Novara FM: Not Westminster’s Whipping Boys w/ Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Less than 20% of the promised levelling-up projects for England have been completed. The problem...
Novara FM: Not Westminster’s Whipping Boys w/ Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Less than 20% of the promised levelling-up projects for England have been completed. The problem...
Downstream: Britain’s Economy Will Only Get Worse Forever w/ Gary Stevenson
Gary Stevenson went from being Citibank’s most profitable trader to one of the world’s most...
01:57:50
Novara FM: Russia After Navalny w/ Tony Wood
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, the question of what Russia is really thinking...
01:11:12
Downstream IRL: We Are in a New Cold War w/ Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and author who served as Greek Finance Minister in the aftermath...
01:10:04
ACFM Microdose: Aliens On Screen
Last time on ACFM, the gang explored the impact of UFOs on politics, from deep-state conspiracies...
01:42:06
Novara FM: The Nasty Noughties w/ Owen Hatherley & Ash Sarkar
The 2000s in Britain was a decade of education, regeneration, falling inequality and Dizzee...
The US Must Stop Funding Israel | Bernie Sanders meets Ash Sarkar
Bernie Sanders needs no introduction. Ash caught up with the senator to talk about his new book...
Downstream: Israel Will Never Be Safe While Occupying Palestine w/ Yousef Alhelou
Yousef Alhelou has spent the four or so months since October 7th covering the Israeli assault on...
01:31:30
Novara FM: Can International Law Protect Gaza? w/ Rob Knox
As Israel extends its bombardment of Gaza into Rafah – a supposed safe zone where 1.7 million...
01:29:46
Novara FM: How To Be Honest About Empire w/ Sathnam Sanghera
Certain historians and politicians like to claim that the British Empire was “on balance” a good...
Downstream: Why No One Should Have More Than £10 Million w/ Ingrid Robeyns
Should there be a cap on how much wealth one person can have? If we’re serious about tackling...
Should the left care about the existence of aliens? The ACFM gang explore the impact of UFOs on...
01:25:35
Downstream: Would the World Be Better Without Religion? w/ Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar
Twenty years ago, it was taken for granted that on average, people globally were shrugging off...
01:40:07
Novara FM: Who Dares To Rewrite 40,000 Years of History? w/ David Wengrow
This episode was first released in November 2021. In the bestselling book The Dawn of...
01:24:41
Downstream: Everything You Know About The Global Economy is Wrong w/ Philip Pilkington
We are in a drastically different world from the one most of us grew up in. This has been proven...
01:28:37
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...
01:12:13
Novara FM: The Novels That Inspired Class War w/ Mark Steven
What role does literature play in revolution? If the question seems bizarre to you and the answer...
01:01:03
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...
01:24:34
Novara FM: Escaping the Tourism Trap w/ Dean MacCannell
January is historically the busiest month of the year for holiday bookings. But if you’ve ever...
Downstream: White Holes and Radical Politics w/ Carlo Rovelli
From his radical youth in 1970s Italy to his research as one of the world’s leading theoretical...
01:28:06
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