Qatar, Colombia, Ant and Dec: looking back on September 2025

In this episode, Delayed Gratification co-editor Rob Orchard is joined by James Montague and Emily Hart to look back on September 2025 with six months of perspective. It was an era when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was still a prince. Elon Musk had not yet been offered a trillion dollar pay packet, and Grok had not yet been pulled up for its auto-nudification function – or put Keir Starmer in a bikini. The trio dive into some fascinating stories, including James's return to the scene of a missile strike on Doha and Emily's deeply-researched report on Colombians fighting in Ukraine. To read the stories being discussed in this episode in beautiful print, pick up a copy of Delayed Gratification issue 60 or subscribe with a 15 percent discount using code Pod15.