Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDownstream: Social Mobility Is A Lie w/ Dan Evans
Has the left misunderstood the state of our nation? Sociologist and trade unionist Dan Evans thinks so. He talks to Aaron about the unexpected power …
2 years, 7 months ago
Novara FM: The Empty Promise of Ethical Meat w/ Amber Husain
The global meat industry has grown fivefold since the 1960s and is still growing. Yet sales of vegan and so-called ‘plant-based’ alternatives are soa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Downstream: Going Undercover With Extremists w/ Julia Ebner
Since 2016 we’ve seen mainstream politics take a turn for the weird, epitomised by the surprise success of populist projects like Brexit and the elec…
2 years, 7 months ago
Novara FM: We Were Promised Robot Butlers w/ Helen Hester & Nick Srnicek
Once upon a time we dreamed of a world free from household drudgery, helped by robot butlers, self-cleaning appliances and “smart” homes that saved e…
2 years, 7 months ago
Downstream: What Have We Got Wrong About Antiracism? w/ Arun Kundnani
After the summer of 2020, the liberal consensus was that in order to tackle racism, white people would have to look inside themselves and ‘do the wor…
2 years, 7 months ago
Novara FM: Revenge of the Commoners w/ Jon Moses
Several years ago, Jon Moses realised that the stunning nature he could see from his house in rural Herefordshire was inaccessible to him. From the n…
2 years, 7 months ago
Downstream: Is It Time for a Universal Basic Income? w/ Will Stronge
Most people’s lives are defined by the exchange of labour for a wage. But what if the state gave us all a regular wage, with zero strings attached, t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Downstream: Leaving London’s Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community w/ Izzy Posen
Izzy Posen grew up in London’s Hasidic Jewish community in Stamford Hill, receiving the bare minimum of secular education in a school that still prac…
2 years, 7 months ago
Downstream: Can The Green Party Transform British Politics? w/ Zack Polanski
The Green Party of England and Wales has made extraordinary gains in the last two decades, especially in the last round of local elections. As well a…
2 years, 8 months ago
ACFM Trip 34: The Outdoors
As the longest day arrives in the northern hemisphere, Jeremy, Nadia and Keir ponder our obsession with the great outdoors. How did parks become poli…
2 years, 8 months ago