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01:08:38

Downstream: Does International Law Even Work? w/...

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2025/04/29

Today the leaders of Israel, Russia, and Hamas all stand accused of war crimes. Yet it seems doubtful that these men will ever face justice – so what's the point of international law? For 30 years, Kenneth Roth was the director of Human Rights Watch. In that time, his organisation exposed hundreds of human rights abuses and pressured governments to cease committing them. On Downstream, Kenneth Roth told Ash Sarkar how human rights law actually works on the ground, and how exposure, shame, and the

00:56:40

62: I’m not sure I want to call myself a feminist...

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2025/04/29

Ash and Moya confront their feelings after a bad fortnight for feminism, from Katy Perry in space to the Supreme Court’s anti-trans ruling. Plus: advice on divorcing parents and compulsive exercising. PSA: We’re going live at EartH in London on 21st May! Special guest TBA! Tickets are available from Dice. Send your dilemmas to ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

01:42:51

ACFM Microdose: Make Way for Winged Eros!

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2025/04/27

The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of one of the most influential political tracts ever written. Download a version online and follow along as Nadia, Keir and Jem reassess The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.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 ever-expanding playlist on Spotify by searching "ACFM". Help us build people-powered

00:50:36

Committed: 2. How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?

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2025/04/24

Locked in their cells for up to 22 hours a day, how are Britain’s jailed climate activists coping with a life of inaction? In episode two of Committed, Rivkah and Clare follow the Just Stop Oil inmates to find out how they’re adjusting. How does JSO prepare activists for incarceration? What’s it really like inside Britain’s prisons? And what do the guards and other inmates think of Just Stop Oil activists’ crimes? Episode 3 coming on 29 April. Help us build people-powered media:

00:42:32

1. What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their...

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2025/04/22

In episode one of Committed, Clare and Rivkah meet imprisoned Just Stop Oil activists who took direct action against the climate crisis and faced dire consequences.By blocking roads, climbing bridges and throwing soup at paintings, they made headlines – and became national hate figures in the process. We find out how four ordinary young people ended up as convicted criminals, at the sharp end of the government’s crackdown on protest. Episode 2 coming on 24 April.

00:56:01

61: Can friendships cross class lines? w/ Natasha Brown

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2025/04/22

Ash speaks to author Natasha Brown about the big questions raised by her acclaimed second novel Universality, a ‘whydunnit’ mystery about identity, class and how we (re)invent ourselves. Plus: a dilemma about selling your soul. PSA: We’re going live at EartH in London on 21st May! Get your tickets now from Dice. Send your dilemmas to ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

01:14:24

Downstream: Has Israel Become A Fascist State? w/...

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2025/04/21

Aaron Bastani was joined by Israeli historian Ilan Pappé for a live recording of Downstream on 7 April at EartH in East London. They discussed the origins of Britain's Israel lobby, the indoctrination of Israelis, and whether the recent atrocities committed in Gaza and the West Bank are signs of Israel's imminent collapse. Help us build people-powered media: http://novara.media/support

00:01:52

Committed: A New Series Coming 22 April

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2025/04/18

How does a teenage goodie-two-shoes grow up to be a convicted criminal? On Committed, a new four-part series from Novara Media, we go behind bars to find out why dozens of young climate activists are risking prison for what they believe in – and why Britain's courts are sending more of them to jail for longer. Committed begins on 22 April in the Novara Media podcast feed. Help us build people-powered media: novara.media/support

02:05:36

Downstream: What's The Real Point of Trump's Tariffs?...

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2025/04/16

Donald Trump has been ripping up the rule book on global trade, implementing huge tariffs and sending markets into a frenzy. But is there any method in his apparent madness? Legendary Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek regales Aaron with his thoughts on US trade policy – not to mention Franz Kafka, fully automated luxury communism and whether he's a "GILF". Žižek's new book, Zero Point, is out now on Bloomsbury. Help us build people-powered media: http://novara.media/support

00:51:42

60: Are we too addicted to convenience?

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2025/04/15

60: Are we too addicted to convenience? by Novara Media

01:03:09

Novara FM: How the West Tried to Co-Opt Iranian...

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2025/04/07

When you think about neoliberal states, maybe you think of the UK, or Russia in the 90s, or Chile. You probably don’t think about Iran. And yet, argues Bahar Noorizadeh, the Islamic Republic has been, since before the 1979 revolution, a neoliberal state – and an imperial one as well. It has suppressed the Kurdish and Baloch nations inside its own borders. How can we show solidarity with feminist and national struggles inside Iran and resist the warmongering of the Trump regime at the same

01:01:15

59: Does my ex owe me money for the house we renovated?

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2025/04/07

Moya and Ash offer advice to a special one who’s lost everything after renovating a house with their ex. Plus: what if some of us are ‘relationship people’ while the rest are better off alone?Follow @ifispeakpod on TikTok and send your dilemmas to ifispeak@novaramedia.com! Music by Matt Huxley.

01:38:51

Downstream: On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs....

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2025/04/07

There are few, true, public intellectuals anymore. But Ta-Nehisi Coates – author of ‘Between The World And Me’ and recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant – is unquestionably foremost amongst them. His new book, The Message, is a sweeping exploration of how stories shape our politics – from the parameters of black struggle to Israel’s imposition of apartheid and ethnic cleansing. He and Ash Sarkar talk about Shakespeare, class politics, and the shared experiences of Black Americans and

00:55:37

Novara FM: How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza...

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2025/04/03

Forensic Architecture is a research agency that investigates state violence and environmental destruction.It reconstructs events that states worldwide wants obscured, from Israel to the UK and from the Mediterranean to Ukraine. In doing so, they have invented a whole new discipline of investigation. On Novara FM, FA’s Assistant Director of Research, Samaneh Moafi, tells Eleanor Penny about their new report A Cartography of Genocide on the ongoing Gaza Genocide.

01:37:19

Downstream: This Much We Agree On: Britain Is In...

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2025/03/31

In 2024 the Conservative party suffered their worst defeat in two centuries. But while Labour struggles in office, the Tories are going nowhere fast. Meanwhile Britain shambles on without an economic model, or a wider vision for the future. How long can national decline continue? And when will things come to a head?Aaron Bastani speaks to author, and Mail on Sunday columnist, Peter Hitchens. They discuss – from different perspectives – a country in crisis, the legacy of Thatcherism, and the elite

01:42:42

ACFM Trip 50: 50 Shades of Acid

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2025/03/28

ACFM Trip 50: 50 Shades of Acid by Novara Media

01:16:03

Novara FM: Geoengineering is Coming Whether We Like...

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2025/03/27

We’ve entered a new climate reality. The pace of the energy transition has picked up – and so have the impacts of climate change.But has there ever actually been an energy transition? Or do we just use more and more and more of everything? As climate change accelerates, feedback loops in the climate system will start to speed it up even further. All this is to say: we’re approaching the point when geoengineering will start to seem awfully tempting. Richard Hames spoke to Laurie Laybourn,

00:57:00

58: I want to be fun again. Help!

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2025/03/26

Ash has an intrusive thought that she thinks Moya can help with: make me fun again! Plus advice for a listener navigating the identity politics of the student council. We're now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

01:09:38

57: Do you really want to know about your partner's...

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2025/03/24

Nicola Dinan returns to the show to talk about her second novel, Disappoint Me, and respond to Moya's question about how to deal with a partner’s past mistakes. Plus, dilemmas about lip filler and bottom surgery.We're now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.

01:06:52

Novara FM: Is This What Neofeudalism Looks Like? w/...

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2025/03/20

After capitalism comes communism, according to Marxist doctrine. But in the meantime, what should we call our increasingly unequal system? 'Neofeudalism', suggests political theorist Jodi Dean, might be the best way to describe our growing society of serfs and servants.She talks to Eleanor Penny about a vision of class struggle led by the 'servant vanguard'. Capital's Grave is available from Verso. Comments, corrections, suggestions? fm@novaramedia.com

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