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13/12/2024

Novara FM: We Need a New Wikileaks w/ Stefania Maurizi

In the 2010s, we found out that we were all being watched. A series of leaks, from Wikileaks and others, revealed that our governments were conducting mass surveillance operations on their own populations. But what were the longer term consequences of those leaks? And why hasn’t something of equivalent size stepped in to replace Wikileaks since? […]

13/12/2024

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1h 28m
25/04/2024

Novara FM: Read Some Effing Jameson! w/ Sianne Ngai and Matthew Beaumont

The exhortation to “read some effing Orwell!” is an old chestnut of the online left, whether ironic or sincere, or somewhere in between. But if we’re looking for a writer whose body of work truly anticipates the world we live in now – globalised, postcolonial, postmodern – we might instead turn to the American Marxist […]

25/04/2024

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1h 20m
31/03/2025

Downstream: This Much We Agree On: Britain Is In Decline w/ Peter Hitchens

In 2024 the Conservative party suffered their worst defeat in two centuries. But while Labour struggles in office, the Tories are going nowhere fast. Meanwhile Britain shambles on without an economic model, or a wider vision for the future. How long can national decline continue? And when will things come to a head? Aaron Bastani […]

31/03/2025

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1h 37m
17/12/2023

ACFM Trip 39: Protest

Millions have protested against the bombing of Gaza by taking part in marches, boycotts, sit-ins and other demonstrations. But what difference does it make, either to the world or to ourselves? The gang confront a contentious topic in this Trip. Do “A to B” marches ever achieve anything? What about joining hands around an RAF […]

17/12/2023

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1h 44m
15/01/2024

Downstream: We Are in the Post-Climate Change World w/ Gaia Vince

Discussion of climate change mainly focuses on mitigating rising temperatures, de-carbonising and getting to ‘net zero’. Author and broadcaster Gaia Vince argues that we also need to focus on how we’ll deal with with’s already happening and about to get much much worse: huge swathes of the planet becoming uninhabitable and 2 billion people needing […]

15/01/2024

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1h 25m
25/06/2024

Downstream: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’ w/ Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch is the General Secretary of the RMT. He joined Ash Sarkar to discuss leveraging Keir Starmer, the importance of council housing and why it’s vital that people vote for the Labour Party.

25/06/2024

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1h 18m
14/10/2024

Downstream: Do We Really Need to Tax the Rich? w/ Stephanie Kelton

Stephanie Kelton is an author and economist, and subject of the new film ‘Finding The Money’. Her work as a proponent of Modern Monetary Theory and as an advisor to Bernie Sanders has put her front and center of the debate around government debt, taxation and the potential green industrial revolution. She sat down for […]

14/10/2024

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1 hr
01/04/2024

Downstream IRL: This Ideology Threatens Our Fundamental Freedoms w/ Judith Butler

For a special edition of Downstream IRL, Ash Sarkar is joined by philosopher, author, and one of the world’s most cited academics, Judith Butler. Their new book, ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender’ charts how a transphobic moral panic morphed into an all-our war on so-called ‘gender ideology’. Together, Ash and Judith explore how Britain became TERF […]

01/04/2024

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55 min
28/12/2023

Novara FM: The People Vs Football w/ Juliet Jacques & Tom Williams

Is football the place for political struggle? Is there a limit to the success of fan-owned clubs? How disappointed can we be when pundits and players turn out not to be comrades? Cultural critic Juliet Jacques and Pro Revolution Soccer host Tom Williams unite for a conversation inspired by Mickaël Correia’s book, The People’s History […]

28/12/2023

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57 min
31/01/2025

Why Trump Blamed A Plane Crash On D.E.I.

Trump has made a tragic plane crash incident into a political battle. Plus: OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of robbery; and Rory Stewart gets into a flame war with JD Vance. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

31/01/2025

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1h 3m

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Top Shows

Novara FM: We Need a New Wikileaks w/ Stefania Maurizi

Novara FM: Read Some Effing Jameson! w/ Sianne Ngai and Matthew Beaumont

Downstream: This Much We Agree On: Britain Is In Decline w/ Peter Hitchens

ACFM Trip 39: Protest

Downstream: We Are in the Post-Climate Change World w/ Gaia Vince

Downstream: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’ w/ Mick Lynch

Downstream: Do We Really Need to Tax the Rich? w/ Stephanie Kelton

Downstream IRL: This Ideology Threatens Our Fundamental Freedoms w/ Judith Butler

Novara FM: The People Vs Football w/ Juliet Jacques & Tom Williams

Why Trump Blamed A Plane Crash On D.E.I.

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