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ACFM

The home of the weird left. Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn examine the links between left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy.

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Trip 24: Technology

What defines each era? Often, historians lean on terms that point to technology: bronze, steam, carbon, silicon. So is technology a fundamental aspect of being human? On this wide-ranging Trip, the gang take on one of their biggest topics yet.

ACFM Microdose: Women and Technology W/ Katrine Marçal

Why did it take 5,000 years to put wheels on a suitcase? Nadia Idle meets feminist historian Katrine Marçal.

Trip 23: War

Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn bring a weird left perspective on violence and conflict, with music from Digital Mystikz and Stiff Little Fingers.

Trip 22: Democracy

The gang find out what it means to be ruled by the people, with music from Crass and the Scratch Orchestra.

Microdose: Acid Camping

An audio essay on land, family, trespass and belonging with Matt Huxley.

Trip 21: Unity and Difference

Do we need to agree in order to win? The #ACFM gang consider the possibility of a united movement.

Microdose: Unity on the Frontline With Norah Lopez Holden

Why did so many women fight in the Spanish Civil War? Nadia Idle talks to actor and activist Norah Lopez Holden about the milicianas.

Photo: Neil Howard

Microdose: Organising for Revolution With Rodrigo Nunes

Keir and Jem thrash out the future of political organisation with author Rodrigo Nunes.

Trip 20: Revolution

The gang square up to a suitably momentous topic for their 20th Trip.

Microdose: Revolution From Cromwell to Castro

The gang speed through several centuries of political upheaval to work out what makes a revolution.

Microdose: Space Forces With Fred Scharmen

Keir Milburn and author Fred Scharmen explore the desire to create new worlds in space.

#ACFM Trip 19: Space

What does space mean to the left? The gang go boldly, with music from Hawkwind and Gil-Scott Heron.

#ACFM Microdose: Spatial Equality With Pooja Agrawal

Nadia Idle explores the future of public space with architect and planner Pooja Agrawal.

#ACFM Trip 18: Therapy

Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle and Jeremy Gilbert get on the couch to ask if therapy has a place in collectivist politics.

#ACFM Microdose: Psychodrama With Nada Sabet

Nadia Idle speaks to theatre director Nada Sabet about the power of psychodrama, an unusual therapeutic technique for exploring different facets of our identity.

#ACFM Trip 17: Solidarity

The gang explore the meaning of a much-used term with help from Nina Simone and The Special AKA.

#ACFM Trip 16: the Long ‘90s

The one where the gang remember the end of history.

#ACFM Microdose: Kill the Bill

Does the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill pose a serious threat to movements on the left? The gang convene to discuss the politics of protest.