Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDownstream: Billions Will Die If They Don’t Listen To Us w/ Roger Hallam
Roger Hallam was released from jail a few weeks before this interview. He was held on remand for 109 days after being charged with ‘conspiracy to cau…
3 years, 1 month ago
Downstream: We Are on a Path Towards Authoritarianism w/ Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is one of the most prominent political journalists in the US. He talks to Aaron Bastani about the challenges facing the world today: auth…
3 years, 1 month ago
Downstream: The Truth About Snowflakes w/ Ash Sarkar, Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial
The media is awash with allegations of censorship. The works of Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming have been combed through to rid them of offensive tropes a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Downstream: The Big Con w/ Mariana Mazzucato
The management consultancy industry is worth around a trillion dollars, yet few people on the street could tell you what all that money is for. Much …
3 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Britain Is Being Scammed by Landlords w/ Michael Walker
Britain is in the grip of a generation-defining housing crisis. Private renters are being forced more and more into living in accommodation of a lowe…
3 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: The Truth About Conspiracies w/ Nicky Woolf
From covering mass shootings as US Correspondent for The Guardian to investigating QAnon for a year for the podcast ‘Finding Q’, Nicky Woolf has been…
3 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Why Britain Needs To Ditch the Monarchy w/ Graham Smith
With Charles’ coronation approaching, it’s time to scrutinise not just the man himself but the monarchy as an idea. Joining Aaron to explore all thin…
3 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Science Isn’t Truth w/ Adam Rutherford
One of the most powerful justifications for racism in the 20th century was eugenics. Based on pseudo-scientific certainties cherry-picked from the me…
3 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: The Sexual Marketplace w/ Annie Lord
Dating might seem a trivial subject in an era of rising inequality and climate crisis. But finding romantic love – or learning how to live without it…
3 years, 3 months ago
Downstream: Tories Don’t Think w/ Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens is something of an iconoclast. Among his colleagues on the right, the Mail on Sunday columnist stands out as a heterodox thinker – yet…
3 years, 3 months ago