Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDownstream IRL: We Are in a New Cold War w/ Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and author who served as Greek Finance Minister in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash. Since then, he …
2 years ago
ACFM Microdose: Aliens On Screen
Last time on ACFM, the gang explored the impact of UFOs on politics, from deep-state conspiracies to the Posadists. But to really understand how alie…
2 years ago
Novara FM: The Nasty Noughties w/ Owen Hatherley & Ash Sarkar
The 2000s in Britain was a decade of education, regeneration, falling inequality and Dizzee Rascal. But beneath the fleeting prosperity lurked a cult…
2 years ago
The US Must Stop Funding Israel | Bernie Sanders meets Ash Sarkar
Bernie Sanders needs no introduction. Ash caught up with the senator to talk about his new book ‘It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism’, the speed of …
2 years ago
Downstream: Israel Will Never Be Safe While Occupying Palestine w/ Yousef Alhelou
Yousef Alhelou has spent the four or so months since October 7th covering the Israeli assault on Gaza through his Instagram account. In that time, hi…
2 years ago
Novara FM: Can International Law Protect Gaza? w/ Rob Knox
As Israel extends its bombardment of Gaza into Rafah – a supposed safe zone where 1.7 million Palestinians are seeking refuge – the limits of the “la…
2 years ago
Novara FM: How To Be Honest About Empire w/ Sathnam Sanghera
Certain historians and politicians like to claim that the British Empire was “on balance” a good thing. Slavery was evil, they admit, but abolition w…
2 years ago
Downstream: Why No One Should Have More Than £10 Million w/ Ingrid Robeyns
Should there be a cap on how much wealth one person can have? If we’re serious about tackling poverty, the answer can only be yes, says Ingrid Robeyn…
2 years ago
ACFM Trip 40: UFOs
Should the left care about the existence of aliens? The ACFM gang explore the impact of UFOs on political thought in this Trip. Keir, Jem and Nadia d…
2 years ago
Downstream: Would the World Be Better Without Religion? w/ Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar
Twenty years ago, it was taken for granted that on average, people globally were shrugging off the shackles of organised religion. The world was dest…
2 years, 1 month ago