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00:53:01

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism? w/...

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2023/08/24

Mental illness is endemic to life under capitalism, yet it's still largely talked about as a personal and medical issue. But what if we ditched the campaigns to "raise awareness" and instead turned our attention to criticising the systems that make us mad? Micha Frazer-Carroll is a journalist and the author of Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health. She joins Novara Media's Charlotte England to discuss how her own experiences of madness and diagnosis fed into the book's reframing of everything

00:49:38

Novara Live: Poll Shows Labour Drawing Level With...

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2023/08/23

A new poll suggests that Labour are drawing level with the SNP in terms of Westminster seats. Plus: Eric Olander from the China In Africa podcast speaks on the significance of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

00:55:09

Novara Live: Can Starmer Win Back Students, Sunak...

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2023/08/22

Keir Starmer has claimed that if he was leaving school today, he would not be able to afford to go to University. But what are his party offering as a solution? Plus: Sunak has refused to promise he will fulfil his own pledge to ‘stop the boats’ by the next election; and bosses are raking it in while ordinary working people’s wages are being squeezed by inflation. With Michael Walker and Rivkah Brown.

00:51:57

Novara Live: Could Lucy Letby Have Been Stopped...

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2023/08/21

The UK’s most prolific child serial killer Lucy Letby has been sentenced to a whole life order, but could her crimes have been stopped sooner? Plus: how the Israeli Embassy attempted to influence a UK court case; and a controversial moment from the women’s world cup final. With Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar

00:50:05

Novara Live: Keir Starmer in Workers’ Rights Row...

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2023/08/18

Keir Starmer has made yet another U-turn leaving the Labour party in a new row over workers rights. Plus: An update on the situation with the conflict in Ukraine; and the right-wing freakout over drag queens continues. With Michael Walker and Mike Bankole.

00:52:52

Novara Live: A Level Results See Record Fall in Top...

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2023/08/17

A-level results have seen a record fall in grades following the government’s pledge to return the system to normal after the pandemic. Plus: the international chess federation have banned trans-women from women-only competitions; and how hard-right Tories are pushing for a net zero referendum. With Moya Lothian-McLean and Rivkah Brown.

01:13:38

Novara FM: The Art of the Psyop w/ Trevor Paglen

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2023/08/17

We live in exciting times for ufology. We're also coming to realise that many of the modern-day myths around visiting spacecraft were in fact planted by our own intelligence services. But how to tell fact from fiction? Trevor Paglen is an American artist known for investigating the invisible through the visible. His practice has taken him to Afghanistan to uncover "black site" prisons, underwater to photograph the cables that carry the NSA’s data, and to the Californian desert to photograph the 350

00:53:12

Novara Live: Tories Try to Take Credit for Lower...

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2023/08/16

Annual Inflation has fallen, and the Tory government are trying to take credit. Plus: the Home Office have come up with a new way to mistreat migrants; and a new development in the captain Tom Moore family farce. With Dalia Gebrial and Ash Sarkar.

00:47:28

Novara Live: Tory Funding For Crumbling NHS Branded A...

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2023/08/15

Rishi Sunak’s government have announced an extra 250 million pounds for the NHS. Labour say this isn’t nearly enough. Plus, police forces across the UK have leaked data, Vice News is accused of blocking stories that offend the Saudi Arabian government and Humza Yousaf has spoken out about the need for men in positions of power to tackle misogyny. With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Shon Faye.

00:57:57

Novara Live: Braverman's "Thoughts and Prayers" After...

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2023/08/14

After six afghani men drowned in the channel after their boat sank, home secretary Suella Braverman has given them her "thoughts and prayers." Plus: Tony Blair is still taking money from Saudi Arabia; and some shocking contributions from the public on small boat crossings. With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.

00:59:22

Novara Live: Deadly Bacteria Found on Tory Barge for...

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2023/08/11

An outbreak of legionella bacteria has forced all migrants to leave the government’s Bibby Stockholm barge. Plus: Hugh Grant speaks out about everything wrong with the British media; and a controversial video of an arrest made by West Yorkshire Police has gone viral. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

00:50:44

Novara Live: Sunak’s Tories Preside Over Record High...

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2023/08/10

The number of people waiting for routine treatment on the NHS in England has just hit 7.6 million people – smashing all previous records. Plus: home secretary Suella Braverman says that a group of teenagers should be hunted down; and a certain Tory MP tells Michael Walker to solve his renting problems by simply buying a house. With Michael Walker and Dan Evans.

00:50:32

Novara FM: The Oxygen of Democracy w/ Amy Goodman

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2023/08/10

"Democratic media is the oxygen of democracy." That's the maxim that motivates Amy Goodman, award-winning American journalist and longtime host of Democracy Now!, the daily news show that has blazed a trail for alternative media in its nearly three decades on air. Whether reporting on East Timor's independence movement or following the pipeline protests at Standing Rock, Goodman has dedicated her career to reporting the facts that go ignored by the mainstream media – even if it means putting

01:02:32

Novara Live: Jenrick and Anderson’s Shameful Cruelty...

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2023/08/09

A split has opened up in the Conservative party after Tory chair Lee Anderson has said Sunak’s government have “failed” on immigration. Plus: tragedy in the Mediterranean as 41 migrants die after a shipwreck; and a certain Tory peer has announced he may end up voting Labour. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

00:54:29

Novara Live: Braverman Goes After Lawyers Defending...

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2023/08/08

Home secretary Suella Braverman has announced a new taskforce to catch immigration lawyers who she has branded as “immoral”. Plus: the electoral commission announce they were hacked; and a look at the influences and finances behind the Tony Blair institute. With Aaron Bastani and Sam Bright.

01:42:27

Downstream: A History of Sex Scandals w/ Steven Methven

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2023/08/08

The media and the public seem to be fixated on sex scandals this year, from household names in the headlines to salacious rumours spread on social media. But haven't we always been intrigued by the private lives of those in power? Ash Sarkar is joined by Novara Live researcher Steven Methven to delve into the long history of sex scandals, from antiquity to the internet.

00:52:49

Novara Live: Braverman’s Barge Begins Housing...

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2023/08/07

The first group of asylum seekers to be housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset have today been taken onboard. Plus: Pro-car activists attack ULEZ cameras whilst anti-SUV activists deflate Land Rover tyres. With Michael Walker and James Meadway.

01:57:17

ACFM Trip 35: The Internet

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2023/08/06

In this bumper Trip, the gang survey the totalising modern phenomenon that is The Internet. Nadia, Keir and Jem dredge up their early interactions with a primitive web and explain how the dream of free and open communication was displaced by closed networks of e-commerce and data harvesting. Following Keir’s recent Microdose episode with Malcolm Harris, they discuss the connections between self-optimising techies and the pseudo-science of eugenics. They also talk about digital hygiene, the

00:55:16

Novara Live: Mayors Line up to Back Khan Over ULEZ,...

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2023/08/04

As new climate records are broken, mayors from around the world have urged Sadiq Khan not to back down on ULEZ. Plus: GB News storm the offices of Greenpeace; and Dan Wootton is dropped by the Mail. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

00:50:26

Novara Live: Sunak’s Mansion Taken Over by...

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2023/08/03

Rishi Sunak’s residence in north Yorkshire has been protested by climate activists from Greenpeace. Plus: A tory cabinet minister thinks over 50s should start riding for Deliveroo; and the Bank of England raise interest rates yet again. With Ash Sarkar and James Meadway.

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