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Novara FM: Did Pandemics Make the Modern World?
Lockdown was one of the defining experiences of our lives, but it was far from unique in history. Contagion and confinement are inextricably intertwi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Downstream: Everything We’re Told About the History of the West Is Wrong w/ Josephine Quinn
In 1996 Samuel Huntington published ‘The Clash of Civilizations’. At the time its hypothesis was counter-intuitive. Despite the supremacy of the Unit…
1 year, 2 months ago
Novara FM: The Decades Long Plan that Made Trump Possible w/ David Adler
Read any of the mainstream press at the moment and you’ll hear the same thing: unprecedented things are happening in America. But what if this sudden…
1 year, 2 months ago
Downstream: Europe’s Political Elite Are Completely Finished w/ Philip Pilkington
For almost six centuries Europe has been at the centre of world affairs.
While the days of Empire are long gone, over the last several decades the im…
1 year, 3 months ago
Novara FM: The Green Party vs Something New w/ James Schneider and Zack Polanski
This part two of our discussion about a new left party. You can listen to part 1 here: https://novaramedia.com/2025/01/30/time-for-a-new-left-party/
…1 year, 3 months ago
Downstream: This Is Why the Right Are Winning w/ Ash Sarkar
“I’m literally a communist, you idiot”. For almost a decade Ash Sarkar has been one of Britain’s most prominent left wing political journalists. She …
1 year, 3 months ago
Novara FM: Against Assisted Dying w/ Ellen Clifford
Your death should be your own, as much as possible. That’s one of the principles behind the Assisted Dying Bill. It lets adults with less than 6 mont…
1 year, 3 months ago
Downstream: Elon Musk Wants to Be Napoleon w/ Will Davies
It’s official – we’re in the middle of an unprecedented vibe shift. Donald Trump’s second term in the White House tips the political balance across t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Downstream: Why Are So Many People Lonely? w/ Shon Faye
Love is supposed to be the most universal human experience after death and taxes. So why do so many people feel like they’re failing in it? Ash Sarka…
1 year, 3 months ago
ACFM Microdose: Making Sense of Sovereign Debt w/ Heidi Chow
After last week’s ACFM on the meaning and morality of personal debt, Keir and Nadia zoom out to the macroeconomics of debt.
Joining them to make sens…
1 year, 3 months ago