Is Cleanliness the Most Powerful Taboo?
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
Who’s doing the dishes in the communist utopia? ACFM investigate the politics of cleaning and cleanliness.
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Israel-Iran War, Escalation Pauses
Richard Hames Meets Eskandar Sadeghi
“They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing”.
70: Can You Ever Change What You Want?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya and Ash talk about what to do with their impossible desires and offer advice to a listener whose female bestie has ditched him.
How BlackRock and Global Finance Stole Your Future
Eleanor Penny Meets Michael A. McCarthy
It’s Finance Against Democracy.
69: Is Marriage a Hard Border? W/ Jeremy Atherton Lin
Ash Sarkar and Jeremy Atherton Lin
Is marriage like an island, or more of an open house? Ash talks about state-sanctioned relationships with memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin.
How to Redistribute the Globe
Eleanor Penny Meets Jo Guldi
It’s the Land, Stupid.
68: Help! My Housemate Is a Pig
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya and Ash deal with your dilemmas, including a daughter who wants to give away her inheritance and a renter whose housemate is a total pig.
Palantir Technologies and the Age of Automated Genocide
Eleanor Penny Meets Matt Mahmoudi
Why do the IDF and NHS both work with Palantir?
67: What’s Up With Generation Alpha?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash think about how kids these days are shaped by parenting, advertising, social media and anxiety.
Are Superheroes Inherently Reactionary?
Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert
The ACFM hosts explore the enduring popularity of superheroes.
How Enoch Powell Explains British Politics’ Rivers of Shit
Eleanor Penny Meets Kojo Koram
It’s in the water.
The New Party, Beyond London
Richard Hames meets Shockat Adam, Pamela Fitzpatrick and Jamie Driscoll
Which way forward for the left?
66: I’m Right, You’re Wrong, End Of!
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya has a thought about our need for certainty, and Ash responds with a claim about polarised thinking.
What Communism Actually Is
Richard Hames meets Jasper Bernes
The riddle of history, solved.
65: Has Your Smartphone Broken Your Brain?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya face up to all the ways their smartphone has warped their minds.
Does the Left Need New Heroes?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn
The ACFM crew ask whether the idea of the hero is a right-wing fantasy.
Are India and Pakistan Gambling With Nuclear War?
Richard Hames Meets Mohamad Junaid
Last week, we were as close as we’ve been for decades.
64: What Is the Female Gaze?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
What do straight women find attractive? Ash has a big theory about sensuality. Plus: what to do when your boss is a bigot.