Downstream: On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates
There are few, true, public intellectuals anymore. But Ta-Nehisi Coates – author of ‘Between The World And Me’ and recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant – is unquestionably foremost amongst them. Hi...
7 Huhti 20251h 38min
Novara FM: How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza Genocide w/ Samaneh Moafi
Forensic Architecture is a research agency that investigates state violence and environmental destruction. It reconstructs events that states worldwide wants obscured, from Israel to the UK and from t...
3 Huhti 202555min
Downstream: This Much We Agree On: Britain Is In Decline w/ Peter Hitchens
In 2024 the Conservative party suffered their worst defeat in two centuries. But while Labour struggles in office, the Tories are going nowhere fast. Meanwhile Britain shambles on without an economic ...
31 Maalis 20251h 37min
ACFM Trip 50: Fifty Shades of Acid
The gang present a milestone 50th Trip all about acid: a drug, a genre, a political concept, a mental tool and a thought corrosive. Looking back on six years of the podcast, Nadia, Keir and Jem decide...
30 Maalis 20251h 37min
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 u...
27 Maalis 20251h 16min
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...
24 Maalis 20252h 25min
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 bes...
20 Maalis 20251h 6min
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 ...
17 Maalis 20251h 33min
