Downstream: Trains Are Better Than Cars. Here’s Why w/ Gareth Dennis
While the first modern trains were built in the early 19th century – more people travel by rail today than ever before. Not only have passenger numbers risen in the UK but the likes of China, Iran and...
25 Nov 20241h 34min
Novara FM: The New Space Race Is an Arms Race w/ Daniel Deudney
In October 2024, SpaceX caught a rocket. An astonishing feat of engineering, it took humanity one giant leap closer to the era of everyday space travel – and possibly one small step closer to its own ...
22 Nov 20241h 7min
Downstream IRL: There’s No Such Thing As Green Capitalism w/ Andreas Malm
Global heating is a serious problem, but the question of just how urgently to fight it is a fraught one. Should 2C or 1.5C of warming be our limit? Or can we blow past these limits now, and come back ...
18 Nov 202436min
ACFM Trip 47: Disruption
Disruption is a byword for success in the tech industry, but when it affects people’s daily routines – say, when JSO activists are slow-marching down a road – it becomes nothing short of criminal. On ...
17 Nov 20241h 28min
Novara FM: How MAGA Went Mainstream w/ Joshua Citarella
In 2016, the alt-right seemed to come from the internet and infest politics. In 2024, the internet and politics have become identical. Are we swimming in the world the alt-right built for us? Perhaps ...
15 Nov 20241h 18min
Downstream: What the Roman Empire Tells Us About the Collapse of the West W/ Peter Heather and John Rapley
Everyone knows that the Roman Empire rose, then fell. Historians don’t all agree on the reasons for the collapse, but their misunderstandings can shed plenty of light on the current state of the world...
13 Nov 20241h 30min
Novara FM: What’s Next for AI Now It’s Ingested the Entire Internet? w/ Marek Poliks
The rise of artificial intelligence will bring about a planetary-scale shift in human life and politics – and, it seems, a lot of weird social media spam. But for all the grand pronouncements from tec...
7 Nov 20241h 24min
Downstream: Could Israel Become A Failed State? w/ Ilan Pappé
War is spreading throughout West Asia, a situation understood by many observers as an outgrowth of Israeli expansionism. In a return visit to Downstream, historian Ilan Pappé provides a century’s wort...
5 Nov 20241h 21min
