Novara Media
Episodes
Downstream: The Next Big Shock Is Coming. Green Energy Is the Only Way Out w/ Tessa Khan
Tessa Khan of Uplift argues that the UK North Sea is nearly depleted, debunking claims that new drilling will lower energy bills or ensure security.
ACFM Trip 63: Situationism
Hosts Kia Milbin, Nadia Idol, and Jeremy Gilbert discuss situationism, exploring its history, key figures like Guy Debord, and its influence on punk and radical culture.
Downstream: The Big AI Lie w/ Cory Doctorow
Corey Doctorow discusses his new book, The Reverse Centaur, arguing that mainstream AI discourse engages in "crit hype" by repeating exaggerated claims that benefit tech CEOs.
Downstream: Multiculturalism Will Save the Working Class w/ Jonas Patrick Marvin
Jonas Patrick Marvin discusses his book *The Breaking of the English Working Class*, arguing that right-wing narratives on immigration are misleading tactics to fragment working-class solidarity.
Downstream: Elites Have No Plan for Climate Change w/ Bill McGuire
Host Aaron Bastani interviews volcanologist Bill McGuire, who argues that climate breakdown is accelerating faster than predicted, citing recent UK heatwaves and harvest failures.
Downstream: The Journalist Who Terrifies Corporate America w/ Amy Goodman
Ash Sarkar interviews Democracy Now!
ACFM Microdose: How Britain’s Coastal Communities are Reclaiming Power w/ Hazel Sheffield
Nadia Eidel interviews journalist Hazel Sheffield about her book *Frontierlands*, which documents self-organizing communities thriving in Britain’s post-industrial ruins.
Downstream: Ex Oil-Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face Collapse. w/ Kevin Anderson
Professor Kevin Anderson joins the podcast to discuss the urgent reality of climate change, arguing that current weather extremes are merely the beginning of worsening conditions.
ACFM 62: The Beach
Hosts Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle, and Kim Ilburn explore the beach as a geological, cultural, and political site.
Downstream: The West is Over. Here’s Why w/ Pankaj Mishra
Pankaj Mishra discusses the collapse of trust in mainstream media, citing Gaza coverage as a catalyst for launching Equator magazine.
Do Your Own Research: Is This Podcast the Problem? w/ Joshua Citarella
Burnham Vows To Tackle Youth Unemployment
Downstream: Who Profits From Genocide? w/ Andrew Feinstein
Do Your Own Research: What JD Vance and Tucker Carlson Actually Believe w/ James Pogue
Host and reporter James Polk analyze the structural crisis of the American empire, arguing that its financialized nature forces leaders like J.
Downstream: You Will Rent Forever. Here’s Why. w/ Peter Apps
Peter Walker discusses his book *Homesick*, analyzing how UK housing became unaffordable due to financialization and policy shifts since the 1980s.
Downstream: The Middle Class Will Collapse Unless We Tax the Rich w/ Gary Stevenson
Gary Stevenson returns to discuss his new Channel 4 documentary and the urgent need for a wealth tax to curb extreme inequality.
ACFM Microdose: Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations
Acid Communists hosts Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn, and Jeremy Gilbert read Marcus Aurelius’s *Meditations* to explore Stoicism’s relevance to left-wing…