What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?
Episode 1
A new podcast going behind bars with imprisoned Just Stop Oil activists.
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61: Can Friendships Cross Class Lines? W/ Natasha Brown
Ash Sarkar
Ash speaks to Natasha Brown about the big questions raised by her second novel, Universality, before tackling a dilemma about selling your soul.
60: Are We Too Addicted to Convenience?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya answer a mystery question and wonder if our quest for a friction-free life was a mistake.
How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism
Eleanor Penny Meets Bahar Noorizadeh
Kurdish, Baloch and Palestinian feminists are fighting to be heard.
59: Does My Ex Owe Me Money for the House We Renovated?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Are some people just ‘relationship people’? Plus, advice for a listener who’s lost everything after doing up a property with their ex.
How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza Genocide
Eleanor Penny meets Samaneh Moafi
Truth Will Out.
58: I Want to Be Fun Again. Help!
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash has an intrusive thought that she thinks Moya can help with: make me fun again!
Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why ‘acid’ has retained its potency in politics and culture.
Geoengineering Is Coming Whether We Like It or Not
Richard Hames Meets Laurie Laybourn
Time to start cooling down the planet?
57: Do You Really Want to Know About Your Partner’s Past Mistakes?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Nicola Dinan returns to the show to talk about her second novel, Disappoint Me, and respond to your dilemmas.
Is This What Neofeudalism Looks Like?
Eleanor Penny meets Jodi Dean
It’s time for a class struggle led by service workers.
56: The One Where Moya Grills Ash on Her New Book
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya has a bone to pick with Ash about her debut book, Minority Rule, plus advice for dealing with a newly sober friend.
Rojava After Assad: Where Next for the Kurdish Struggle?
Richard Hames Meets Elif Sarican
Can the revolution survive?
The Absurdity of Rearmament
Richard Hames Meets Khem Rogaly
Fight climate change, not war.
55: Joy Is an Act of Resistance… Right?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash discuss the uses and abuses of self-care and help a listener struggling with homesickness.
What’s the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire?
Nadia Idle meets Amber Massie-Blomfield
The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.
Did Pandemics Make the Modern World?
Eleanor Penny Meets Edna Bonhomme
Contagion and confinement have always gone together.
54: Forget the Boycott, Gimme That Brand Deal
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
After Stormzy’s Happy Meal tie-in, Ash and Moya wonder if all artists have their price.