Novara FM: Motherhood In and Against the State
The relationship between mothers and the state is never anything but awkward – and often paradoxical, even violent. The author of a new political history of motherhood explains why.
If I Speak: 28: What the Hell Is a Gut Feeling, Anyway?
Can Moya trust her gut on a big life decision? Plus, a listener confused about their lifelong lack of sex.
ACFM: Trip 45: Holidays
Does travel make fools of us all, or is there a smarter, more ethical way to go on holiday?
Downstream: Massive Attack Founder on Palestine, Riots and the Greenest Music Festival Ever
Moya Lothian-McLean talks to Robert Del Naja ahead of the Act 1.5 Climate Action Accelerator, a day festival which promises to be the greenest live music event of it’s size ever staged.
Novara Live: Kamala Harris Skewers Trump on Abortion During DNC Speech
More despatches from the Democrats National Convention, Netanyahu is losing more support in Israel and the energy price cap has gone up again. With Rivkah Brown and Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Kamala Harris Has No Platform
Steven Methven
In all the excitement generated by the new Democratic nominee for US president, one thing seems to have dropped out of view, writes Steven Methven: the politics.
Novara Live: Starmer Rejects EU Deal for Young People, Bisan’s Emmy Nomination Under Attack
Is Starmer flipflopping on EU policy again? Tim Walz tugs at heartstrings at the Democrats Convention and a documentary about Bisan, the inspirational Gazan frontline journalist has its Emmy nomination under attack.
Novara FM: Clean Energy Is Already Terraforming the Earth
Mining obliterates ecosystems. But green energy projects urgently need what they extract. Can we square the circle of this necessary destruction?
Novara Live: Yvette Cooper Sets Target for 14,000 Deportations by End of Year
Home secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a range of new policies set to tackle irregular immigration, including a target for 14,000 deportations by the end of the year. Plus: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused by his own negotiators of attempting to scupper a Gaza ceasefire deal. With Steven Methven and @NoJusticeMTG .
Report: ‘Vote Genocide’: Satirical Poster Included in Dossier of Election ‘Abuse’
Simon Childs
Exclusive: An artist has been left in shock after his political poster was included in a dossier alleging a “concerted campaign by extremists” to intimidate general election candidates. Simon Childs reports.
Report: Nobody in Peckham Wants More Luxury Flats
Moya Lothian-McLean
The fight to stop property developers turning a south London shopping centre into yet more luxury flats has allied long-term residents with new generations of 'gentrifiers'. If they win, they could set a precedent that resonates far and wide. Moya Lothian-McLean reports.
Novara Live: Democrats Show United Front at Chicago Convention While Gaza Protestors Break Fence
The US Democratic Party puts on a display of unity as the DNC kicks off. Plus; An Israeli airstrike hits a school housing hundreds of Palestinians; and some right-wing pundits issue a bizarre caveat to their journalistic integrity. With Michael Walker and Mike Bankole
Feature: A South London Council Is Firing Its Two Key Union Organisers, Before Making £25m of Cuts
Michael Chessum
27-year-old Justine Canady revived Lewisham council’s dormant union. Now the local authority is firing her and a fellow rep, leaving 3,000 employees facing major cuts without their support.
Downstream: The Truth About the Riots and the White Working Class
The co-editor of Tribune Magazine found himself at the centre of a communication network monitoring the far-right. Here's his firsthand account of what happened during August's riots.
Novara Live: Blinken Warns of “Last Chance” for Ceasefire During Trip to Israel
Anthony Blinken meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel as prospects for a ceasefire in Gaza appear to fade. Plus: UK prisons tip over capacity; and a senior diplomat resigns over arms sales to Israel. With Michael Walker.
Analysis: Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Actually That Amazing
James Meadway
Computer software that can hold a conversation may have seemed magical, but it wasn't the start of something new, writes James Meadway. It was AI already at its summit, with nowhere to go but down.
If I Speak: 27: I’m in Big Trouble! Your Dilemmas Answered
Ash and Moya dedicate a whole show to solving their listeners' problems, from age-gap relationships to dating revenge.
Downstream: Is Humanity Really Heading for Population Collapse?!
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, […]