2025: What Actually Happened?
Ash & Aaron's End-Of-Year Round Up
Trump’s second term, wars & ceasefires and the rise of Zack Polanski.
Downstream is an in-depth interview show featuring conversations with activists, authors, economists, politicians, scientists, philosophers and thinkers of all stripes.
‘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.
Putin’s 1000-Year War in Ukraine Has Ancient Roots
Aaron Bastani Meets Serhii Plokhy.
Could Putin nuke Ukraine?
The West Misunderstands Iran
Aaron Bastani Meets Vali Nasr
The author of Iran’s Grand Strategy unpacks the foreign and domestic policy of an anomalous historical power.
Ceasefire Is Not the End of the Gaza Genocide
Aaron Bastani speaks to Ahmed Alnaouq, Yara Eid & Tareq Baconi.
Three Palestinian journalists reflect on a paradigm shift in their political struggle.
Kidnapped at Sea by the Israeli Military: the Full Story
Aaron Bastani Meets Kieran Andrieu
The IDF couldn’t break the morale of the flotilla activists.
Democracy Is Under Massive Threat From AI
Aaron Bastani Meets William MacAskill
One of the leading thinkers in the Effective Altruism movement sets out a vision of the future.
Was the 20th Century a Catastrophe, or a Miracle?
Aaron Bastani Meets Yanis Varoufakis
The renowned economist introduces his new memoir with a conversation about patriarchy, Margaret Thatcher, and the women who raised him.
The Right Is Stirring up Anti-Muslim Hate – and It’s Getting Worse
Ash Sarkar Meets Myriam François
We misunderstand Islam in Britain.
The Real Reason Britain Left the EU (And Why Farage Could Be PM)
Aaron Bastani meets Tom McTague
The real history of Britain’s relationship with Europe.
How Ancient Societies Reveal Alternatives to Capitalism
Aaron Bastani Meets Josephine Quinn
What were the ancient alternatives to democracy?
Are We Living Through the End of an Empire?
Aaron Bastani Meets Lea Ypi
On nations, empires and collapse.