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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.

Hosts Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle, and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the Situationist International, marking the recent death of Raoul Vaneigem.

Cory Doctorow argues that AI discourse is plagued by "crit hype," where critics inadvertently aid tech sales by overstating AI’s capabilities.

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.

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.