Is This What Neofeudalism Looks Like?
Eleanor Penny meets Jodi Dean
It’s time for a class struggle led by service workers.
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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.
The Decades Long Plan That Made Trump Possible
Richard Hames Meets David Adler
It’s what’s underneath that counts.
53: Getting ‘The Ick’
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya unpack the gender politics behind the “ick-course” and advise a listener whose partner hasn’t been honest about money.
The Green Party Vs Something New
Richard Hames meets James Schneider and Zack Polanski
Maybe the new left-wing party already exists?
52: Happy Birthday IIS! Now Ask Us Anything…
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya and Ash celebrate with an AMA, tackling your questions on career growth, love songs, and whether they’re friends in real life.
Two Years to See a Specialist, Two Weeks to Die
Richard Hames Meets Ellen Clifford
Who really stands to benefit from the Assisted Dying Bill?
51: Am I Feminine Enough for You?
Ash and Moya answer a mystery question about what femininity means to thems. Plus: coping with controlling in-laws.
50: The Return of the Slur
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash debate the limits of language policing and help a listener with a horrible housemate.
How Does Sovereign Debt Work?
Keir Milburn & Nadia Idle meet Heidi Chow
How and why do countries borrow money? Heidi Chow, executive director of Debt Justice, provides the big picture on ACFM.
Time For a New Left Party?
Richard Hames asks Oliver Eagleton, Rachel Godfrey Wood and Joe Todd
A new hope?
49: We Need to See More Wrinkles on Screen!
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya tackle the intensifying obsession with ageing and give advice to a listener searching for friendship.