Amid the bumpy launch of a new left-wing party and the rise of the Greens and Reform, the ACFM crew turn their attention to parties. Do we still need them? Do parties work by drawing people together,

Artificial intelligence is set to be one of the most disruptive technologies this century. For some, a machine capable of augmenting its own intelligence is a matter of time and could even arrive wi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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