Trip 32: Myth
Keir, Nadia and Jeremy consider the stories we just can’t shake, from Oedipus to Brexit.
Audio
Liberty, Democracy, Piracy
Did the Enlightenment begin at sea? Eleanor Penny talks to historian-from-below Marcus Rediker.
Microdose: Strikes on Screen
From blacklisted Hollywood dramas to bawdy British comedies, ACFM goes to the movies.
Abolition Pending Revolution
Is abolition the final goal or just a waystation to revolution? Shanice McBean and Aviah Day talk to Rivkah Brown.
Trip 31: Strikes
The ACFM union look back on 200 years of strikes, with music from Paul Robeson and The Flying Pickets.
Havens in a Heartless World
What is “emotional reproduction”? Without it, says Alva Gotby, capitalism would collapse.
Microdose: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Jeremy explores the connections between festive cheer and spectral fear, with help from Lee Perry and Jacques Derrida.
A Christmas Carol with James Butler
James Butler returns to FM to dissect the politics of Charles Dickens’ festive parable.
Trip 30: Gifts
Keir, Jem and Nadia explore the cultural and economic pressures on doing pressies.
Where Do We Go From Here?
Tom and Keir are joined by David Wearing to put forward a vision of football as a force for good.
Why Do We Love Football So Much?
Keir and Tom wonder why playing a game feels so important, with Juliet Jacques and Polly Smythe.
1971, The Year Britain Became White
Is all of Britain stolen goods? Eleanor Penny finds out with scholar Nadine El-Enany.
Should You Support Your National Team?
Keir and Tom are joined by David Goldblatt, author of The Ball Is Round, to talk about football as a national culture.
From Plantation to Platform With Dalia Gebrial
The TyskySour co-host explores how platform capitalism depends on a racialised workforce.
Trip 29: Sleep
Nadia, Jeremy and Keir report on the last line of defence against 24/7 capitalism.
What Does Qatar Want?
Why do Gulf petrostates pour billions into football? Kate Mason and Ali Reda join our World Cup podcast.
There Was No Theory, It Was All Action W/ Sarah Schulman
The NYC author and activist looks back on ACT UP, the Aids crisis and the erasure of alternative queer culture.
Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup?
Keir Milburn and Tom Williams launch a football podcast that doesn’t leave politics at the turnstile.