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25/10/2023

Novara FM: Emergency Brake! On The Road With Just Stop Oil

Just Stop Oil is a group focused on climate change. So what were they doing blocking the path of a coachload of migrants last week? It all has to do with the effects of a warming world and predictions about the displacement of millions of people. In this episode, Richard Hames follows JSO activists as […]

25/10/2023

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56 min
06/08/2023

ACFM Trip 35: The Internet

In this bumper Trip, the gang survey the totalising modern phenomenon that is The Internet. Nadia, Keir and Jem dredge up their early interactions with a primitive web and explain how the dream of free and open communication was displaced by closed networks of e-commerce and data harvesting. Following Keir’s recent Microdose episode with Malcolm […]

06/08/2023

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1h 54m
21/01/2024

ACFM Microdose: Plugged-in Protest w/ Jeremy Gilbert

Music has the uncanny power to stir up big feelings, which makes it an obvious vehicle for political statements of hope, anger, despair, or how to cast your vote. In this Microdose episode to accompany ACFM’s recent Trip on Protest, Jem takes us through 60 years of plugged-in protest music – no strumming folkies or […]

21/01/2024

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1h 12m
22/12/2023

ACFM Microdose: A Festive 50 For 2023

The ACFM gang get together for the last time this year to deliver a Festive 50. Keir, Jem and Nadia select the best bits of culture and politics from 2023, from music, films, books to games, strikes and actions. Unwrap to find sci-fi blaxploitation, comedy history, gobby glam-punk, Judge Dredd analysis, a fresh angle on Silicon […]

22/12/2023

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56 min
02/08/2023

ACFM Microdose: Californian Capitalism w/ Malcolm Harris

Ahead of an ACFM Trip about the internet, Keir Milburn is joined by Malcolm Harris to talk about the unique political history of his hometown of Palo Alto, the intellectual laboratory for a century of American hegemony. The Kids These Days author tells a story that connects the founding of California, the violent removal of its […]

02/08/2023

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56 min
17/03/2024

ACFM Trip 41: Trust Your Gut

From fecal transplants to the yoghurt-industrial complex, we’ve never been more absorbed in the workings of our gut. But can we trust it? Nadia, Jem and Keir investigate the mysterious connections between mind and body, reason and instinct. How did capitalism separate our minds from our bodies? Is a belief in intuition filling the gap […]

17/03/2024

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1h 20m
05/05/2024

ACFM Microdose: Reactionary Democracy w/ Aaron Winter & Aurelien Mondon

How do mainstream politicians and pundits contribute to the normalisation of far-right ideas, even as they claim to reject racism and populism? That’s one of many vital questions asked by Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon in their book, Reactionary Democracy. Following ACFM’s recent Trip about Fascism, Keir and Jem speak to Aaron and Aurelien about […]

05/05/2024

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1h 7m
05/11/2023

ACFM Trip 38: Movement and Stillness

Ever feel like there’s too much change these days? Don’t worry, you’re not (necessarily) becoming more conservative. On this Trip, Nadia, Jem and Keir think about the ebb and flow of political currents, social movements and our inner lives. What’s the difference between being still and being stuck? When does a campaign turn into a […]

05/11/2023

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1h 52m
25/06/2023

ACFM Trip 34: The Outdoors

As the longest day arrives in the northern hemisphere, Jeremy, Nadia and Keir ponder our obsession with the great outdoors. How did parks become political? Why do we seek out the strenuous discomforts of hiking, camping and cold water? And what does Jem have against music festivals? They look back on a century of changing […]

25/06/2023

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1h 23m
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

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ACFM Trip 35: The Internet

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ACFM Microdose: A Festive 50 For 2023

ACFM Microdose: Californian Capitalism w/ Malcolm Harris

ACFM Trip 41: Trust Your Gut

ACFM Microdose: Reactionary Democracy w/ Aaron Winter & Aurelien Mondon

ACFM Trip 38: Movement and Stillness

ACFM Trip 34: The Outdoors

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