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All The Best: The Straight White Man Who‘s Upset He Can’t Go to Labour’s Equalities Conference Does Not Exist

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin are joined by Ash Sarkar to chat the snowflake right, culture wars, why Arsenal is a euphemism for our broken economy and which Kanye album is best.

Novara FM: 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.

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Containing Gender

The Lockdown hosts interview Chryssy Hunter, an activist with Bent Bars and researcher currently completing her PhD on neoliberal legislation and the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people.

Novara FM: 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.

All The Best: “No One Cares That You’ve Left the Labour Party”

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin are joined by Dr Aaron Bastani PhD author of forthcoming seminal work Fully Automated Luxury Communism to chat about melts and their egos. Thanks and enjoy!

Novara FM: 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.

The Lockdown: ‘Tools and Windows’: Books for Prisoners

Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Luke Billingham from Haven Distribution, an organisation that provides books for prisoners. They discuss the difference books can make to prisoners’ lives, and why the left should stop being armchair abolitionists. Put down your Adorno and send your books into prisons!

All The Best: The Peckham Terminator

Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly welcome Tony Blair’s former director of political operations John McTernan to All The Best to discuss their competing world views in a comradely fashion.

Novara FM: 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.

All The Best: Choo-Choo! All Aboard the Deselection Express!

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin celebrate the completion of Jeremy Corbyn’s Red Army Takeover of the Labour Party.

Novara FM: 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?

The Lockdown: Prisons: Abolition or Reform?

Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann interview Dr David Scott, who explains what prison abolition is and what the alternatives are. They discuss the failings of the current penal system, the naive utopianism of reform and the practicalities of penal abolition.

All The Best: ATB: Now We’re Paying Even More to Commute to Work for the Privilege of Being Exploited

Becky Boumelha joins Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly to talk the serious issue of party democracy after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing on the important matters of the day such as “melt of the week” – Richard Branson’s little beard.

Novara FM: 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.

Novara FM: Nina Power: Decapitalism

On #NovaraFM, Nina Power joins James Butler to talk about ‘decapitalism’ – from severed heads to sovereignty to contemporary anticapitalism and more.

All The Best: Commentators Wake From 7 Month Coma Unaware Politics Has Changed

Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly return to the Novara shipping container to talk Nick Cohen’s coma, Frank Sinatra’s being a comrade, the prescience of Seumas Milne, and of course - melt of the week.

The Lockdown: WTF Is Prison Even For?

On The Lockdown, Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann ask: what is prison actually for? They discuss the history of the prison, its relationship to capitalism and colonialism, and what this means for our criminal justice system today.

Novara FM: 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.

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