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“Don’t Cry!” Labour Candidates Told Ahead of Election Devastation
Labour faces devastating results as voters go to the polls for the local elections. Plus: The retrial of six Palestine Action activists has come to an end…
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Labour Facing Wipeout, Launches “Project Fear” Against Greens
Labour and the Tories are expected to take a beating in the local elections. Reform is set to make big gains across England and Wales, but London is expecting…
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Labour Weaponises Antisemitism Ahead of Local Elections
It’s 2019 all over again, as the media and a desperate Labour party weaponise antisemitism against the left once more. Plus: Organisers of anti-genocide…
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111: Do we need more women mentors?
Ash and Moya are reunited and ready to answer a mystery question, inspired by Lena Dunham’s memoir Famesick: do we need more women mentors? Plus: a homesick…
Novara Media PodcastsDownstream: British Politics Is About to Collapse w/ James Meadway
The two-party system has defined British politics for centuries, but the status quo is under attack from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and an insurgent Green party…
Novara Media PodcastsDo Your Own Research: How The Far Right Captured British Politics w/ Daniel Trilling
A decade and a half ago, the British far right was a fringe concern. But since then, the ruling party – whether it be The Conservatives or Labour – has played…
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Met Police Chief Condemns Zack Polanski After North London Knife Attack
Zack Polanski has apologised to the Metropolitan Police for a retweet he made in response to the horrific knife attack on two Jewish men in North London. Plus…
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Keir Starmer Heckled by Protesters Following Horrific Knife Attack on Jewish Community
Keir Starmer has been accused of failing to combat antisemitism following a horrific knife attack on two Jewish men in North London. Plus: The US plans further…
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America’s Special Relationship Is With Israel Not U.K, Ambassador Admits
King Charles is charming Trump in Washington, and two men have been stabbed in an antisemitic attack in Golders Green, London. Plus: We speak to Green party…
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Starmer on the Ropes Over Questions of Dishonesty
Keir Starmer could face an inquiry into whether he deliberately misled Parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson. Plus: We speak to Mayor of Tower…
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Donald Trump Survives Third Shooter Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump survives a third shooter assassination attempt. Plus: Green MP Hannah Spencer ignites an almighty row over MPs’ drinking culture, Russell Brand…
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110: How Andrew Tate poisoned a generation of young men w/ Jamie Tahsin and Matt Shea
With the manosphere back in the headlines, we’re republishing our 2024 interview with the authors of Clown World – the book that exposed Andrew Tate’s…
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Downstream: The Truth About Smartphones’ Dirty Supply Chain w/ Nicholas Niarchos
The 21st century runs on batteries: from phones and laptops to electric vehicles, drones and clean energy. Embedded in these batteries are rare earth minerals…
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Do Your Own Research: You Can’t Have Billionaires and Democracy. Ancient Collapse Proves It. w/ Luke Kemp
It’s the question that will come to define our lives: is our society going to collapse? But the field of collapse research is fragmented, chaotic, and often…
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Trump Threatens to Expel Spain From NATO Over Iran War
A leaked email from the Pentagon appears to show that the U.S President Donald Trump’s Washington administration is out for revenge… Plus: We speak to leader…
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Israel Kills Another Journalist in Lebanon
Journalist Amal Khalil has been killed by an Israeli airstrike, with Lebanese officials saying her team was deliberately targeted. Plus: Iran says it has…
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Labour Cronyism Is Out of Control
Zarah Sultana MP joins Steven Methven to discuss cronyism at the very top of the Labour Party. Plus: U.S President Donald Trump extends the ceasefire in his…
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‘Just F**king Approve It’ – Mandelson Saga Drags On
Sacked foreign office head Olly Robbins has given some head-turning evidence to the foreign affairs select committee over Peter Mandelson’s ambassadorial…
Novara Media Podcasts109: How can I tell my parents I’m a stripper? Your dilemmas solved w/ Shon Faye
Moya answers your dilemmas with former Vogue agony aunt Shon Faye. Featuring: a graduate abroad who might have a saviour complex; a gay man who doesn’t know if…
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Starmer Savaged By MPs Over Mandelson Vetting Scandal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been monstered by MPs in parliament today Peter Mandelson failing his security vetting… Plus: Palantir releases a bizarre – and…
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Downstream: Europe’s Ancient Myths, Current Crises & Future Possibilities w/ Roderick Beaton
As the American empire teeters, China gains dominance, and war spreads across Eastern Europe and West Asia, questions arise as to Europe’s place in this…
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The AI Threat Is Much Worse Than You Thought | Nate Soares Interview
Is it time to pump the brakes on generative AI? Michael Walker speaks to Nate Soares, author of the book ‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case…
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Starmer Accused of Lying Over Mandelson Vetting
British prime minister Keir Starmer is at the centre of a storm after it was revealed that Peter Mandelson was appointed U.S ambassador despite failing his…
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Donald Trump Announces Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire
US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon – but will it last? And how does it impact the US – Iran ceasefire negotiations?…
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Pentagon Sends Thousands of Troops to Iran
The Pentagon is reportedly sending thousands more troops to the middle-east as Trump makes fresh threats to Iran. Plus: How Palantir is Colonising the NHS…
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UK Economy Hardest Hit by Iran War, Says IMF
The IMF has warned that Donald Trump’s war on Iran could trigger a global recession, with G7 countries being the hardest hit. Plus: Spanish Prime Minister…
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The Human Cost of Britain’s Dark Money Industry w/ Peter Geoghegan & Stephanie Brobbey
To accompany our podcast series, Death in Westminster, hosts Kojo Koram and Dalia Gebrial met with investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan and former private…
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108: Is it time to quit your job? w/ William Rayfet Hunter
Moya is joined by doctor-turned-novelist William Hunter to talk about what it takes to abandon your career for something new. What are the signs it’s time for…
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Trump Now Threatens to Block Hormuz Strait
Donald Trump has pledged to escalate the economic pressure on Iran by blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Plus: Victor Orban has been trounced in Hungary’s general…
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Downstream: The Secrets of the Chinese Internet w/ Yi-Ling Liu
Take part in our audience survey: novara.media/survey In China in the 1990s, the arrival of the internet was swiftly met with the ‘great firewall’: a complex…
Novara Media PodcastsACFM Trip 59: Hobbies
After mulling over the problem of boredom in the last Trip episode, the ACFM gang return with a solution: hobbies. In this episode Nadia, Jem and Keir wonder…
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Do Your Own Research: The Iran War Will Collapse the American Empire w/ Alfred McCoy
Fill in our audience survey: https://novara.media/survey For fifty years, Alfred McCoy has exposed covert operations. In 1972 he uncovered the CIA and French…
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Is Trump Turning The US Into A Pariah State?
Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran continues to isolate the US, as Keir Starmer says he is “fed up” with the President’s impact on UK energy costs. Plus: Trump…
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The US-Iran Ceasefire Is Already Faltering
Between continued assaults by Israel on Lebanon, and mixed messaging from both Tehran and the White House, the US-Iran ceasefire is on increasingly shaky…
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Israeli Attacks On Lebanon Threaten US-Iran Ceasefire
Following his threat to destroy “a whole civilisation” if his demands to Iran were not met, Donald Trump has now declared complete victory, with Iran and the…
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Iran Wants to Transform the Regional Order | Sina Toosi Interview
Following Donald Trump’s now-rescinded threat to kill “a whole civilisation”, Aaron Bastani speaks to Middle East expert Sina Toosi about…
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Donald Trump: “A Whole Civilisation Will Die Tonight”
Trump has threatened that “A whole civilisation will die tonight” if his demands to Iran are not met. Plus: Sina Toosi explains what winning would actually…
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PSA: We want to hear from Special Ones!
A special announcement from producer Chal. Ash and Moya are on their holidays but will be back next Tuesday! Take part in our audience survey here to be in…
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Iran Threatens Retaliation Against Trump’s Criminal Threats
Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants in an expletive-laden Truth Social Post, and the U.S. account of its rescue of two airmen inside Iran…
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Downstream: Is Liberalism Finally Waking Up to the Crises it has Caused? w/ Adrian Wooldridge
Liberalism, in one form or another, has been the pervading political ideology of the past 200 years. It has become so pervasive, as an ideology, that it lays…
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Iran Shoots Down US War Plane
Iran has shot down a US fighter plane. We ask whether a US defeat is on the horizon. Plus: Pete Hegseth has fired the US Army’s top general. With Michael…
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Oil Prices Skyrocket As Trump Threatens More Strikes on Iran
Trump has threatened more strikes on Iran, oil prices skyrocketed in response. Plus: Reform have pitched themselves squarely at pensioners in a recent press…
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Trump Says War Over in Two to Three Weeks
Trump says the “job in Iran” could be finished within 2 or 3 weeks.   Plus: We interview The Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, and the case for Chinese…
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Israel Passes Apartheid Death Penalty For Palestinians
The Knesset has passed a bill making it near-compulsory to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of acts of terrorism resulting in the death of an…
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107: Do we love success but hate ambition?
Moya has a big theory about success: we love the idea of it, but hate people going on about it. Did Timothée Chalamet’s naked ambition cost him an Oscar? Plus…
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Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran’s Water Supply | With Abby Martin
Donald Trump insists that positive talks are happening to end the illegal war in Iran Plus: Israel admits using a fake photo of the journalist they murdered…
Novara Media PodcastsThe Greens WILL Beat Labour w/ Hannah Spencer and Faiza Shaheen
To mark the launch of our new podcast series, Death in Westminster, host Dalia Gebrial sat down with Hannah Spencer, the new MP for Gorton and Denton, and…
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ACFM Trip 58: Boredom
When was the last time you were bored? Nadia, Jem and Keir wonder if ennui is a feeling that belongs in the past – and what a boredom-free life might be…
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Do Your Own Research: Isolated, Scared, and Furious: Welcome to the Age of Hyperpolitics
In the last decade and a half, society has got vastly more politicised: Occupy, Black Lives Matter, the Me Too Movement and many other movements besides…
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Trump Folds Again, Announces 10-Day Extension To Ultimatum
Donald Trump has extended his ultimatum to Iran, now threatening to bomb energy and desalination plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened within 10 days…
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Bonus Interview: Dependence on America has Made Britain Weak | With Angus Hanton
As Trump repeatedly tries to draw the UK into the war on Iran, Aaron Bastani catches up with Angus Hanton, author of ‘Vassal State: How America Runs…
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Trump Lashes Out at NATO Allies Over War on Iran
Trump says U.S.’s NATO allies have done “absolutely nothing” to aid the illegal war on Iran. Plus: A man filmed ‘Intimidating’ Al Jazeera Journalists in…
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Iran Mocks Trump, Says US “Negotiating With Itself”
“Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you,” says Iranian military spokesperson. Plus: What the West gets wrong about Iran’s…
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Trump Ditches Steve Witkoff For JD Vance In Iran Talks
As Pakistan hosts peace talks between the US and Iran, JD Vance has been touted for a new role in the negotiations. Plus: Rachel Reeves outlines her plan to…
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106: When does the mask become the face?
Moya and Ash react to Louis Theroux’s documentary on the manosphere. The antics of YouTubers like HS and Sneako seem designed to amuse teenage boys and offend…
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Bonus Interview: Iran Trump Has Made Iran Stronger
Michael Walker speaks to Journalist and Author Hooman Majd about Donald Trump’s repeated failures as he wages war on Iran.
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Trump Walks Back Threat to Bomb Iran’s Power Plants
Trump backtracks on Iran threat as “very good conversations” have been had… Plus: We interview Hooman Majd on whether Iran’s deterrence strategy is working…
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Downstream: The Right Is Winning. Here’s How We Change That w/ Ash Sarkar
Aaron Bastani sat down with Novara Media’s own Ash Sarkar, to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling book, Minority Rule. ‘Minority…
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Do Your Own Research: How Musk’s Paranoid Empire Really Works w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
The most powerful CEO in history is barely a person anymore. But it’s not just his X-addled brain that has transformed him. He has deeply integrated himself in…
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Bonus Interview: Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on Why the US Will Lose the Economic War With Iran
As the US weighs up a complete takeover of Kharg Island, Michael Walker speaks to analyst Esfandyar Batmanghelidj about why Trump has bitten off more than he…