Novara Media

Novara Media

Novara Media

12 episodes

Episodes

Downstream: Former Scottish Leader: How My Family Escaped Gaza & Why I Can’t Forgive Starmer w/ Humza Yousaf
Oct 11, 2026 · 1h 44m
Hamza Yusuf, Scotland's former First Minister, discusses his book *Under Fire*, detailing the collision between his political duties and his family's peril during the Gaza war.
Do Your Own Research: The Chinese Company That Terrifies the West w/ Eva Dou
Oct 10, 2026 · 1h 20m
This episode of Do Your Own Research features Eva Dou, author of The House of Huawei, to explore the company's role in China's rise and its current U.
Downstream: Trauma Farming and the Politics of Public Suffering w/ Catherine Liu
Oct 5, 2026 · 58m
Catherine Liu discusses her book *Traumatized*, arguing that trauma culture commodifies suffering and serves bourgeois interests by replacing class solidarity with individualized identity politics.
Do Your Own Research: Secrets of the Chinese Internet w/ Tianyu Fang
Oct 3, 2026 · 1h 49m
This episode of *Do Your Own Research* explores the phenomenon of "China Maxing" and the shifting Western perception of China, featuring guest Tang Yufang, a writer and Harvard PhD student.
Downstream: Porn Addiction Defines Our Political Age. Here’s How w/ Ash Sarkar
Sep 28, 2026 · 1h 43m
Investigative journalist Patricia Nielsen discusses her book *Guilty Pleasure*, which examines the modern porn industry as a financial and…
ACFM Microdose: Reading The Society of the Spectacle
Sep 27, 2026 · 1h 54m
In this "micro dose" episode of ACFM, hosts Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idel, and Kim Il-in read and analyze the first three chapters of Guy Debord's *The Society of the Spectacle*.
Downstream: AI Will Destroy Liberal Democracy w/ Daron Acemoglu
Sep 21, 2026 · 1h 16m
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu discusses his new book, *What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Downstream: The Next Big Shock Is Coming. Green Energy Is the Only Way Out w/ Tessa Khan
Sep 14, 2026 · 1h 15m
Tessa Khan of Uplift joins Downstream to argue that the UK North Sea is an energy-rich zone for wind, not oil, debunking claims that new drilling will lower bills or secure energy.
ACFM Trip 63: Situationism
Sep 13, 2026 · 2h 2m
Hosts Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle, and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the Situationist International, marking the recent death of Raoul Vaneigem.
Downstream: The Big AI Lie w/ Cory Doctorow
Sep 7, 2026 · 2h 9m
Cory Doctorow argues that AI discourse is plagued by "crit hype," where critics inadvertently aid tech sales by overstating AI’s capabilities.
Downstream: Multiculturalism Will Save the Working Class w/ Jonas Patrick Marvin
Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 18m
Jonas Patrick Marvin discusses his book, The Breaking of the English Working Class, arguing that right-wing narratives falsely divide the working class by pitting white voters against immigrants.
Downstream: Elites Have No Plan for Climate Change w/ Bill McGuire
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 25m
Volcanologist Bill McGuire joins to discuss the accelerating pace of climate breakdown, noting that current heating rates are ten times faster than the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
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