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01:07:20

72: Why does it always have to be me taking...

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2025/07/22

Ash and Moya descend into the guilt vortex for a conversation about family, responsibility, and parents who need to be parented. Plus: advice for a special one with a workplace crush. *We’ve got merch! The If I Speak Baggu bag is ethically made, comes in two colours and is available now from the Novara Media shop.* Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

00:52:01

Downstream: India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient...

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2025/07/21

The Silk Road has dominated the way we imagine the trading relationship between Europe and Asia to have worked in antiquity. In his new book, The Golden Road, William Dalrymple busts that myth. He sat down with Ash to talk about the origins of algebra, Indian gems in Anglo-Saxon Britain and why Genghis Khan was scared of India. You can see Ash and William live in conversation at EartH Hackney on the 29th July:

01:03:37

Downstream: Trump & Musk Could Start a Global...

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2025/07/14

Michael Lewis is an American author, journalist, and former bond trader. His best-known book, The Big Short, explains the 2000s US housing bubble and helped many people understand the 2008 financial crisis. In this interview, Lewis speaks with Aaron Bastani about his latest book, a collection of essays on federal government employees.Lewis finds that many of these workers are actually doing a good job, far from the stereotype of inefficient bureaucrats and the ire the likes of Trump and Musk

01:08:16

ACFM Microdose: Social Reproduction

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2025/07/13

Following their Trip episode on Cleaning, the ACFM crew take a closer look at the hidden labour that keeps the economy running. Would public canteens solve 80% of our problems?Find the books and music mentioned in the show: https://novara.media/acfm Sign up to the ACFM newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support

01:40:21

Downstream: Masculinity, Modern Love, and Mental...

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2025/07/07

Blindboy is an artist, podcaster, and author. His storytelling style weaves anti-colonial histories with perspectives on modern masculinity, politics, and mental health, all cut with an absurdist sense of humour. In public Blindboy wears a mask made from a plastic bag, maintaining anonymity while developing a cult following as a podcaster.In this interview, Blindboy delves into the historical connections between Ireland and Palestine, going as far back as the 1920s when the two countries were

01:26:06

Novara FM: ICE Is Ramping Up. LA Fought Back w/...

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2025/07/04

The Trump Administration's 'Big Beautiful Bill' will fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the tune of $45bn – a staggering increasing. But the fight back has already started. The 2025 protests in LA sought to slow down enforcement of increasingly draconian migration rules. Harsha Walia is the co-founder of 'No One is Illegal' and author of Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism. She spoke to Eleanor Penny about the global fight against

01:29:21

Downstream: Exposing The True Costs of AI w/ Karen Hao

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2025/07/01

As AI begins to fundamentally alter our lives, we're in urgent need of expert voices who both understand how the technology works and are capable of scrutinising its effects. In her new book, Empire of AI, tech reporter and former Silicon Valley engineer Karen Hao debunks the myths that surround AI and exposes the true costs of this global industry. She speaks to Aaron about Sam Altman’s origin story, the traumatising nature of content moderation work, and the striking similarities between Open AI

01:00:12

71: If I'm so angry then why am I crying?!

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2025/07/01

*We’ve got merch! The If I Speak Baggu is ethically made, comes in two colours and is available now from https://shop.novaramedia.com. Support the show and find fellow Special Ones.* On this episode, Moya presents an intrusive thought from a Special One about why some women struggle to express their anger. Should our 'outlaw emotions' be brought to the surface? Plus: help for a listener whose friends have taken an anti-trans turn. Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt

02:06:24

ACFM Trip 52: Cleaning

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2025/06/29

In the socialist utopia of our dreams, who exactly is doing the cleaning? Nadia, Jem and Keir tackle a surprisingly tricky topic in this ACFM Trip episode. With music from X-Ray Spex, The B-52s and more, they offer their weird-left perspective on everything from dirty dishes and bodily secretions to circumcision, pollution and the caste system.Find the books and music mentioned in the show: https://novara.media/acfm Sign up to the ACFM newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters Follow our

01:37:19

Novara FM: Israel-Iran War, Escalation Pauses w/...

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2025/06/25

Escalation towards war with Iran has hit a pause. But for how long?Eskandar Sadeghi is the author of Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran. He joined Richard Hames to explain the strategy and history of this conflict – and what it means for the future of geopolitics. And, of course, remember that the purpose of this war was to distract us from the Gaza Genocide.

01:10:33

70: Can you ever change what you want?

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2025/06/24

*We’ve got merch! The If I Speak Baggu is ethically made, comes in two colours and is available now from https://shop.novaramedia.com. Support the show and send a signal to fellow Special Ones.*In this episode, Moya and Ash talk about what to do with their impossible desires. Plus: Britain’s drinking problems, and and advice for a gay man whose female bestie has ditched him. Got a problem? ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

01:19:26

Downstream: Trump's Plan is to Make His Friends Even...

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2025/06/23

Quinn Slobodian is a Canadian historian. His new book, Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right is a deep dive into the set of far-right ideologues currently dominating US politics. Slobodian tracks how neoliberal thought has changed since Friedrich Hayek’s vision of unfettered capitalism went mainstream 50 years ago. In this conversation with Ash Sarkar, Slobodian talks about the reasons behind the new far-right’s obsessions with collapse, race, gold, and IQ. Who are the

01:17:17

Novara FM: How BlackRock and Global Finance Stole...

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2025/06/19

Got a pension? Or a savings account? Arguably, its purpose is to align your interests with the interests of capitalism: when the market goes up, you benefit too.All this means that the working class actually already owns lots of the assets around us, from companies to houses. But how much control do we actually have? Michael McCarthy is the author of The Master's Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It). He spoke to Eleanor Penny about how we take back control of

01:00:38

69: Is marriage a hard border? w/ Jeremy Atherton Lin

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2025/06/17

Is marriage like an island, or more of an open house? Ash talks about state-sanctioned relationships with memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin, whose new book Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told, is out now. Plus, advice for a listener whose money worries aren’t shared by her partner.Are you in big trouble? Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

00:56:25

Downstream: American Democracy Is Collapsing, and...

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2025/06/16

During the 2008 economic crisis, the Obama administration had an opportunity to enact widespread market reforms. Instead, they bailed out the banks and laid the groundwork for mass inequality and a political culture that has given us a second Trump administration. This week’s guest was in the room where those crucial decisions were made, and argued that financial institutions should not be able to escape the consequences of their recklessness. Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and

01:18:15

Novara FM: How to Redistribute the Globe w/ Jo Guldi

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2025/06/13

Assuming you're not reading this on your yacht, then the most contentious thing in the world is right beneath you.Since the dawn of agriculture, peasants, farmers, landlords, and states have vied for control of the land. Jo Guldi is the author of the The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights. She spoke to Eleanor Penny about the history of that struggle, and how the struggle over the most basic condition of life is evolving now.

01:10:01

68: Help! My housemate is a pig

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2025/06/10

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01:16:51

Novara FM: Palantir Technologies and the Age of...

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2025/06/05

The genocide in Gaza has been the most automated in history.Systems like 'Lavender' and 'Where's Daddy?' reportedly speed up the process of tracking and targeting Palestinians. They conceal the genocide's brutality behind the facade of technical neutrality. So why are the companies working with the IDF also working with the NHS? Eleanor Penny spoke to Matt Mahmoudi about the broken promises of big tech and war in the age of AI.

00:56:04

67: What's up with Generation Alpha?

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2025/06/03

Moya and Ash wonder what’s up with kids these days, thinking about parenting, advertising, social media and anxiety. Plus, advice for a bereaved listener who’s furious with her stepmum.Send your dilemmas to ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

01:41:25

Downstream: Britain’s Most Powerful Multi-Millionaire...

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2025/06/02

Dale Vince is a former new age traveller. In 1985 he was beaten up by police and arrested during the infamous Battle of the Beanfield at Stonehenge. And he's also the inventor a string of transformative technologies: the world’s first green energy company, the electric supercar, and the Electric Highway charging network. The last of these got him into in a David-versus-Goliath legal battle with Elon Musk – a battle Vince won. Since then, he's funded Just Stop Oil, become a major donor to the

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