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
Novara FM: How Do We Liberate People From Bad Ideas? w/ adrienne maree brown
In their new book Loving Corrections, adrienne maree brown poses a crucial conundrum for all progressive thinkers: how do we liberate people from bad ideas? One of America’s most energetic thinkers ta...
31 Okt 202459min
Downstream: How War, Trade and Farming Changed the Planet Forever w/ Sunil Amrith
What if instead of talking about history from the perspective of humanity, we told it from the perspective of the resources that made human expansion possible? Sunil Amrith is a historian and author o...
28 Okt 20241h 1min
Novara FM: The Age of Disaster Nationalism w/ Richard Seymour
Around the world, far-right movements are mobilising support by placing the blame for real catastrophes – Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, their own riots and insurrections – on entirely made-up enemies,...
24 Okt 20241h 34min
Downstream: Insects Are Disappearing and We Should Be Very Worried w/ Dave Goulson
From pollinating crops to managing organic waste on a continental scale, insects are vital to life on Earth. They are also disappearing. Dave Goulson is an entomologist and ecologist whose books commu...
22 Okt 20241h 50min
