Downstream: The Political Possibilities of the Ancient World w/ Josephine Quinn
What were the ancient alternatives to democracy? Did people in the Bronze Age forget how to write – or deliberately stop? And what’s the use in studying ancient languages? In a Downstream IRL recorded...
15 Sep 202528min
Downstream: Are We Living Through the End of an Empire? w/ Lea Ypi
What can the collapse of the Ottoman Empire teach us about the danger of the current discourse around migration? ‘Re-migration’ is not a new concept conjured up by the far-right, but rather something ...
8 Sep 20252h 2min
Downstream: Infinite Growth Will Lead to Collapse w/ Jason Hickel
Our politicians don’t agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the pie, they assure us, and there will be more to go around. Our guest on Downstream ...
1 Sep 20251h 45min
ACFM Microdose: Gardening
Are gardens a sanctuary or an enclosure? The ACFM gang sketch out a weird-left history of gardening, from the walled gardens of paradise to the tarmacked lawns of suburban Britain. Find the books, mu...
31 Aug 20251h 41min
Downstream: China Is Building While the West Crumbles w/ Dan Wang
Dan Wang is a technology analyst and author whose life experience, spent partly in North America, partly in China, sets him up as an authoritative observer of the differences and similarities between ...
25 Aug 20252h 1min
Downstream: A Reckoning Is Coming For The Establishment Over Gaza w/ Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a journalist and the author of ‘Chavs’, ‘The Establishment’, and ‘This Land’. He has spent the last 21 months relentlessly reporting and commenting on Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. He ...
18 Aug 20251h 18min
Downstream: The Ancient Indian History Our Schools Don’t Teach w/ William Dalrymple
Ash Sarkar sat down at EartH Hackney with acclaimed historian and author William Dalrymple. Picking up where they left off last time they spoke on Downstream, Sarkar and Dalrymple had a wide-ranging c...
11 Aug 20251h 5min
Novara FM: Where Did Novara Media Come From? w/ Aaron Bastani, James Butler and Ash Sarkar
Novara FM was Novara Media’s first show – it’s now coming to an end. On the final episode, Richard Hames sat down with Aaron Bastani, James Butler and Ash Sarkar to talk about 15 years of Novara Media...
7 Aug 20251h 40min
