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Latest Episodes

Downstream: The Ancient Indian History Our Schools Don’t Teach w/ William Dalrymple
August 11, 2025

Ash Sarkar sat down at EartH Hackney with acclaimed historian and author William Dalrymple. Picking up where they left off last time they spoke on Downstream, Sarkar and Dalrymple had a wide-ranging c

Novara FM: Where Did Novara Media Come From? w/ Aaron Bastani, James Butler and Ash Sarkar
August 07, 2025

Novara FM was Novara Medias first show its now coming to an end. On the final episode, Richard Hames sat down with Aaron Bastani, James Butler and Ash Sarkar to talk about 15 years of Novara Media

Downstream: The Real Reason Millennials Are Screwed w/ Eliza Filby
August 04, 2025

Dr Eliza Filby is a historian and author of the bestselling book Inheritocracy: Its Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad. In conversation with Ash Sarkar, Dr Filby draws on her own life story,

ACFM Trip 53: Growth
August 03, 2025

Keir Starmer claims that growth is the only cure for a country in decline. But why is it the central obsession of modern capitalist economies? And can we think our way out of it before our planet runs

EXCLUSIVE: Zarah Sultana’s First Interview Since Resigning From The Labour Party
July 28, 2025

Zarah Sultana speaks to Novara Media exclusively about why she resigned from the Labour Party, what the plan is with her new political party founded with Jeremy Corbyn and how the left can defeat Nige

Downstream: Ash Sarkar meets Gerry Adams
July 28, 2025

This interview would once have been illegal to broadcast in the UK. For many, Gerry Adams is a peacemaker, but for others he remains inseparable from the violence and trauma of the Troubles. Ash Sarka

Novara FM: Does the Palestine Action Ban Signal the Decline of Liberalism in Britain? w/ Simon Childs
July 24, 2025

Is the UK still a liberal country? With terrorism laws criminalising speech around Palestine Action, its a serious question. A growing gulf between public opinion and state policy on Gaza reveals a l

Downstream: India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient World w/ William Dalrymple
July 21, 2025

The Silk Road has dominated the way we imagine the trading relationship between Europe and Asia to have worked in antiquity. In his new book, The Golden Road, William Dalrymple busts that myth. He sat

Downstream: Trump & Musk Could Start a Global Meltdown w/ Michael Lewis
July 14, 2025

Michael Lewis is an American author, journalist, and former bond trader. His best-known book, The Big Short, explains the 2000s US housing bubble and helped many people understand the 2008 financial c

ACFM Microdose: Social Reproduction
July 13, 2025

Following their Trip episode about Cleaning, the ACFM crew take a closer look at the hidden labour that keeps the economy running. Would public canteens solve 80% of our problems? Find the books and m