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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 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.

    Downstream: We Are Getting Foreign Policy Very Wrong w/ Steve Coll

    Downstream: We Are Getting Foreign Policy Very Wrong w/ Steve Coll

    With hindsight, the wars waged by the US and Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq look like terrible failures, both strategically and politically: the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan, and living standards are worse in Iraq than they were before Saddam Hussein. In his new book The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States […]

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Novara FM: Critical Theorists Hate This One Weird Trick w/ Anna Kornbluh

    Novara FM: Critical Theorists Hate This One Weird Trick w/ Anna Kornbluh

    We’re living in a world of hurry and shortcuts, of intimacy on tap and just-in-time production. Immediacy, according to Anna Kornbluh, is the link between flow-states and Fleabag, between food delivery apps and a mistrust of political systems. She joins Richard Hames to explain the thinking behind her new book – Immediacy: Or, The Style […]

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Downstream: On Gaza, Grammar Schools and British War Crimes w/ Peter Hitchens

    Downstream: On Gaza, Grammar Schools and British War Crimes w/ Peter Hitchens

    Peter Hitchens is an author and journalist whose contrarian takes on drug policy, education and foreign policy have found him occupying a singular place in the British media – with his brand of conservatism often angering audiences who would consider themselves staunchly conservative. He sat down with Aaron to discuss grammar schools, Gaza and Britain’s […]

    • 1 hr 34 min
    ACFM Trip 41: Trust Your Gut

    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 […]

    • 1 hr 20 min
    Novara FM: The Untold Histories of Black Gay Britain w/ Jason Okundaye

    Novara FM: The Untold Histories of Black Gay Britain w/ Jason Okundaye

    Researching Black British history “often feels like a rescue effort, a race against time,” writes Jason Okundaye. In his first book, he narrates the mingled histories of seven astonishing lives in the Black gay community of South London during the 1980s. The narrative he pieces together from oral history, archival research and even gossip (a […]

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Downstream: Retired Major-General on Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan w/ Charlie Herbert

    Downstream: Retired Major-General on Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan w/ Charlie Herbert

    Major General Charlie Herbert has stood out in recent months for his vociferous condemnation of Israel’s war on Palestinians. His media appearances have proven vital in synthesising a moral and strategic critique of war in which civilians are treated in a manner he characterises as unprecedented. He sat down with Ash to talk about serving […]

    • 1 hr 17 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
115 Ratings

115 Ratings

Richard SoCal ,

Highest quality news and political discussion

Great platform

Kthanz ,

The Left Side: UK and beyond

Novara entered my consciousness while grieving the death of the late David Graeber (Novara hosted Graeber as a guest). Since then, I’ve continued following Novara’s excellent reporting.

In this time of crisis RE: political representation, “objectivity” most frequently functions to smokescreen “centrist” technocratic manipulations.

For folks on the abysmally represented Left–in the UK and beyond–Novara Media is an oasis of reporting, opinion, and analysis lacking the hostilities of folks who insist “both sides” must be given equal airtime, even when one side is totalitarian, fascist, and global. Hosts Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani are personal favorites; sharp, critical, intelligent and engaging. I’m so grateful for their thoughtful stewardship of political, intellectual, cultural and aesthetic values.

Solidarity forever. Long live Novara Media.

wval35 ,

Love to hear about progressives across the pond

Excellent info on what the real issues are in UK

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