#NovaraFM

Lights in the Distance: Migration in Europe
On #NovaraFM, James Butler talks to Daniel Trilling and Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi on migration to Europe, the politics of cross-border movement, the experiences of people who make the crossing and what drives them.
Grenfell: One Year On
One year on from the Grenfell Tower fire, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Luke Barratt to discuss the political aftermath of the fire, the progress of the inquiry, and the survivors' struggle for justice.
To Brexit and Beyond
Brexit day looms ever closer, and we still don't know what we're getting. The Tories seem to be cracking under their own contradictions, but what hope is there in Brexit? Joining James Butler to discuss Brexit, Europe and beyond are: Aaron Bastani, Marina Prentoulis, and Samuele Mazzolini. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience.
Anti-Politics: State, Authority, Ideology
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Eliane Glaser to discuss her new book 'Anti-Politics', and the attitude of the contemporary left to the key questions of political power and the state.
Raj Patel: a History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
James Butler is joined by author, activist and academic Raj Patel to discuss 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things', and explore the relation between climate, capitalism, colonialism – and the future of the planet.
Utopia Now?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar discuss Utopia, its history and politics, and ask: what would it mean to make Utopia now?
Local Election Results

Michael Walker, Dawn Foster and Richard Seymour take a look at the local election results.
After Windrush: Britain and Migration
On #NovaraFM, James Butler, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar look at the politics of the recent Windrush crisis, the history of migration policy in the UK, and ask: what could a left-wing migration policy look like?
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On Migration and the State: Lea Ypi
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Lea Ypi, professor in political theory at the LSE to discuss ways of thinking about migration, what it tells us about the state and the possibility of an emancipatory cosmopolitanism.
Anti-Semitism and the Left
Eleanor Penny is joined by Rachel Shabi and Ian Saville to discuss anti-semitism on the left and the media's recent attacks on Jewdas.
Notes From Below: No Politics Without Inquiry!
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by three editors from Notes From Below – Jessica Thorne, Callum Cant and Seth Wheeler – to discuss the history and theory of Workers' Inquiry and current strike action.
Russia: Democracy, Oligarchy, Repression
James Butler is joined by Simon Pirani, author of 'Change in Putin's Russia', and Tom Rowley, editor of openDemocracy Russia, to discuss the nature of the Russian state, its politics, and the forthcoming elections.
Novara FM: SNOW DAY!
Your hardy editors bring you a Snow Day Special, where James Butler, Ash Sarkar and Michael Walker talk conspiracy theories, books that changed them, desire in politics – and what their younger selves would think of them now.
Czech M8? Smears, Media & the Left
On #NovaraFM, Richard Seymour joins James Butler and Aaron Bastani to talk about right-wing smear campaigns, the changing shape of the press and the vexed relationship between media and politics.
Taking It Back: Public Ownership in the 21st Century
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Grace Blakeley, Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker to discuss public ownership from nationalisation to socialisation – and what a truly democratised economy might look like.
A Century of Suffrage?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Zoe Williams, Ash Sarkar and Eleanor Penny to discuss the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which offered limited suffrage to women, and discuss the changing face of feminism in the past century.
A German Spring?
On #NovaraFM, Mark Bergfeld joins James Butler to discuss German politics, from #NoGroKo movement against a new grand coalition, the Left Party, the rise of the far right and German social movements.
Faultlines: Liz Fekete on Racism, Europe and the New Right
On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar are joined by Liz Fekete, director of the Institute of Race Relations, to talk about racism, resistance and the rebirth of the right.