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00:55:38

Novara Live: How Undercover Cops Ruined Lives

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2023/02/23

Keir Starmer has dropped the ten pledges he made in his Labour leadership election and replaced them with five totally different missions. But why should we trust him to stick to them this time around? With Michael Walker and Sam Bright. Read more from Tom Fowler on spycops here: https://spycops.info

00:53:51

Novara Live: Shamima Begum Loses Appeal

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2023/02/22

A judge has ruled that the revocation of Shamima Begum's British citizenship was lawful. Will the UK get away with absolving ourselves of a problem Britain created? Plus: Britain's banks are making record-breaking profits; and new voter ID laws are impacting Britain's democracy. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: novaramedia.com/support

01:07:50

Novara FM: Liberty, Democracy, Piracy w/ Marcus Rediker

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2023/02/22

What was the Enlightenment? A time of wigs, books and noble thoughts? Or was it a little more swashbuckling than that, and perhaps wearing an eye patch? The final book by David Graeber is concerned with pirates and their lives: nasty, brutish and short, for sure – but also free and strikingly egalitarian. In Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia, the late anarchist and anthropologist argues that democracy was born less with a flick of the quill than with a lot of brutish captains being made

00:49:01

Novara Live: How the Media Harassed Nicola Bulley's...

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2023/02/21

Social media has been criticised for its frenzied reaction to the disappearance of Nicola Bulley, but was legacy media much better? Plus: Kate Forbes car crash campaign continues; a 4 day week trial seems promising; & Matt Hancock is now selling... NFTs. With Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.

00:22:16

Novara Live: SNP Election Shapes Up

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2023/02/20

The race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister is narrowing. Do the candidates remaining mean the party will shift to the right? We speak to Hamish Morrison from The National. Plus: Emily Thornberry's guardian interview paints a labour party that aren't excited about gaining power; and Penny Mordaunt delivers more Tory lies about strikes. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a

01:32:16

Downstream: Britain Is Being Scammed By Landlords w/...

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2023/02/20

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 lower and lower standard – that’s if they can find somewhere to live in the first place. To discuss the problem, and how it can be fixed, Aaron Bastani is joined by a guest extremely familiar to the Novara audience: Michael Walker. You can find Michael’s podcast 'Crash Course' on all podcast apps and you can get extra content on the Crash Course

01:36:01

ACFM Microdose: Strikes on Screen

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2023/02/19

The ACFM groupmind went into overdrive on last week's Trip, a wide-ranging conversation about the long and violent history of strikes. This time, Nadia, Jem and Keir take a closer look at cultural representations of worker organisation – that is to say, they sat themselves down with a huge stack of old movies and an extra-large bucket of opinions. From blacklisted Hollywood dramas to bawdy British comedies, the gang survey nearly 100 years of strikes on screen – courtesy of directors like Danny

00:57:55

Novara Live: Starmer’s Dodgy MP Candidates

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2023/02/17

Keir Starmer blocked top left wing talent, and let through right wing liabilities. Plus: the labour right go on a incestuous media tour; why the spy balloon wars are ridiculous. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: novaramedia.com/support

00:48:37

Novara Live: Who Will Replace Nicola Sturgeon?

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2023/02/16

With Nicola Sturgeon resigning as First Minister, who will replace her as the next SNP leader? We go through the candidates in the running. Plus: Keir Starmer is a hypocrite according to former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher; Centrica announces record breaking profits amid a spike in energy prices. With Dalia Gebrial and Michael Walker.

00:56:24

Novara Live: Nicola Sturgeon Resigns

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2023/02/15

Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation is a bombshell dropped on British politics. We speak to Laura Webster from The National, and Ross Greer from the Scottish Greens. Plus: Keir Starmer has banned Jeremy Corbyn from standing in the next general election; and Riley Quinn explains why the US might mint a trillion dollar coin. With Michael Walker and Riley Quinn. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: novaramedia.com/support

00:56:38

Novara Live: The Rise Of Sexlessness

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2023/02/14

Press censorship in India has reached the BBC. We speak to SOAS academic Subir Sinha about the fallout of raids on the British broadcaster and rising media repression by India’s ruling party. Plus: is declining sexual intimacy a political concern? And Lee Anderson outlines the 2024 Tory election strategy (spoiler: transphobia). With Moya Lothian-Mclean & Ash Sarkar.

01:12:07

Downstream: The Truth About Conspiracies w/ Nicky Woolf

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2023/02/14

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 plumbing the grimmer depths of the American psyche for a long time. He joins Ash to discuss the mysterious ‘Havana Syndrome’, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Making Nazis Afraid Again. You can listen to his new podcast ‘The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome’ everywhere you get podcasts.

00:49:17

Novara Live: Trans Teenager Killed

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2023/02/13

The shocking killing of Brianna Ghey has put a spotlight on transphobia in Britain. We speak to journalist Ugla Stefania about the significance of the tragedy, and the hostile environment transgender people face. Plus: a racist riot takes place outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Knowsley; and we speak to Academic Cihan Tugal about how the Earthquake in Turkey has shone a spotlight on poor building practices in the country. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for

00:57:10

Novara Live: RMT Rejects Latest Offer

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2023/02/10

The RMT have rejected their latest offer from Network Rail and train operators. We speak to a train driver and union rep. Plus: Seymour Hersh publishes claims that Biden ordered sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines and Nadine Dorries won’t stand again as MP. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: https://novaramedia.com/support

00:34:59

Novara Live: Sturgeon’s SNP Lose Scotland ‘billions’...

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2023/02/09

Have Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish government cost the country billions of pounds in a historically bad public asset sell off? With Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar.

00:51:56

Novara Live: Zelensky Meets King Charles & Rishi...

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2023/02/08

On Zelensky's surprise visit to parliament he asked MPs to send Ukraine fighter jets. Should Britain send them? We speak to Luke Cooper. Plus: GB News faces more criticism for conspiracy theories; and a review of the government's counter-terrorism programme prevent comes up with exactly the answers they wanted. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: https://novaramedia.com/support

00:56:41

Novara FM: Abolition Pending Revolution w/ Shanice...

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2023/02/08

Are the police running out of excuses? Police wearing body cameras still kill unarmed Black people. Sexual violence remains rife after inquiries and exposés. As reforms fail, the case for much more than piecemeal change builds. But at the same time, capitalism seems to have run out of other ways to maintain social control. Real wages are falling, public services are collapsing and environmental catastrophe looms. What does the ruling class have except the police? Policing in the UK is caught

00:43:27

Novara Live: Sunak's Reshuffle Puts Lee Anderson As...

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2023/02/07

As poor polls continue to plague the government, Rishi Sunak has attempted to gain control through a cabinet re-shuffle. That includes the promotion of controversial MP, Lee Anderson, to the position of Conservative party deputy chair. Plus: BBC Chairman Richard Sharp gets grilled by the culture committee over his financial relationship to Boris Johnson; BP receive record profits and row back on climate pledges; and met police officer David Carrick is sentenced. With Aaron Bastani and Harriet

01:31:06

Downstream: Why Britain Needs To Ditch the Monarchy...

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2023/02/07

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 things royal – from how they fund their luxurious lifestyles to the ways they secretly exert political influence – is Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, a pressure group driven by a single issue: to abolish the monarchy.

01:44:41

Downstream: Science Isn't Truth w/ Adam Rutherford

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2023/02/07

One of the most powerful justifications for racism in the 20th century was eugenics. Based on pseudo-scientific certainties cherry-picked from the messy world of genetics and behaviour, belief in eugenics led to some of the most profound horrors humans have ever experienced. So why are so many aspects of race science coming back alive today? To discuss the history and resurgence of these ideas, Ash Sarkar is joined by Dr Adam Rutherford, author of many books including, most recently, Control: The

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