Podcast Episodes

Downstream: 2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke

On 10 December, Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discussed an epoch-defining year and its implications for the future. Is Starmer screwed…

1 year, 4 months ago

Downstream: Is Germany’s Economy Heading for Collapse? w/ Wolfgang Münchau

Just two months before a general election, Germany finds itself in a precarious position. The European project is fragile, the country’s manufacturin…

1 year, 4 months ago

Downstream: The Journalist Who Spent A Year With The Taliban w/ Ibrahim Nash’at

When the Taliban retook all of Afghanistan in 2021, it came as a shock to much of the West. The day after the last American soldier left, journalist …

1 year, 4 months ago

Downstream: Humans Could Become Immortal This Century w/ Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

Humanity has long pursued an elixir of youth and dreamed of eternal life. For the Abrahamic faiths, physical immortality was lost in the Garden of Ed…

1 year, 4 months ago

Downstream: Trains Are Better Than Cars. Here’s Why w/ Gareth Dennis

While the first modern trains were built in the early 19th century – more people travel by rail today than ever before. Not only have passenger numbe…

1 year, 5 months ago

Downstream IRL: There’s No Such Thing As Green Capitalism w/ Andreas Malm

Global heating is a serious problem, but the question of just how urgently to fight it is a fraught one. Should 2C or 1.5C of warming be our limit? O…

1 year, 5 months ago

Downstream: What the Roman Empire Tells Us About the Collapse of the West W/ Peter Heather and John Rapley

Everyone knows that the Roman Empire rose, then fell. Historians don’t all agree on the reasons for the collapse, but their misunderstandings can she…

1 year, 5 months ago

Downstream: Could Israel Become A Failed State? w/ Ilan Pappé

War is spreading throughout West Asia, a situation understood by many observers as an outgrowth of Israeli expansionism. In a return visit to Downstr…

1 year, 5 months ago

Downstream: How War, Trade and Farming Changed the Planet Forever w/ Sunil Amrith

What if instead of talking about history from the perspective of humanity, we told it from the perspective of the resources that made human expansion…

1 year, 5 months ago

Downstream: Insects Are Disappearing and We Should Be Very Worried w/ Dave Goulson

From pollinating crops to managing organic waste on a continental scale, insects are vital to life on Earth. They are also disappearing.

Dave Goulson…

1 year, 6 months ago