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Novara Live: TyskySour: No, but Seriously, Why Has the Media Lost It?

On this episode of TyskySour Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker are joined by BBC Director General in waiting Tom Mills to talk about the crisis in the British media, lying Boris, Skrupal, Jewdas and more.

Novara FM: 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.

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair points at himself

All The Best: ATB: Ian Dunt’s Jailhouse Rock

Matt Zarb-Cousin is joined by special guest host Riley Quinn from Trashfuture to talk Ian Dunt’s stint behind bars, Tony Blair hanging around like a bad smell, antisemitism, and blue passports.

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: the End of Policing

Sam Swann and guest host Connor Woodman discuss the book, The End Of Policing with its author Alex S. Vitale. They discuss the ways that the police exacerbate social problems and what the alternatives might be.

Novara FM: 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.

All The Best: ATB: Stick Your Bipartisanship up Your Arse

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin explore the phenomenon of issues being “politicised” by political parties in the mother of all Parliaments, and politicians who politicise events complaining when Jeremy Corbyn responds in kind. Enjoy and take care

Novara FM: 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.

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Justice in Films

Hosts Oonagh Ryder @Oonskie and Sam Swann @SamGSwann chat about how justice is portrayed in films with filmmaker and writer Joel Blackledge @TheGreatDamfino. They discuss the role of the prison in films and TV, which characters are deserving of our sympathy and how punishment is the backdrop to so much of our entertainment.

Novara FM: 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.

All The Best: ATB: Ben Bradley’s Political Eulogy

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin get together for an intimate fireside chat about Conservative smears, Brexit and the resignation of Comrade McNicol. Enjoy and be well!

Novara FM: 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.

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: the Myth of Rehabilitation

Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the myth of rehabilitation in prison and how the language of rehabilitation disguises the true nature of the criminal justice system.

Novara FM: 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.

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!

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