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Downstream: Was the 20th Century a Catastrophe, or a Miracle? w/ Yanis Varoufakis
Economist, and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis joins Aaron to discuss his most recent book Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance, a memoir about the women in Yanis fam
Downstream: The Right Is Stirring up Anti-Muslim Hate – and It’s Getting Worse w/ Myriam François
In the summer of 2024, hotels sheltering Muslim asylum seekers across Britain were attacked by violent mobs. A year later, as the summer of 2025 drew to a close, a far-right demonstration of 100,000 p
ACFM Microdose: Sci-Fi
After last weeks ACFM Trip to the Future, Jem and Keir reconvene to talk about science fiction. Is sci-fi a reaction to the time-space compression of the present? Is it inherently progressive? How
Downstream: How Brexit Paved The Way For Farage’s Bid for Downing Street w/ Tom McTague
Its almost 10 years since Britain voted to leave the EU, and were still dealing with the consequences. In his new book, Between The Waves, Politicos chief UK political correspondent Tom McTague arg
ACFM Trip 54: The Future
What if we stopped treating the future like a speculative asset and started trying to actually build and prepare? The ACFM gang look to the horizon in this Trip episode. Did young people always worry
Downstream: The Political Possibilities of the Ancient World w/ Josephine Quinn
What were the ancient alternatives to democracy? Did people in the Bronze Age forget how to write or deliberately stop? And whats the use in studying ancient languages? In a Downstream IRL recorded
Downstream: Are We Living Through the End of an Empire? w/ Lea Ypi
What can the collapse of the Ottoman Empire teach us about the danger of the current discourse around migration? Re-migration is not a new concept conjured up by the far-right, but rather something
Downstream: Infinite Growth Will Lead to Collapse w/ Jason Hickel
Our politicians dont agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the pie, they assure us, and there will be more to go around. Our guest on Downstream
ACFM Microdose: Gardening
Are gardens a sanctuary or an enclosure? The ACFM gang sketch out a weird-left history of gardening, from the walled gardens of paradise to the tarmacked lawns of suburban Britain. Find the books, mus
Downstream: China Is Building While the West Crumbles w/ Dan Wang
Dan Wang is a technology analyst and author whose life experience, spent partly in North America, partly in China, sets him up as an authoritative observerof the differences and similarities between