Carillion: Scam, Scandal, Opportunity
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Grace Blakeley and Ann Pettifor to discuss the decline and fall of Carillion, outsourcing, financialisation – and how to transform public investment in Britain.
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Lexit 2019?
On the first #NovaraFM of 2018, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discus Brexit, 'Lexit' and the progress and potentials of leaving the European Union. Are we all Lexiters now?
2017: Year in Review
James Butler is joined by three Novara Media editors – Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar, and Michael Walker – to look back over 2017's political highs and lows, successes and failures, breakthroughs and reversals.
Nina Power: Decapitalism
On #NovaraFM, Nina Power joins James Butler to talk about ‘decapitalism’ – from severed heads to sovereignty to contemporary anticapitalism and more.
Radical Happiness: Lynne Segal
James Butler is joined by Lynne Segal, Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck, and longstanding left feminist, to discuss radical happiness, utopia and political joy.
Budget2031
Aaron Bastani is joined by Grace Blakeley and James Meadway as they ask whether the recent budget offered conclusive proof that Britain's economic model is dead.
Climate and Capital: After COP23
James Butler is joined by Asad Rehman and Suzanne Dhaliwal to talk about climate change, global justice, and the aftermath of the latest conference in Bonn.
Sovereignty, Austerity, Nationalism: Britain and Europe
On #NovaraFM, Dawn Foster and Michael Walker join James Butler to discuss some of the driving forces behind recent political stories: sovereignty, austerity, nationalism.
Exponential Technologies: What Do They Mean?
On #NovaraFM, Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the exponential trends behind a range of disruptive technologies which, some claim, pose a threat to market capitalism and the society of work.
The Future That Never Was: 1997 and After
On #NovaraFM, Richard Power Sayeed joins James Butler to talk 1997: the Macpherson Inquiry, Blair, Diana & more.
Peter Frase: Life After Capitalism
On #NovaraFM, James Butler speaks to Peter Frase of Jacobin, author of Four Futures, about life after capitalism and the politics of the future.
Housing: Crisis and Inequality
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Danny Dorling to discuss the housing crisis in contemporary Britain.
Michael Hardt: Assembly
On #NovaraFM, Michael Hardt joins James Butler to discuss his new book (co-authored with Antonio Negri) 'Assembly'.
Catalan Independence
On #NovaraFM Michael Walker interviews Carlos Delclós and Javier Moreno Zacarés about the movement for Catalan independence, last weekend's referendum, and the reaction across Spain to repression in the streets.
Conference Debrief
On #NovaraFM Aaron Bastani and James Butler are joined by Michael Walker and Momentum's Rachel Godfrey-Wood as they discuss the recent Labour Party conference.
Community Organising FTW
What is community organising? On #NovaraFM Michael Walker asks Harriet Protheroe-Davis and Tom Godwin from Hope not Hate, and Martin Smith, head of community organising for the Labour Party.
Autumn ’17
On #NovaraFM Aaron Bastani and James Butler take stock of the last month's events, with an eye ahead to Labour conference and Brexit negotiations.
2017, So Far
On #NovaraFM James Butler, Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani discuss 2017 so far. What have they got right and wrong?