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
Novara FM: Understanding Hezbollah, Israel’s ‘Best Enemy’ w/ Elia Ayoub
What does Israel hope to achieve this time, nearly 20 years after its last failed ground offensive in Lebanon? And how should we understand its adversary, a political party that also functions as a fi...
17 Okt 20241h 19min
Downstream: Do We Really Need to Tax the Rich? w/ Stephanie Kelton
Stephanie Kelton is an author and economist, and subject of the new film ‘Finding The Money’. Her work as a proponent of Modern Monetary Theory and as an advisor to Bernie Sanders has put her front an...
14 Okt 202459min
ACFM Trip 46: Death
Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew take a leftwing look at mortality in this Trip, asking how capitalism has altered our approach to the...
13 Okt 20241h 43min
Novara FM: When Does A Crowd Become A Mob? w/ Dan Hancox
The English language is full of pejoratives for large groups of people: mob mentality. Herd behaviour. Crowd contagion. Much of this apprehension stems from one of the most influential works of psycho...
10 Okt 20241h 15min
Downstream: Everything You Need to Know About China & Xi Jinping w/ Olivia Cheung
Xi Jinping is possibly the most powerful person in the world, but what do we know about his origins, ways of thinking and goals for China and the human race in general? To answer these questions and m...
9 Okt 20241h 28min
Novara FM: How the British State Is Trying to Crush the Palestine Movement
The Palestine solidarity movement is the largest movement in British politics for a century. Yet has been vilified and policed as if it were a tiny group of extremists. In this investigative episode o...
3 Okt 20241h 36min
Downstream: India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient World w/ William Dalrymple
The Silk Road has dominated the way we imagine the trading relationship between Europe and Asia to have worked in antiquity. In his new book, The Golden Road, William Dalrymple busts that myth. He sat...
1 Okt 202452min
