Episodios

  • Downstream: Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics w/ Peter Oborne

    Downstream: Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics w/ Peter Oborne
    Jan 5 2026
    After ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ on October 7th, a specific narrative quickly emerged and pervaded the entire Western mainstream media. Namely, that unprecedented horrors were committed against the state of Israel and that whatever way it responded was justified. Any deviation from this narrative was quickly shut down. In the intervening years, the British state has […]
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Downstream: 2025: What Actually Happened? w/ Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani

    Downstream: 2025: What Actually Happened? w/ Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani
    Dec 29 2025
    Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani joined each other on 17th December for a special end-of-year Downstream, wrapping up the year in politics.
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    1 h y 14 m
  • Downstream: ‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’ w/ Norman Finkelstein

    Downstream: ‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’ w/ Norman Finkelstein
    Dec 22 2025
    Norman Finkelstein is one of the west’s leading anti-Zionist scholars. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has spent his life studying and critiquing Israel’s assault on Palestine, decades before it became socially acceptable to do so. Yet despite having dedicated his career to it, by the day before Hamas’ attack in October 2023, Norman had […]
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    1 h y 37 m
  • ACFM Microdose: The ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, Labour’s New Faction

    ACFM Microdose: The ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, Labour’s New Faction
    Dec 21 2025
    After a Trip episode about the meaning of mainstream, this time the gang go deeper into ‘Mainstream’ – that is, the new soft-left faction inside Labour. Yes, a festive episode about the inner workings of a political party! Don’t say we don’t spoil you. Jem, Nadia and Keir explain the emergence of Mainstream’s ‘radical realists’ […]
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    1 h y 34 m
  • Downstream: The Truth About Hamas, October 7th & Israel’s Ongoing Genocide w/ Tareq Baconi

    Downstream: The Truth About Hamas, October 7th & Israel’s Ongoing Genocide w/ Tareq Baconi
    Dec 15 2025
    Since Hamas launched its assault on October 7th, 2023, the group has become synonymous with evil in large parts of the Western media. Condemnation has come at the expense of critical engagement with the group’s actions, objectives, and history, leaving a vacuum that has been filled with racist assumptions and conspiracy theories. Tareq Baconi is […]
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    1 h y 25 m
  • Downstream: The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse Forever w/ Cory Doctorow

    Downstream: The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse Forever w/ Cory Doctorow
    Dec 8 2025
    Did you know that the standard of Google searches has actually gotten worse over recent years? Once you think about it, it makes sense. Highly effective search means fewer searches overall. And fewer searches means less ad revenue. The financial basis of Alphabet, which is Google’s parent company, is, of course, digital advertising. Which means […]
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    1 h y 19 m
  • ACFM Trip 56: The Mainstream

    ACFM Trip 56: The Mainstream
    Dec 7 2025
    Jem, Nadia and Keir debate the meaning of ‘mainstream’ – something none of them could ever possibly be, of course. Is ‘woke’ the new mainstream? Can there be a mainstream if we don’t all have access to the same culture? Is Tommy Robinson shifting the Overton Window? Why is nonconformity associated with coolness? And who engineers […]
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    1 h y 54 m
  • Downstream: How to Create A Revolution w/ Roger Hallam

    Downstream: How to Create A Revolution w/ Roger Hallam
    Dec 1 2025
    Whether you love or loathe his tactics, it’s hard to deny the disruptive impact that Roger Hallam has had on British politics via the activist organisations he has led, Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. He joins Ash Sarkar fresh from his latest stint in prison, where he wrote a treatise for Your Party that […]
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    1 h y 20 m
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