The American Front
Episode 1
When six suitcases full of guns are discovered on an Irish dock in 1971, suspicion falls on an Irish American organisation known as Noraid. The first in a six-part series.
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Trip 24: Technology
Is technology a fundamental aspect of being human? On this wide-ranging Trip, the gang take on one of their biggest topics yet.
Microdose: Women and Technology With Katrine Marçal
Why did it take 5,000 years to put wheels on a suitcase? Nadia Idle meets feminist historian Katrine Marçal.
A Simple Plan to Save the World
Mass rewilding, worldwide socialist planning and universal veganism? It won’t be easy but it’s our best shot at the good life, say the authors of Half-Earth Socialism.
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.
How We Normalised the Apocalypse
Can humanity turn back from the brink? Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat on breaking the spell of end-times nihilism.
Trip 22: Democracy
The gang find out what it means to be ruled by the people, with music from Crass and the Scratch Orchestra.
Putin’s Philosopher and the Global Far Right
Who is Aleksandr Dugin? Benjamin Teitelbaum introduces the spiritual leader of traditionalism, an idea that unites illiberal regimes around the world.
What Can Art Galleries Teach Us About Class Oppression?
The Tate’s collection is a lesson in the making of class, explains Nathalie Olah.
Microdose: Acid Camping
An audio essay on land, family, trespass and belonging with Matt Huxley.
Who Has the Right to Sex?
Amia Srinivasan and James Butler explore the philosophical grey zones between power, intimacy and violence.
Why the Trojan Horse Affair Is a Very British Scandal
There was never an extremist plot to Islamify schools in Birmingham – so why do so many people still believe it?
Sex Sells
The left often defends sex workers, but how often do we defend sex work? Women from the Queer Whore Collective speak to Rivkah Brown.
The Age of Endless War
What if our efforts to make war more humane have also made them unwinnable? Yale professor Samuel Moyn speaks to Aaron Bastani.
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.
Microdose: Organising for Revolution With Rodrigo Nunes
Keir and Jem thrash out the future of political organisation with author Rodrigo Nunes.
Esther Stanford-Xosei on the Case for Climate Reparations
We can’t transition into a green future unless we reckon with our past, argues reparationist Esther Stanford-Xosei.