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Committed: 2. How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?
April 24, 2025

Locked in their cells for up to 22 hours a day, how are Britains jailed climate activists coping with a life of inaction? In episode two of Committed, Rivkah and Clare follow the Just Stop Oil inmate

Committed: 1. What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?
April 22, 2025

In episode one of Committed, Clare Hymer and Rivkah Brown meet the imprisoned Just Stop Oil activists who took direct action against the climate crisis and faced dire consequences. By blocking roads,

Downstream: Has Israel Become A Fascist State? w/ Ilan Pappé
April 21, 2025

Aaron Bastani was joined by Israeli historian Ilan Papp for a live recording of Downstream on 7 April at EartH in East London. They discussed the origins of Britains Israel lobby, the indoctrination

Committed: A New Series Out Now
April 18, 2025

How does a teenage goodie-two-shoes grow up to be a convicted criminal? On Committed, a new four-part series from Novara Media, we go behind bars to find out why dozens of young climate activists are

Downstream: What’s The Real Point of Trump’s Tariffs? w/ Slavoj Žižek
April 16, 2025

Donald Trump has been ripping up the rule book on global trade, implementing huge tariffs and sending markets into a frenzy. But is there any method in his apparent madness? Legendary Marxist philosop

60: Are we too addicted to convenience?
April 15, 2025

Ash and Moya answer a mystery question and wonder if our quest for a life of convenience was a mistake. Plus: advice for a listener dating a much, much older man. PSA: Were going live at EartH in Lon

Novara FM: How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism w/ Bahar Noorizadeh
April 10, 2025

When you think about neoliberal states, maybe you think of the UK, or Russia in the 90s, or Chile. You probably dont think about Iran. And yet, argues Bahar Noorizadeh, the Islamic Republic has been,

Downstream: On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates
April 07, 2025

There are few, true, public intellectuals anymore. But Ta-Nehisi Coates author of Between The World And Me and recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant is unquestionably foremost amongst them. Hi

Novara FM: How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza Genocide w/ Samaneh Moafi
April 03, 2025

Forensic Architecture is a research agency that investigates state violence and environmental destruction. It reconstructs events that states worldwide wants obscured, from Israel to the UK and from t

Downstream: This Much We Agree On: Britain Is In Decline w/ Peter Hitchens
March 31, 2025

In 2024 the Conservative party suffered their worst defeat in two centuries. But while Labour struggles in office, the Tories are going nowhere fast. Meanwhile Britain shambles on without an economic