Trip 49: Debt
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jem Gilbert
From easy credit to debt jubilees, what does it means to owe and be owed? The ACFM gang find out.
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What Will ‘Technoking’ Elon Musk Do in the White House?
Eleanor Penny Meets Quinn Slobodian
How the richest man in the world became Trump’s new best friend.
48: Is It Time to Cut Off My Lying Dad?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya tackle a mailbag full of your dilemmas, including a committed couple disagreeing over money and a daughter considering cutting off her dad.
47: Is the Era of Public Shaming Over? W/ Yomi Adegoke
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Recorded live at London Podcast Festival, Ash and Moya are joined by Yomi Adegoke, author of The List, to discuss the politics of online pile-ons.
46: Porn Is Everywhere. How Damaging Is It Really?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
What happens when sex becomes an online stunt? Ash and Moya discuss OnlyFans and ubiquitous porn.
Reading the Communist Manifesto
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn
The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of Marx and Engels’ endlessly quotable 1848 tract.
Why the Left Needs to Care About Crypto
Richard Hames Meets Sam Hart
A blockchain for the local economy?
45: Surviving End-of-Year Burnout
Ash and Moya reflect on a year of discomfort and grief, from personal challenges to political setbacks.
The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually
From the war on terror to the looming social care crisis, Richard Curtis’ festive romcom is a counterfactual vision of ’00s Britain. Nathalie Olah investigates.
44. How to Deal With People Who Can’t Deal With You
Moya and Ash get a few things off their chest in a Christmas episode recorded together in London.
Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire
What can Bruce Willis’ shoeless cowboy cop tell us about American corporate power? James Butler explores a Christmas favourite.
43: How Far Would You Go to Be Yourself? W/ Amrou Al-Kadhi
Moya and Ash talk to Amrou Al-Kadhi about their debut film, Layla, and the pursuit of self-expression.
We Need a New Wikileaks
Richard Hames Meets Stefania Maurizi
Who will take up the mantle for the age of livestreamed genocide?
42: Why Won’t They Just Break Up?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya has a theory for Ash about couples who will do anything except pull the plug. Plus, advice for a special one dealing with guilt.
Trip 48: Political Commitment
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jeremy Gilbert
The ACFM gang ask what it means to dedicate yourself to a cause, with ideas from Jodi Dean and Leonard Cohen.
The New Scramble for Africa in the Vacuum of Empire
Richard Hames meets James Pogue
Guns for hire in the neocolonial hinterlands.
41: When Do Good Habits Become Dark Obsessions?
Moya Lothian McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash have a frank discussion about open relationships and disordered eating. Plus, advice on cross-racial dating.
Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism
Eleanor Penny Meets Laura Watson
Should sex work be legalised? Or, instead, decriminalised? For the women involved, the difference is huge.