the magazine this week that while she has ‘always loved English swimming pools', the arrival of the summer season always presents her ‘with an annual etiquette conundrum'. If you're lucky enough to know one of the 200,000 Brits who have a private swimming pool, she asks: how acceptable is it - really - to ask to use a friend's pool? Arabella joined the podcast, alongside the Spectator's very own Dear Mary, Mary Killen. (32:46)Hosted by William Moore and Gus Carter.Produced by Patrick Gibbons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

End of the rainbow: Pride's fallWhat ‘started half a century ago as an afternoon's little march for lesbians and gay men', argues Gareth Roberts, became ‘a jamboree not only of boring homosexuality' but ‘anything else that its purveyors consider unconventional'. Yet now Reform-led councils are taking down Pride flags, Pride events are being cancelled due to lack of funds, and corporate sponsors are ‘withdrawing their cold tootsies from the rainbow sock'. Has Pride suffered from conflation with ‘genderism'? Gareth joined the podcast to discuss, alongside diversity consultant Simon Fanshawe, one of the six original co-founders of Stonewall. (0:59)Next: people are forgetting how to readPhilip Womack ‘can hear the rumblings of disaster, as if the foundations of western culture, eroded for decades, are teetering into collapse'. The reason? We are forgetting how to read. Today's children ‘hardly read; their tech-blinded parents don't care; their teachers don't have the resources'. American students participating in a study requiring them to parse the first paragraph of Bleak House ‘were unable to elicit a scintilla of sense' from Charles Dickens's prose. What or who is to blame? Philip joined the podcast to discuss. (23:29)And finally: the social minefield of swimming pool seasonArabella Byrne writes in the magazine this week that while she has ‘always loved English swimming pools', the arrival of the summer season always presents her ‘with an annual etiquette conundrum'. If you're lucky enough to know one of the 200,000 Brits who have a private swimming pool, she asks: how acceptable is it - really - to ask to use a friend's pool? Arabella joined the podcast, alongside the Spectator's very own Dear Mary, Mary Killen. (32:46)Hosted by William Moore and Gus Carter.Produced by Patrick Gibbons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart talking all things Red and beyond as ever. The Chelsea match, the remaining fixtures, the neverending title party and Trent's exit confirmed. You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Liverpool stand on the brink of a historic 20th league title — and we're here for all of it. In this week's Late Challenge, Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart break down the win at Leicester, Trent's big moment and Van Dijk's classy words.We also ask: Can Bradley really step up? And how good has this grind actually been?It's celebration mode though — a summer of smugness incoming, a trophy lift on the horizon, and a city ready to come alive.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

On this week's Spectator Out Loud: Petroc Trelawny reads his diary for the week (1:14); Gareth Roberts wants us to make book jackets nasty again (6:22); Tom Lee writes in defence of benzodiazepines (13:44); Leyla Sanai reflects on unethical practices within psychiatry, as she reviews Jon Stock's The Sleep Room (19:41); and, Iram Ramzan provides her notes on cousin marriages (24:30).  Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

Paul Cope emerges from the TLC substitute bench to join Gareth Roberts for this week's free show, getting stuck into Liverpool's lacklustre performance in the League Cup Final and the defeat on penalties to PSG in the Champions League.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart return to talk about the big showdown with PSG, the half-time turnaround re Southampton, when the league might be done and dusted and Arteta being weird.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

In this episode, Arne Slot, Ibrahima Konaté, and goalscorer Harvey Elliott gave their reactions to Liverpool's hard-fought 1-0 victory in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes. In the LFCTV studio, Mark Benstead was joined by former Reds Phil Thompson and David Thompson. We also heard from our fan panel contributors Gareth Roberts, Courtney Neary, and Anthony Smith from the Official Liverpool Supporters Club in New South Wales.

Gareth Roberts is joined by a Lemsip-powered Mo Stewart to talk all things Liverpool, from the glorious win at Manchester City to when title number 20 might land in the Anfield trophy cabinet.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart get stuck into Liverpool's FA Cup exit at Plymouth and look ahead to Wednesday's goodbye to Goodison Park as The Reds travel to Everton for a huge Premier League clash.You can support us financially to keep the show going in two ways, either: 1. By subscribing to our Patreon show for as little as £1 per week. Just click this link and the "Join For Free" button to get a 7 day free trial that you can cancel easily at any time after watching over 40 subscriber shows: https://www.patreon.com/TheLateChallengePodcast 2. If you don't want to subscribe, you can make a one off contribution to support the show by clicking this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelatechallenge We appreciate any support, no matter how big or small, and we also appreciate that times are tough for many people so if you can't afford to support the show financially we completely understand. If you'd like to help us in another way, please like our videos, subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Fans of Liverpool and Manchester City discuss the protests at Old Trafford and Anfield about clubs exploiting loyalty this coming weekend. Neil Atkinson is joined by Gareth Roberts on behalf of Spirit Of Shankly and Nick Clarke from MCFC Fans Supporting Foodbanks… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool's 24/25 season… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Anfield Wrap's midweek podcast looking on Liverpool's victory on the road against Brighton in the Carabao Cup before previewing Saturday's game against the same opponent in the league. Josh Sexton hosts Dan Austin, Gareth Roberts and Mike Kearney. Download the Greene King Sport app to find your nearest pub and get special offers when live sport is on the TV.. Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool's season, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices