Novara Media

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Novara Media is an independent media organisation addressing the issues—from a crisis of capitalism to racism and climate change—that are set to define the 21st century.

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Novara FM: Geoengineering is Coming Whether We Like it Or Not w/ Laurie Laybourn

We’ve entered a new climate reality. The pace of the energy transition has picked up – and so have the impacts of climate change. But has there ever actually been an energy transition? Or do we just use more and more and more of everything? As climate change accelerates, feedback loops in the climate system will […]

1h 16m
3 DAYS AGO

Downstream: The British Military is Actively Involved in the Gaza Genocide w/ Matt Kennard

Investigative journalist Matt Kennard joins Aaron Bastani to discuss Britain’s complicity in the genocide of Palestinians, following a series revelations published in Declassified UK. In an extensive conversation about the shifting sands of global security, the author of The Racket also discusses the elimination of USAID, America’s U-turn on Russia, and the rearmament of Europe. […]

2h 26m
20 MAR

Novara FM: Is This What Neofeudalism Looks Like? w/ Jodi Dean

After capitalism comes communism, according to Marxist doctrine. But in the meantime, what should we call our increasingly unequal system? Political theorist Jodi Dean posits ‘neofeudalism’ as the best way to describe our growing society of serfs and servants in her new book, Capital’s Grave. She talks to Eleanor Penny about a vision of class […]

1h 7m
17 MAR

Downstream: We Have to Break Up With The USA w/ Angus Hanton

The ‘special relationship’ is central to how Britain conducts its foreign policy and perceives itself as a country. The argument goes: proximity to Washington allows London to maintain a semblance of its former prestige and power. The media and political class can’t get enough of it. But what if Britain’s relationship to the United States […]

1h 34m
13 MAR

Novara FM: Rojava After Assad: Where Next for the Kurdish Struggle? w/ Elif Sarican

In the wake of Assad’s regime collapse and the call for the Kurdish Worker’s Party to disband, Elif Sarican talks to Richard Hames about how to make sense of this new world, and whether or not the Kurdish revolution in Rojava can survive. Comments, corrections, suggestions? fm@novaramedia.com

1h 15m
11 MAR

Novara FM: The Absurdity of Rearmament w/ Khem Rogaly

The US is no longer supporting Ukraine, and in response, the UK and Europe are rearming. Germany is taking off its hallowed ‘debt brake’ to allow it, while Keir Starmer is talking tough about the capabilities of the British armed forces. In a world still dominated by the American military, what does it matter? And […]

1h 18m
11 MAR

Downstream: Why Don’t We Have Any Hope? w/ Jonathan White

When we talk about politics – whether it’s the climate, the economy or constitutional reform – the thing that’s at stake is an idea of ‘the future’. These days, the idea of imminent societal or ecological breakdown necessarily means adopting the framing of the present as being a ‘state of emergency’. This is an obvious […]

1h 29m
9 MAR

ACFM Microdose: Making Art in a World on Fire w/ Amber Massie-Blomfield

What’s the point of the arts when the world is on fire? To follow the pipeline from creativity to activism and back again, Nadia Idle is joined by Amber Massie-Blomfield, former chief of theatre company Complicité and the author of Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create Better World. They discuss Dan Edelstyn […]

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Fresh take

24 Feb

george_smiley

I’ll absolutely be reading this hard but fresh view on the left. One question why still on Twitter? Supports musk and plays into a lot what the book argues against.
Breath of fresh air

7 Feb

Milipops22

Really educational & informative, without being dry, love the breath and depth of conversations especially when Shon is a guest :)
Common sense without an agenda.

26/11/2024

numbersixofnorfolk

Thank you once again, Novara Media Team for such a wonderful podcast. These are educational, interesting, informative and give us much more than any mainstream media outlet in the UK
Lack of women’s footy

20/07/2024

CMS2000

This podcast is the business! The only criticism I have is that women's football is virtually never discussed, which is so disappointing as I’d expect Tom and Juliet to have a really insightful commentary on this.

Novara Media is an independent media organisation addressing the issues—from a crisis of capitalism to racism and climate change—that are set to define the 21st century.