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Novara FM: Die Hard w/ James Butler
Die Hard is a perennial of festive TV, but is it really a Christmas movie? James Butler and Eleanor Penny explore what the 1988 action comedy reveals…
1 year, 5 months ago
Downstream: Is Germany’s Economy Heading for Collapse? w/ Wolfgang Münchau
Just two months before a general election, Germany finds itself in a precarious position. The European project is fragile, the country’s manufacturin…
1 year, 5 months ago
Novara FM: We Need a New Wikileaks w/ Stefania Maurizi
In the 2010s, we found out that we were all being watched. A series of leaks, from Wikileaks and others, revealed that our governments were conductin…
1 year, 5 months ago
Downstream: The Journalist Who Spent A Year With The Taliban w/ Ibrahim Nash’at
When the Taliban retook all of Afghanistan in 2021, it came as a shock to much of the West. The day after the last American soldier left, journalist …
1 year, 5 months ago
ACFM Trip 48: Political Commitment
Which side are you on? Keir, Nadia and Jem consider the ebb and flow of political commitment with ideas and music from Jodi Dean, Gramsci, John Coltr…
1 year, 5 months ago
Novara FM: The New Scramble for Africa in the Vacuum of Empire w/ James Pogue
In 1891, the French drew the borders of what became Mali. Like many colonial borders, they were arbitrary, absurd to the many nomads who supposedly l…
1 year, 5 months ago
Downstream: Humans Could Become Immortal This Century w/ Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
Humanity has long pursued an elixir of youth and dreamed of eternal life. For the Abrahamic faiths, physical immortality was lost in the Garden of Ed…
1 year, 5 months ago
Novara FM: Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism w/ Laura Watson
Imagine a person arrested for keeping a brothel. Who are they? An abusive pimp? Such people exist, no doubt, but the law isn’t set up just to catch a…
1 year, 5 months ago
Downstream: Trains Are Better Than Cars. Here’s Why w/ Gareth Dennis
While the first modern trains were built in the early 19th century – more people travel by rail today than ever before. Not only have passenger numbe…
1 year, 6 months ago
Novara FM: The New Space Race Is an Arms Race w/ Daniel Deudney
In October 2024, SpaceX caught a rocket. An astonishing feat of engineering, it took humanity one giant leap closer to the era of everyday space trav…
1 year, 6 months ago