Reality Check

Por: The Spectator

Reality Check cuts through the spin and explains the numbers behind the noise. In each episode, The Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons and in-the-know guests will make a data-driven case on a story hogging the headlines.

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Latest episodes of the podcast Reality Check

Heatwave: the truth about Britain’s water crisis – and what it means for net zero 18/08/2026

Britain’s AI problem isn’t data centres – it’s electricity 12/08/2026

Labour doesn’t understand business and it shows – with Oliver Shah 06/08/2026

Social care reform: what the sector needs & what it doesn't – with David Goodhart 29/07/2026

Could women be the solution to Britain's prison problem? 28/07/2026

The real problem behind Britain's homelessness & why Burnham won't fix it 22/07/2026

Fact check: Rupert Lowe on Joe Rogan 14/07/2026

The white working class ceiling, private schools & why Britain's failing – with Joanna Marchong 09/07/2026

Burnham's bid to bridge the North-South divide 04/07/2026

Labour's dilemma: is Burnham's economic agenda doomed? 27/06/2026

DEBATE: is Starmer right to ban social media for under 16s? 15/06/2026

How corporate woke sent Pride broke 11/06/2026

Can you trust your spouse with your finances? Plus Britain's longest divorce. With Alice Wright 04/06/2026

Price caps are pointless – why Reeves is wrong to attack supermarkets 26/05/2026

Trump's tariffs & Mamdani's New York – can anything destroy America's economy? 19/05/2026

How to revive industrial Britain: SDP leader on British steel, the entitlement state & a Farage pact 14/05/2026

Council budgets are financial black holes – what's the point in voting? 07/05/2026

Polanski slams the 'war on drugs' – here's why he's wrong about legalisation 29/04/2026

Don't believe the headline: the truth about unemployment data 24/04/2026

How the leasehold mafia screwed a generation of homeowners 16/04/2026

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