We Are Witnessing the Return of Empires & the End of Nations
Aaron Bastani Meets Rana Dasgupta
What comes after nations?
Downstream is an in-depth interview show featuring conversations with activists, authors, economists, politicians, scientists, philosophers and thinkers of all stripes.
The Next Shocks Will Hit Wealthy Countries Hardest. Here’s Why
Aaron Bastani Meets John Rapley
Rich doesn’t mean resilient.
How the Democrats Abandoned Working People
Ash Sarkar meets Eric Schlosser
The American state has been captured by corporate interests.
Mandelson & the Perverted Fantasies of New Labour Liberalism
Ash Sarkar meets Maurice Glasman
Is this the end of the neoliberal order?
Vape Shops, Crypto and Luxury Watches: How Money Laundering Is Everywhere
Aaron Bastani Meets Oliver Bullough
How trillions of dollars are laundered each year.
China, AI and the West’s Free Speech Crackdown
Ash Sarkar Meets Ai Weiwei
The West is going backwards.
2008 Whistleblower on the Next Big Crash
Ash Sarkar meets Ann Pettifor.
The financial system will ‘blow itself up.’
Exposing the Lies of the 20th Century
Aaron Bastani meets Tariq Ali.
How elites captured history.
Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar
Aaron Bastani meets Glenn Greenwald
This is about far more than oil.
Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics
Aaron Bastani meets Peter Oborne
The UK veteran journalist blows the whistle from inside the political establishment.
2025: What Actually Happened?
Ash & Aaron's End-Of-Year Round Up
Trump’s second term, wars & ceasefires and the rise of Zack Polanski.
‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’
Aaron Bastani meets Norman Finkelstein
What is Israel’s endgame?
The Truth About Hamas, 7th October and Israel’s Ongoing Genocide
Ash Sarkar Meets Tareq Baconi
Hamas’ strategy explained.
The Plan Is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever.
Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow
‘Enshittification’ explained.
The Blueprint for System Change
Ash Sarkar Meets Just Stop Oil Founder Roger Hallam
How to create a revolution.
Zack Polanski Is Coming for Starmer and Farage
Ash Sarkar Meets Zack Polanski
The Green party’s strategy to beat Labour and Reform.
Ex-World Bank Insider on Western Decline & the Chinese World Order
Aaron Bastani Meets Branko Milanovic
What will be the next global economic order?
The Dark Truth About Starmer’s Rise to Power
Ash Sarkar Meets Paul Holden
The illegal money behind Labour’s victory.