Downstream: We Don’t Understand History w/ Blindboy
Blindboy Boatclub is the Irish broadcaster, author and musician behind The Blindboy Podcast, a massively popular podcast mixing short fiction, comedy and interviews. His new short story collection, To...
5 Des 20231h 18min
Novara FM: Fascism Is Not The Exception w/ Alberto Toscano
In recent years we’ve spent a lot of time arguing about fascism – what it means, what it looks like, and how we would know if it had returned. That typically brings us back to the European fascism of ...
1 Des 20231h 9min
Downstream: The History of Israel’s War on Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi
To really understand what’s going in Israel, you need to get your history straight. Rashid Khalidi is one of the foremost historians of the Middle East and the author of several books on the region’s ...
27 Nov 202353min
Novara FM: New Cities, Old Scams w/ Quinn Slobodian
Business is booming for architects and property investors right now, with masterplans being unveiled for dozens of new cities around the world. The hi-tech promise of NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s proposed new...
23 Nov 20231h 19min
Downstream: Does the Labour Party Care About Palestine? w/ Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana is one of the youngest MPs in Parliament and has faced intense hostility from the right of the Labour Party since Keir Starmer’s ascent to leader. The MP for Coventry South sat down wit...
20 Nov 202356min
Novara FM: Why Posh People Have Bad Taste w/ Nathalie Olah
Dolly Parton was right, as usual, when she revealed that “it costs a lot of money to look this cheap”. But who decided rhinestones were tacky in the first place? Style is a matter of taste, yet taste ...
16 Nov 20231h 13min
Downstream: The Future of Money w/ Brett Scott
We’re heading towards a cashless society. With the dominion of Visa and Mastercard showing no sign of shrinking, it’s becoming increasingly necessary to scrutinise what this shift towards virtual mone...
13 Nov 20231h 28min
Novara FM: Engine of Immortality w/ Jeff Jarvis
For 500 years, societies have been shaped by the authority and permanence of the printed word. What do we have to lose – or gain – when the internet renders print culture obsolete? Jeff Jarvis thinks ...
10 Nov 20231h 7min
