Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDownstream IRL: This Ideology Threatens Our Fundamental Freedoms w/ Judith Butler
For a special edition of Downstream IRL, Ash Sarkar is joined by philosopher, author, and one of the world’s most cited academics, Judith Butler. The…
1 year, 11 months ago
Downstream: We Are Getting Foreign Policy Very Wrong w/ Steve Coll
With hindsight, the wars waged by the US and Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq look like terrible failures, both strategically and politically: the Tal…
1 year, 11 months ago
Novara FM: Critical Theorists Hate This One Weird Trick w/ Anna Kornbluh
We’re living in a world of hurry and shortcuts, of intimacy on tap and just-in-time production. Immediacy, according to Anna Kornbluh, is the link be…
1 year, 11 months ago
Downstream: On Gaza, Grammar Schools and British War Crimes w/ Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens is an author and journalist whose contrarian takes on drug policy, education and foreign policy have found him occupying a singular pl…
1 year, 11 months ago
ACFM Trip 41: Trust Your Gut
From fecal transplants to the yoghurt-industrial complex, we’ve never been more absorbed in the workings of our gut. But can we trust it? Nadia, Jem …
1 year, 11 months ago
Novara FM: The Untold Histories of Black Gay Britain w/ Jason Okundaye
Researching Black British history “often feels like a rescue effort, a race against time,” writes Jason Okundaye. In his first book, he narrates the …
1 year, 11 months ago
Downstream: Retired Major-General on Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan w/ Charlie Herbert
Major General Charlie Herbert has stood out in recent months for his vociferous condemnation of Israel’s war on Palestinians. His media appearances h…
1 year, 11 months ago
Novara FM: Not Westminster’s Whipping Boys w/ Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Less than 20% of the promised levelling-up projects for England have been completed. The problem lies not only with the current government, but with …
1 year, 11 months ago
Downstream: Britain’s Economy Will Only Get Worse Forever w/ Gary Stevenson
Gary Stevenson went from being Citibank’s most profitable trader to one of the world’s most incisive critics of the financial system. Gary sat down w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Novara FM: Russia After Navalny w/ Tony Wood
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, the question of what Russia is really thinking remains as crucial, and mysterious, as ever. To paint a p…
2 years ago