# The Edition: the real Rod Liddle – with Michael Gove, Toby Young & Freddy Gray

An episode of [Best of the Spectator](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/793236670), 7 Aug 2026, 43 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6a7595c9676fd7391fa06cb8/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=DwkOEIKBu_9oRxVIiXmlkEeQSn89tYlia6Be2kgylNs

For this week’s Edition, Lara Prendergast is joined by The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove, deputy editor Freddy Gray, and associate editor Toby Young. This week the episode and magazine is dedicated to our beloved Rod Liddle, who died aged 66. The Spectator journalists reflect on some of their favourite memories of Rod, what his legacy will be and how is writing, wit and intelligence will be irreplaceable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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