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Teaser - PTO Extra! Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Owen joins PTO to respond to listener questions on our recent discussion on Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances, a career spanning new collecti...

After neoliberalism w/ James Meadway

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Meadway joins PTO to talk about his forthcoming article for Open Democracy on the end of neoliberalism. We talked about why James believes that ...

The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World w/ Benjamin Bratton

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Bratton joins PTO to discuss his new book, The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World. We talked about how the Covid-19 pand...

Late capitalism at 20,000 ft. w/ Margret Grebowicz

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Margret Grebowicz joins PTO to talk about her new book, 'Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World'. We talked about how the notion of t...

Teaser - PTO Extra! - Jeremy Gilbert responds to listener questions on Labour and left strategy

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Gilbert joins PTO to respond to listener questions on our recent discussion about the Labour Party. We talked about whether Jeremy holds a "sta...

Clean living under difficult circumstances w/ Owen Hatherley

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Owen Hatherley joins PTO to discuss a new career spanning collection of his writings, Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances. We talked about the ...

Does Labour face terminal decline? w/ Jeremy Gilbert

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With the prospect of another potential Labour by-election defeat in Batley and Spen next month, Jeremy Gilbert joins PTO to talk about the prospect of...

On violence and on violence against women w/ Jacqueline Rose

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline Rose joins PTO to talk about her new book, On Violence and on Violence against Women. We discussed how psychoanalysis can help us grasp the...

PTO Extra! Palestine - a new era of resistance? w/ Rana Barakat

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rana Barakat joins PTO from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank to talk about the current humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territorie...

On violence and on violence against women w/ Jacqueline Rose

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline Rose joins PTO to talk about her new book, On Violence and on Violence against Women. We discussed how psychoanalysis can help us grasp the...

How China escaped shock therapy w/ Isabella Weber

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At the end of the 1980s, China's leaders came close to implementing the kind of economic shock therapy reforms that a few years later caused a social ...

New Pandemics, Old Politics w/ Alex De Waal

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex De Waal joins PTO to talk about his new book, New Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of War on Disease. We discussed the history of pande...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Daniel Finn on Northern Ireland and the DUP's dilemma

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this month rioting broke out in loyalist communities in several towns and cities in Northern Ireland - the worst such violence for years. PTO ...

Enoch Powell: Britain's first neoliberal politician w/ Robbie Shilliam

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robbie Shilliam joins PTO to talk about his article, 'Enoch Powell: Britain’s First Neoliberal Politician' which appeared in the New Political Econo...

Teaser - PTO Extra! "Global Britain" and the UK defence review w/ Paul Rogers

04 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this month the UK government published the latest defence review, titled 'Global Britain in a Competitive Age'. PTO spoke to international sec...

HyperCurtisisation w/ Owen Hatherley, Juliet Jacques, and Alberto Toscano

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Owen Hatherley, Juliet Jacques, and Alberto Toscano join PTO to talk about Adam Curtis's new BBC series Can't Get You Out of My Head. We chatted about...

The entwinement of police and male violence w/ Melissa Gira Grant & Chardine Taylor Stone

20 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Gira Grant and Chardine Taylor Stone join PTO to discuss police and male violence and the murder of Sarah Everard. We talked about the importa...

The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It? w/ Emma Dowling

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emma Dowling joins PTO to talk about her new book 'The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It'. We chatted about the scale of the care cris...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Shamima Begum and normalising citizenship revocation w/ Nisha Kapoor

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On Friday the UK's supreme court ruled against allowing Shamima Begum, the young British woman who in 2015 travelled to Syria to join ISIS, to return ...

#111 Why the Luddites were right (part 2) w/ Gavin Mueller

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin Mueller joins PTO for part two of our conversation on his new book, 'Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites were Right About Why You Hate Your Jo...

Teaser - Understanding Burma's coup w/ Carlos Sardiña Galache

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On the 1st of February, the Burmese military launched a coup d'état against the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for De...

#110 Biden begins w/ Kate Aronoff

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Aronoff joins PTO to talk about what can be expected from the Joe Biden administration in the United States, both domestically and on foreign pol...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Is Scottish independence inevitable? w/ Rory Scothorne

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With support for Scottish independence at an all time high, and with Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish National Party predicted to win a landslide in M...

#109 Why the Luddites were right (part 1) w/ Gavin Mueller

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin Mueller joins PTO to talk about his new book, 'Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job'. In the first part o...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Richard Seymour on the UK's disastrous Covid-19 response

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With the UK Office of National Statistics reporting that covid-19 related deaths in the UK have exceeded 100,000, PTO spoke to Richard Seymour about w...

#108 Capitalist dreams and nationalist designs w/ Ravinder Kaur

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ravinder Kaur joins PTO to talk about her new book, 'Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India'. We sp...

#107 Climate activism and the fetishisation of nonviolence w/ Andreas Malm

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andreas Malm joins PTO to talk about his new book, 'How To Blow Up a Pipeline'. We chatted about why the climate movement is so fiercely committed to ...

#106 The trouble with mainstream feminism w/ Alison Phipps

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alison Phipps joins PTO to talk about her new book, 'Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism'. We chatted about the MeToo movement and what ...

UNLOCKED: Jeremy Gilbert on the defeat of the Anglo-American left (part one)

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Gilbert joins PTO to discuss why the Corbyn and Sanders projects ultimately foundered. We talked about the significance of personality and stra...

#RedHacks - Economic journalism and the end of neoliberalism w/ Laurie Macfarlane

19 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of the second season of #RedHacks Joana Ramiro speaks to Laurie Macfarlane about the necessity of an economic journalism that cha...

#105 The mainstreaming of the far right w/ Aurelien Mondon & Aaron Winter

12 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter join PTO to talk about whether Joe Biden's election victory represents a comprehensive repudiation of Trumpism, what ...

#104 The meaning of Maradona w/ Marcela Mora y Araujo & Jonathan Wilson

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marcela Mora y Araujo and Jonathan Wilson join PTO to talk about the late Diego Maradona and the outpouring of grief that greeted his death in Argenti...

#103 Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? w/ Brett Christophers

28 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett Christophers joins PTO to talk about his new book, Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? We chatted about the extraordi...

#102 What Covid-19 reveals about the family w/ Sophie Lewis

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sophie Lewis joins PTO to talk about her article in The Nation, 'Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let’s Break It'. We chatted about ...

#101 What happened to the 'blue wave'? w/ Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic join PTO to talk about the US election results, why the 'blue wave' failed to materialise and how Joe Biden will gov...

#100 Corbyn, Labour, and the EHRC report w/ Barnaby Raine

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Barnaby Raine joins PTO to talk about the EHRC report into antisemitism and the Labour Party, the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the party, and what...

PTO Extra! The week austerity died? w/ Grace Blakeley

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Grace Blakeley joins PTO to talk about the current state of the UK economy, whether the era of austerity is over, and why even in the face of a no dea...

#99 Morrissey, nationalism, and the aesthetics of English misery w/ Owen Hatherley & Kojo Koram

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Owen Hatherley and Kojo Koram join PTO to talk about Owen's essay, 'A Study in the Politics and Aesthetics of English Misery'. In the essay Owen refle...

#98 Feminism, Interrupted w/ Lola Olufemi

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lola Olufemi joins PTO to talk about her new book, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power. We chatted about the history of black feminist organising...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Anti-politics & Covid denialism w/ Richard Seymour

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Seymour joins PTO to discuss the recent anti-lockdown protests in London, the broader phenomenon of covid denialism, and whether the emergence...

Between Washington and Beijing w/ Tobita Chow & David Brophy

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a special episode - recorded for The World Transformed festival 2020 - Tobita Chow and David Brophy discuss how the socialist left should think abo...

Teaser - PTO Extra! The Fox Newsification of UK media w/ Will Davies

26 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Will Davies joins PTO to talk about the possible emergence of a UK equivalent of Fox News, what that might do to UK politics, and why breaking into br...

#97 For an alternative hedonism w/ Kate Soper

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Soper joins me to talk about her new book, 'Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism'. We chatted about why a transition to a sustainable...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Land of hope and culture wars w/ Nesrine Malik

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nesrine Malik joins PTO to speak about the confected media furore over the BBC proms and what it tells us about the UK's culture wars. We also talked ...

#96 Is Trump's America a failed state? w/ Bhaskar Sunkara

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bhaskar Sunkara joins me to talk about the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin and collusion between the far right and the police, whether the frightening ...

Teaser - PTO Extra! A recession like no other w/ James Meadway

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Britain is officially in its deepest recession since records began following the unprecedented economic shutdown in response to the Covid19 pandemic. ...

#95 The IDF - an army like no other w/ Haim Bresheeth-Zabner

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Haim Bresheeth-Zabner joins me to talk about his new book, 'An Army Like No Other: How the Israel Defense Force Made a Nation'. We discussed how the t...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Adam Tooze on China and the US Democrats and the return of austerity politics

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In late March PTO spoke to Adam Tooze whilst he was in New York as the Covid19 crisis was escalating. In today's episode we return to some of the issu...

#94 After the capitalocene w/ Rosie Warren

16 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What will come after the capitalocene - and is that even the right term to describe our geological era? Rosie Warren joins me to talk about 'The Trage...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Is time up for Lukashenko? w/ Nelly Bekus

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Sunday Alexander Lukashenko, ruler of Belarus since 1994 claimed a landslide victory in the country's presidential election with an implausible 80%...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Northern Ireland and the politics of John Hume w/ Daniel Finn

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday the Nobel laureate, and co-architect of the Northern Ireland peace process John Hume passed away at the age of 83. A giant of the political ...

#93 Towards a New Cold War? China and the US w/ Tobita Chow & Jake Werner

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tobita Chow and Jake Werner join me to talk about the roots of the increasingly antagonistic relationship between China and the United States, the rea...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Outsourcing and the UK's Covid-19 shock doctrine w/ Rachel Shabi

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Shabi joins me to talk about her recent article in the New York Review of Books - 'The Pro-Privatization Shock Therapy of the UK’s Covid Resp...

#RedHacks - Ana Naomi de Sousa on privilege and representation in journalism

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of #RedHacks - a series of conversations on journalism in the neoliberal world - Joana Ramiro talks to filmmaker and writer Ana ...

#92 Covid-19 and transforming the global food system w/ Astra Taylor and Troy Vettese

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Astra Taylor and Troy Vettese join me to talk about their recent article in the Guardian in which they argue that the principal driver of zoonotic dis...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Sweatshop reshoring - fast fashion and Leicester's lockdown w/ Ashok Kumar

11 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the 30th of June the city of Leicester, in the East Midlands of the UK was put back into lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases. The new outb...

#91 Corona, climate, chronic emergency w/ Andreas Malm

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andreas Malm joins me to talk about his new book, 'Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century'. We talked about why...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Understanding racism in America and Britain w/ Gary Younge

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning author, broadcaster and academic Gary Younge joins me to talk about his experience of reporting on racism in the United States for the G...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Great power rivalry at 14,000 ft w/ Arif Rafiq

21 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday evening soldiers of the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army clashed on their disputed border in the Ladakh area of Kashmir ...

#90 The Romance of American Communism w/ Vivian Gornick

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Vivian Gornick joins me to talk about her classic book, 'The Romance of American Communism'. We spoke about her experience of growing up amongst commu...

#89 Black Lives Matter and racial capitalism w/ Nikhil Pal Singh

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nikhil Pal Singh joins me to discuss the massive protests against police violence in the United States that emerged in response to the police murder o...

#88 Triple shock in the global south - oil, debt, and Covid-19 w/ Adam Hanieh

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hanieh joins me to talk about the challenges Covid-19 and the debt crisis pose to countries in the global south, how western economic and milita...

#87 A theory of extinction w/ Troy Vettese

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Troy Vetesse joins me to discuss the sixth mass extinction event and how Karl Marx's concepts of real and formal subsumption are relevant to the ecolo...

#86 After Geoengineering w/ Holly Buck

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Holly Buck joins me to discuss her new book, After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration. We talked about why we may have little ch...

#RedHacks - Grassroots media in the time of Covid-19 w/ Aaron Bastani

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of #RedHacks Joana Ramiro talks to Novara Media co-founder Aaron Bastani about the importance of independent grassroots media.

#85 Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste w/ Philip Mirowski

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Philip Mirowski, joins me to discuss why the Covid-19 pandemic is more opportunity than threat to neoliberals and whether - as in the wake of the fina...

#84 Iran and the politics of a pandemic w/ Narges Bajoghli & Arron Merat

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Narges Bajoghli and Arron Merat join me to discuss the coronavirus crisis in Iran, what the Covid-19 pandemic means for the stability of the Iranian r...

#RedHacks - Socialism, football and when sports journalism turns radical w/ Suzanne Wrack

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#RedHacks returns with Joana Ramiro in conversation with Suzanne Wrack. They spoke about Suzanne's experience of entering journalism via architecture,...

#83 A crisis like no other w/ Adam Tooze

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Tooze joins me to discuss what covid-19 means for the world economy, how the Trump administration has missed the boat on containing mass contagio...

#82 Coronavirus and the networked society w/ Will Davies

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Will Davies joins me to discuss whether or not the coronavirus crisis heralds the break with neoliberal capitalism that many expected in the wake of t...

#81 COVID-19 - neoliberalism's grave digger? w/ Paul Mason

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Mason joins me to discuss the COVID-19 crisis, the UK government's response, the failure of senior journalists to hold the government to account ...

#80 The Force of Nonviolence w/ Judith Butler

15 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Judith Butler joins me to discuss her new book, 'The Force of Nonviolence'. We spoke about how the concept of self-defence raises the question of what...

#79 Italy under lockdown w/ Antonella Serrecchia & David Broder

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Milan-based journalist Antonella Serrecchia, and Jacobin's Europe editor David Broder join me to discuss the lockdown in Italy - imposed by the Italia...

#78 After Super Tuesday w/ Jodi Dean & Adom Getachew

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jodi Dean and Adom Getachew join me to chat about Super Tuesday, whether the left underestimated Joe Biden, and the implications of Biden's comeback f...

Teaser - PTO Extra! There's a Starmer waiting in the sky w/ Owen Hatherley

01 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Owen Hatherley joins me to discuss his recent article on Keir Starmer and the Labour leadership contest. You can read the piece here: https://medium....

#77 Where now for the UK left? w/ Leo Panitch

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leo Panitch joins me to chat about the causes of Labour's defeat in the 2019 general election, the weaknesses of the labour movement beyond the party,...

#76 Syria - Authoritarian Apprehensions w/ Lisa Wedeen

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Wedeen joins me to discuss her new book, Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria. We spoke about the strategies th...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Sinn Féin's electoral breakthrough w/ Daniel Finn

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The New Left Review's Daniel Finn joins me to discuss Sinn Féin's electoral breakthrough in the Irish general election. We spoke about the decline of...

#75 Being a trade unionist w/ Len McCluskey

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Len McCluskey joins me to talk about his new book, 'Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist'. We spoke about his own experience of becoming involved in the...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Iowa and after w/ Thea Riofrancos

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Thea Riofrancos joins me to discuss the shambolic Iowa caucus, the significance of the strong showings of Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, and Joe B...

#74 Narendra Modi and Hindu nationalism w/ Achin Vanaik

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Achin Vanaik joins me to discuss Hindu nationalism in India, the BJP's anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act, the lockdown in Kashmir, and India's eco...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Trump's apartheid plan w/ Lara Friedman

02 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lara Friedman joins me to discuss the so-called Trump peace plan and the Israel-Palestine conflict. We spoke about the extent to which the plan diverg...

#73 Inside Wuhan w/ Tom Hancock

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Financial Times journalist Tom Hancock joins me from the city of Wuhan - the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. We spoke about the situation in t...

Teaser - PTO Extra! The Labour leadership - Starmer's contest to lose? w/ Tom Blackburn

25 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Blackburn joins me to chat about the Labour leadership contest, why Keir Starmer is the front runner, the importance of open selection, and what J...

#72 Popular culture and the middle class takeover w/ Rhian Jones

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhian Jones joins me to discuss her article in Tribune Magazine, An Enterprise Allowance of the Left: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/10/an-enterprise-a...

#71 Hostile Environment w/ Maya Goodfellow

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Maya Goodfellow joins me to discuss her new book, 'Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats'. We talked about the historical roots of the...

Teaser - PTO Extra! Whatever happened to Tory decline? w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

10 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss the Conservative's electoral victory and why he believes that the 2019 election result does not simply cance...

#70 The Middle East after Suleimani w/ Paul Rogers

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

International security expert Paul Rogers joins me to discuss why the United States carried out the assassination of Qassem Suleimani and whether the ...

#69 Where now for Labour and the left? w/ Richard Seymour

05 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Seymour joins me to discuss the reasons for Labour's electoral defeat and why the left overestimated Labour's chances. We also chatted what we...

#68 The Clamour of Nationalism w/ Sivamohan Valluvan

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sivamohan Valluvan joins me to discuss his new book, 'The Clamour of Nationalism, Race and Nation in Twenty-first-century Britain'. We spoke about wh...

Election Special: At the sharp end of British foreign policy w/ David Wearing

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Wearing joins me to discuss the defence, security and international trade policies of Labour and the Conservatives, and why the election result ...

Election Special: High stakes - GE2019 and the climate emergency w/ Adrienne Buller

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adrienne Buller joins me to discuss the climate emergency and the general election. We spoke about the policy platforms of the parties, the recent Cha...

Election Special: Polls, manifestos, and the battle for the north w/ James Meadway

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

James Meadway joins me to discuss whether the Conservative manifesto and its limited spending promises will prevent the Tories taking Labour seats in ...

#67 A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal w/ Thea Riofrancos

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Thea Riofrancos joins me to discuss 'A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal' a new book co-authored by Thea. We spoke about why the New Deal is...

Election Special: Boris Johnson - the great campaigner? w/ Will Davies

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Will Davies joins me to discuss conservative's response to Labour's policy on free full-fibre broadband, whether Boris Johnson really is the great cam...

Election Special: The digital war w/ Paolo Gerbaudo

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Paulo Gerbaudo joins me to discuss online campaigning, the recent cyber attack on Labour's campaigning platforms, the contrasting effectiveness of the...

#66 Hong Kong, China, and the nationalist moment w/ Jake Werner

10 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Werner joins me to discuss the ideological makeup of the Hong Kong protest movement, the material and cultural grievances that gave rise to the m...

Election Special: Momentum's plan to win the general election w/ Emma Rees

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Momentum co-founder Emma Rees joins me to discuss Momentum's Plan to Win the General election and the inspiration for Momentum's 'distributed Organisi...

#RedHacks - Reportage in an age of commentary w/ Sarah Jaffe

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kicking off the second series of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro chats with independent journalist Sarah Jaffe about the pressing need for more reportage in a...

Election Special: Tory party strategy w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

03 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss conservative party strategy in the 2019 election. We spoke about Boris Johnson's re-heated Mayism, the likel...