# Spectator Out Loud: Lara Brown, Patrick Kidd, Tali Fraser & Ella Veakins

An episode of [Best of the Spectator](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/793236670), 4 Aug 2026, 25 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6a70c8cae9d2c023de627f0d/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=uzPZhhNXV4zFGqRWt9692ih6rjFD470IQYlL5mjpJa0

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Lara Brown explains the ongoing dissolution of the British private education sector; Patrick Kidd asks whether sporting curses are actually possible, or simply just a fiction; Tali Fraser goes to a death cafe to explore the world of positivity after death; and finally, Ella Veakins outlines why we should all stand in opposition the the potted plastic plant. Produced and presented by Henry Lloyd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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