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Back to SearchDownstream: 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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 de…
2 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Everything You Know About The Global Economy is Wrong w/ Philip Pilkington
We are in a drastically different world from the one most of us grew up in. This has been proven by the rapid escalation in the events in the Middle …
2 years, 3 months ago
Downstream: We Are in the Post-Climate Change World w/ Gaia Vince
Discussion of climate change mainly focuses on mitigating rising temperatures, de-carbonising and getting to ‘net zero’.
Author and broadcaster Gaia …
2 years, 3 months ago
Downstream: White Holes and Radical Politics w/ Carlo Rovelli
From his radical youth in 1970s Italy to his research as one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli is as comfortable talking p…
2 years, 3 months ago
Downstream: 2023 Year in Review
For this end-of-year edition of Downstream, the Novara Media team look back on the biggest stories of the year. Ash Sarkar is joined by Moya Lothian-…
2 years, 4 months ago
Downstream: The Plan To Privatise Everything w/ Brett Christophers
Asset management companies like Blackrock, Vanguard and Macquarie have avoided real scrutiny for decades, but their secretive activities are starting…
2 years, 4 months ago
Downstream: This Damage Cannot Be Reversed w/ Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy has had a front row seat at some of the most consequential peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine in the last two decades, as pr…
2 years, 4 months ago
Downstream: We Don’t Understand History w/ Blindboy
Blindboy Boatclub is the Irish broadcaster, author and musician behind The Blindboy Podcast, a massively popular podcast mixing short fiction, comedy…
2 years, 4 months ago