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News Club

Welcome to The News Club Podcast where we talk about the news and what to do about it. This second series is focused on how to get organised. With each episode, we bring together rebels, citizens, dreamers, writers, organisers and more to take the conversation from what is happening to what we can do about it. This September, we’re inviting you to join our online News Club (a book club for news). So make sure to subscribe to the News Club Newsletter for updates, check out our socials, and keep up-to-date with what you can do about it all here!

  1. #10 Rebels On… Co-ops & Community Shares

    09/25/2025

    #10 Rebels On… Co-ops & Community Shares

    From pubs and football clubs to housing and music venues, community shares are a way for ordinary people to pool their resources and take ownership of the places and services that matter most. Dave Boyle has spent years helping groups do just that, proving that another way of running our economy is not only possible, but already happening. --- 00:00 Co-ops & Community Shares 05:53 The power of co-ops 08:28 What are community shares? 14:09 Bad landlords 20:28 Non-private ownership models 24:17 Invisible inequalities 28:13 Co-operative movements are the political form for the neurodivergent 36:39 How-to: Community Shares 40:36 Get an irish passport; get a flag --- 📩 News Club – newsletter , podcast @newsclubuk_ 🔥 Dave Boyle – co-operative advisor; community shares expert 📖 Ian Adderley – Co-operatives: Linking practice and theory 🤝 Co-ops UK – empower and support co-operative enterprise with specialised knowledge and expertise #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode10 #newsclubs #communityshares #daveboyle #coops #coopmovement #communityownership #cooperativeeconomy #solidarity

    42 min
  2. #9 Rebels On… Big Tech Narratives

    09/18/2025

    #9 Rebels On… Big Tech Narratives

    This week we’re joined by Manasa Narayanan, a journalist and researcher looking into issues at the intersection of politics and technology, including Big Tech/AI, misinformation, online hate and misogyny, surveillance and data rights. In this episode, we unpack the stories we’re told about Big Tech and AI, and why so many of them are misleading by design. --- 00:00 Big Tech Narratives 02:00 Tech complicity in violence 05:54 Palantir is evil 11:07 Mainstream misrepresentation 17:26 AI: an ethical consumer choice 25:35 Technological determinism 27:12 Missing context – check out Migrants Organise 32:33 Independent media consortium --- 📅 NEWS CLUB LIVE – 20 September, register here 📩 News Club – newsletter & podcast @newsclubuk_ ✒️ The Citizens – nonprofit journalism and campaigning organisation with a focus on technology and politics. 🏘️ Migrants Organise – provides a platform for refugees and migrants to organise for power, dignity and justice. 💼 Independent Media Association (IMA) – co-operative dedicated to promoting the work of independent media in the UK. 📰 Independent Community News Network (ICNN) – supporting the development of community news hubs. 📻Independent Publishers Alliance (IPA) – championing, advocating for, and interconnecting independent publishers.

    39 min
  3. #8 Rebels On… 21st Century Public Ownership

    09/13/2025

    #8 Rebels On… 21st Century Public Ownership

    This week we’re joined by Johnbosco Nwogbo from We Own It to ask: what can 21st century public ownership look like? From buses to rivers, health to food, we get into why privatisation sucks, and how we can build services that put people (and planet) first. --- 00:00 21st Century Public Ownership 04:51 Goodbye to PFI 08:18 Why privatisation sucks 13:31 What can public ownership look like? 18:24 Wins wins wins 22:31 Check out Signalise Co-op 26:13 Better buses!! Better everything 31:00 Reform want to steal all your money --- 📅 NEWS CLUB LIVE – 20 September, register here 📩 News Club – newsletter & podcast @newsclubuk_ ✊ We Own It – campaigns against privatisation and for 21st century public ownership @weownit_campaign 📖 Radical Abundance – Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell 💧 Windrush Against Sewage Pollution – making the River Windrush safe for all 🌊 River Action – rescuing Britain’s rivers 👍 Compass – building a Good Society --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode8 #newsclubs #weownit #publicownership #commons #coopsnotcorps #privatisation #betterbuses #climatejustice #movementmedia #waterjustice #nhs

    34 min
  4. #7 Rebels On… Community Energy & Ownership

    09/04/2025

    #7 Rebels On… Community Energy & Ownership

    Our Rebel Citizens this week are Dan Edelstyn and Leonie Rousham from Power Station: the East London art-activism project turning rooftops into solar stations and neighbours into co-owners of their own energy future. --- 00:00 Community Energy & Ownership 01:03 Who are Power Station? 06:38 Bank Job: Creditocracy 08:30 Stop murdering everyone in Gaza 13:52 How to set up your local power station 20:46 Financial sustainability: The Green Back 30:05 An energy commons 36:26 The time Debs saw Angela Davis 38:57 Power Station, coming to a cinema near you… 44:27 NEWS CLUB LIVE: 20 SEP ‘25 50:03 Project 2029 --- 📩 News Club – newsletter & podcast @newsclubuk_ 💪 Power Station – art-activism project turning rooftops into solar stations for the community @power.film.art ✊ The United Families and Friends Campaign – coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody @uffcampaign 🚌 Inter-Action's Fun Art Bus – routemaster bus giving free rides and hosting a variety of entertainments on board @the_lcva --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode7 #newsclubs #powerstation #energycommons #powerstationfilm #climatejustice #communitypower #solarenergy #coopenergy #energytransition #artactivism #thewarofart #greenback #greennewdeal #sunflowers #vodkanation #bankjob #soildecontamination #autonomy

    55 min
  5. #6 Rebels On… Mutualising The BBC

    08/28/2025

    #6 Rebels On… Mutualising The BBC

    This week, your dedicated PhD-holding, newsletter-writing, Dr. Tom Chivers finally gets his own episode on how we turn the BBC into a democratic media mutual, and why the time to act is now (...with the BBC Charter review looming and whatnot). 00:00 The Mutualisation of the BBC 01:13 Dr. Thomas Chivers 03:13 The “syphilitic” academic loan system 06:23 What should be headline news but isn’t? 09:00 The BBC’s communicative violence 15:16 What motivates Dr. Chivers? 28:09 What does mutualisation even mean? 35:16 What does that look like in practice? 45:42 Another -tion: The federalisation of the BBC? 55:56 Collective wellbeing 01:03:15 A media commons? 01:08:32 NEWS CLUB LIVE: register here! 01:10:12 What is the one thing everyone should do leading up to 2029? --- 📩 News Club – Newsletter here (thank you, Chivers!) 📄 Media Reform Coalition – Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age ✒️ Media Reform Coalition – Who Owns the UK Media? 📻 Media Revolution – campaign to transform the global media landscape. --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode6 #newsclubs #journalism #independentmedia #mediapower #publicmedia #rebelmedia #movementmedia #mutualisation #bbc #mediacommons #movementmedia #mediaforthepeople #democracy #mediajustice

    1h 13m
  6. #5 Rebels On… Fearless and Committed Journalism

    08/21/2025

    #5 Rebels On… Fearless and Committed Journalism

    British-Palestinian journalist and writer Hamza Yusuf joins us to talk fearless reporting on Palestine, the power of our collective conscience, and the need to create infrastructure that sustains real change. 00:00 Fearless and Committed Journalism 05:52 What should be headline news and isn’t? 10:56 Not interested in the Guardian 15:05 Building power, building structures 18:19 How to do an interview 101 25:47 Tokenism and performance 29:42 What should we be doing? Tldr: Building and sustaining alternative ecosystems 37:35 NEWS CLUB LIVE: Start a news club!!! 40:43 Hamza Yusuf: First Minister of Scotland 42:31 Project 2029: Start talking, start doing --- ✒️ Hamza Yusuf – British-Palestinian writer and journalist; fearless and committed activist. (X) (IG) 📰 News Club – Newsletter here! 📻 Media Revolution – campaign to transform the global media landscape. 🍉 PSC – people working together for peace, equality, and justice and against racism, occupation, and colonisation. 📝 Declassified UK – media organisation uncovering the UK’s role in the world. 💼 IMA – co-operative dedicated to promoting the work of independent media in the UK. Remember the phone blocking tactic we mentioned? Full list of phone-ins here. --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode5 #newsclubs #journalism #independentmedia #independentjournalism #mediapower #rebelmedia #movementmedia #palestine #altmedia #justice #declassifieduk #mediarevolution #ima

    46 min
  7. #4 Rebels On… AI: Means Everything and Nothing

    08/14/2025

    #4 Rebels On… AI: Means Everything and Nothing

    From tackling monopoly to defending media freedom, Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism at Open Markets Institute, joins us to unpack the global state of AI, tech regulation, and why democracy depends on it. 00:00 AI: means everything and nothing 02:18 What should be headline news, but isn’t? 07:55 The need for regulation 10:55 Errors, not hallucinations 16:47 What motivates Dr. Courtney Radsch? 24:39 Debs is cool 36:17 Two truths 39:32 The current state of big tech regulation 45:00 Big up Brazil 53:04 Denmark: hopeful resistance 55:15 Liverpool AI charter 58:14 NEWS CLUB LIVE 01:00:50 Organise, resist, live, talk 📝 Open Markets Institute – a policy organisation challenging monopoly power and promoting open markets that strengthen democracy, equity, and innovation. 📰 News Club – Newsletter here 📻 Media Revolution – campaign to transform the global media landscape. 🗞️ Impress – press regulator who set the highest regulatory standards for news providers to publish with integrity. 💼 INMA – provider of best practices for news media companies globally.

    1h 2m
  8. #3 Rebels On… Irrational Technology

    07/24/2025

    #3 Rebels On… Irrational Technology

    00:00 - Who is Irrational Technology? 02:50 - The leftist guide to AI 06:34 - Seemful vs seemless design 10:48 - What about social media? 14:58 - Big tech fascism 18:08 - Artificially engineered serendipity 23:15 - Co-design and the future 28:54 - Autonomy 🤖 Irrational Technology – they make sense of technology so that you don’t have to. 📄 Media Reform Coalition – Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age – full report & briefing via common-wealth.org 📰 News Club Newsletter here!

    32 min
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Welcome to The News Club Podcast where we talk about the news and what to do about it. This second series is focused on how to get organised. With each episode, we bring together rebels, citizens, dreamers, writers, organisers and more to take the conversation from what is happening to what we can do about it. This September, we’re inviting you to join our online News Club (a book club for news). So make sure to subscribe to the News Club Newsletter for updates, check out our socials, and keep up-to-date with what you can do about it all here!

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