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Novara Media
News & Politics Podcasts
Novara Media is an independent media organisation addressing the issues – from a crisis of capitalism to racism and climate change – that are set to define the 21st century.
Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
Novara Media is an independent media organisation addressing the issues – from a crisis of capitalism to racism and climate change – that are set to define the 21st century.
Language:
English
Website:
https://podcast.novaramedia.com
Episodes
Novara FM: Motherhood In and Against the State w/ Helen Charman
8/29/2024
Motherhood was once at the centre of the feminist movement’s demands, from campaigns for reproductive rights to the mobilisation of anti-nuclear mums at Greenham Common. But in the 21st century, the politicisation of mothering seems to have shrunk in its ambition. In her new book Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood, literary scholar and […]
Duration:01:18:32
ACFM Trip 45: Holidays
8/25/2024
Everybody hates a tourist, as Jarvis Cocker once pointed out, and the ACFM gang are no exception in this ACFM Trip exploring the allure of holidays. Keir, Jem and Nadia consider all the different ways we avoid work, from holy days and vay-cays to grand tours and gap yahs. Does travel make fools of us all, or […]
Duration:01:48:57
Novara FM: Clean Energy Is Already Terraforming the Earth w/ Thea Riofrancos
8/22/2024
In 2019, mines expelled 100 billion tonnes of solid waste. Vast and destructive almost beyond imagination, mining is nevertheless essential to the green transition: without the minerals that we pull from the Earth, we cannot wean ourselves off fossil fuels. Thea Riofrancos is associate professor of political science at Providence College and an expert on […]
Duration:01:34:20
Downstream: Is Humanity Really Heading for Population Collapse?! w/ Paul Morland
8/20/2024
During 1960s, fears of planetary ‘overpopulation’ became widespread. And yet, in more recent years, an altogether different worry has emerged: future population decline. Fertility rates have fallen for decades – and in some places centuries – as humans live in cities, gender equality improves and access to birth control becomes widespread. But, according to some, […]
Duration:01:52:15
Novara FM: Fear and Loathing in Silicon Valley w/ Malcolm Harris
8/15/2024
People walk around San Francisco in Make America Great Again hats. Major CEOs endorse Trump. JD Vance is a hit among the crypto whales. So what? It’s part, perhaps, of a cultural change in Silicon Valley: a swing decisively to the right in a state famed for its contributions to radical politics, from the Black […]
Duration:00:57:30
Downstream: Can The Green Party Keep Winning? w/ Carla Denyer
8/5/2024
The Green Party of England and Wales now has four MPs in Parliament, and even more impressively has doubled its vote share to 7%, coming second in 39 other seats. So what happens now? How will the Greens exercise their new agency in government, and how can they navigate a biased media landscape and increase […]
Duration:01:11:13
ACFM Trip 44: Humility
8/4/2024
What happens when you lose? In this Trip, the ACFM crew explore the role of humility – and humiliation – in politics. Should we cultivate humility to cope with political weakness? Is fear of humiliation a product of patriarchy? Can humility help us be better political thinkers and organisers? And who’s the humblest ACFM host of them […]
Duration:01:16:40
Downstream: Arab Jews, The Hidden History w/ Avi Shlaim
7/22/2024
A foundational principle of the state of Israel is that it keeps Jews safe. This principle has been profoundly challenged in the last nine or so months. But what if Israel never really had the will or capacity to keep all Jews safe and, in fact, has made them less safe? Avi Shlaim is a […]
Duration:01:05:37
Pro Revolution Soccer 2.6: The Misfit Visionaries Who Invented Modern Football
7/16/2024
It’s part of the national myth: the English invented football and to England it will return (next time!). But if football is part of what makes England England, it’s equally part of the story of how Europe became Europe. In this Pro Revolution Soccer season finale, Tom Williams and Juliet Jacques tell this story of […]
Duration:00:59:44
Downstream: Party Politics is Broken w/ Jeremy Corbyn
7/15/2024
Jeremy Corbyn was a Labour MP for almost four decades – and led the party at two general elections. This year however, and despite still being a party member, Corbyn was blocked from standing again in his seat of Islington North. As soon as Rishi Sunak declared a snap general election, and the Labour leadership […]
Duration:00:51:20
Novara FM: Macron’s Own Goal w/ Olly Haynes
7/11/2024
The French left have played a blinder. Or, at least, the centre-right chaos agent and French President Emmanuel Macron has played it for them. Macron called snap elections, hoping to crush both the left and right. He failed. Instead, the far right briefly surged, coming top in the first round before a newly cohesive French […]
Duration:01:11:27
Pro Revolution Soccer 2.5: Can Football Be Part of Political Resistance?
7/10/2024
Tom and Juliet expose the surprisingly rich history of football as a wing of political resistance, from Algeria to Palestine to the growing power of the grassroots game in Britain. They also process England’s shock win against Switzerland, TV pundits’ criticism of Southgate, and the silence around Cristiano Ronaldo. Music by Matt Huxley. Help us […]
Duration:00:47:20
ACFM Microdose: Election ’24 Vibecheck
7/9/2024
The ACFM crew offer their first reactions to Labour’s landslide election win. Can Starmer’s government rescue the public sector? Where will the money come from? And can they make it to a second term? Sign up to the ACFM newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters Produced and edited by Matt Huxley and Chal Ravens. Help us build people-powered media: […]
Duration:01:00:50
Downstream: Here’s How America Really Runs Britain w/ Angus Hanton
7/8/2024
The United States’ impact on British culture and foreign policy is obvious. But its influence on our domestic politics, business, and daily lives warrants closer examination. To discuss this, Aaron is joined by Angus Hanton, author of ‘Vassal State: How America Runs Britain’.
Duration:01:12:29
Novara FM: Britain is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It? w/ Dom Davies
7/4/2024
Asked in a recent poll to summarise Britain in a word, ‘broken’ was the people’s top choice. This brokenness is concrete stuff: crumbling bridges, sewage-filled rivers, failing computer systems, cancelled rail projects. But it’s also bundled with the collective stories we tell about what it means to be a nation, and who belongs in it. […]
Duration:01:00:43
Pro Revolution Soccer 2.4: In the Iron Grip of the Big Five
7/3/2024
Tom and Juliet are joined by Keir Milburn to take the long view on the Premier League. Juliet explains how ’80s hooliganism and stadium disasters led to the formation of a new top flight, boosted by Rupert Murdoch’s TV empire and resulting in the iron grip of the Big Five clubs today. Are we stuck […]
Duration:00:49:01
Downstream: This Is How Propaganda Actually Works w/ Matt Kennard
7/1/2024
If you want to understand how power works in our society, you can’t just examine what journalists say – you have to pay attention to what they’re silent about. To discuss the world of corporate media, secret intelligence services and the problem with liberal think tanks, Ash is joined by Matt Kennard, head of investigations […]
Duration:01:12:30
Novara FM: Britain At A Crossroads w/ James Butler
6/28/2024
This time next week, Keir Starmer will likely be settling into No 10 with a thumping majority. Yet Labour has largely avoided the question of what they’re going to do with all that power once they get it, and the political media has barely posed the question. Meanwhile the Conservative party as we know it […]
Duration:01:18:36
Pro Revolution Soccer 2.3: Who Runs Football? w/ David Goldblatt
6/28/2024
This week Tom and Juliet are joined by David Goldblatt, author of The Ball Is Round, to answer a seemingly simple question: who runs football? David explains why billionaires and foreign investors love sinking their money into football, and what accusations of “sportswashing” leave out. Plus, we talk about what’s going on with Southgate’s strategy. […]
Duration:01:13:25
Downstream: The Israel Lobby Is Real. Here’s Exactly How It Works w/ Illan Pappé
6/26/2024
If you mention the Israel lobby in the mainstream media then, more often than not, you’ll face accusations of antisemitism. There are of course people who talk about the Israel lobby in antisemitic terms, but that doesn’t undermine the fact that it exists, and has existed for well over a century. This week’s guest is […]
Duration:01:30:40