Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDownstream: Why The Tories Keep Winning w/ Sam Earle
Excluding Tony Blair’s back-to-back victories, the Conservative Party has governed the UK for all but 18 of the last 100 years. While the media often…
5 years ago
Downstream: When Will China Be The World’s Most Powerful Country?
Will the 2020s be the decade when power decisively shifts from the United States to China? How important is China’s rise in a broad historic context …
5 years ago
Downstream: Independence for the North of England w/ Philip Proudfoot
In recent years Scottish and Welsh independence, as well as Irish unification, have become increasingly plausible, with Britain’s departure from the …
5 years, 1 month ago
Downstream: Why All Drugs Should Be Decriminalised w/ David Nutt
The criminalisation of drugs has almost no impact on drug use, denies access to proven medical treatments and disproportionately targets people of co…
5 years, 1 month ago
Downstream: Abolish The Monarchy
Will Harry and Meghan bring down the monarchy? Ash Sarkar is joined by gal-dem political editor Moya Lothian-Mclean and Novara Media’s very own James…
5 years, 1 month ago
Should We All Be Vegan? w/ Peter Singer
Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment…
5 years, 1 month ago
Downstream: Conservatives Don’t Care About Free Speech w/ Ronan Burtenshaw
Does the right actually care about free speech? Why do many think Britain has a unique history of defending freedom of expression when evidence sugge…
5 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Maybe Don’t Defund the BBC? w/ Nish Kumar
Can the BBC be trusted to fight for its own survival? Television has become ground zero in the reactionary backlash against liberal norms and, for so…
5 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Can Capitalism Solve Its Crises? w/ Mariana Mazzucato
What can the Apollo missions teach us about dealing with the major crises of the 21st century? And why are politicians so eager to dwell on caricatur…
5 years, 2 months ago
Downstream: Why Has Britain Failed on Covid? w/ Richard Horton
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic, with Britain enduring more than 100,000 deaths since, major questions remain…
5 years, 2 months ago