For this end-of-year edition of Downstream, the Novara Media team look back on the biggest stories of the year. Ash Sarkar is joined by Moya Lothian-McLean, Michael Walker and Owen Jones to talk about the Labour Party, the climate crisis, the rise of AI and the war on Gaza. From clouds brightening to prospects dimming, […]
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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 observer of the differences and similarities between the American and Chinese empires. In conversation with Aaron Bastani, Wang share ... Show More
2h 1m
Aug 18
Downstream: A Reckoning Is Coming For The Establishment Over Gaza w/ Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a journalist and the author of ‘Chavs’, ‘The Establishment’, and ‘This Land’. He has spent the last 21 months relentlessly reporting and commenting on Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. He joins Ash Sarkar to talk about how media bias actually works, the history of the ... Show More
1h 18m
Aug 11
Downstream: The Ancient Indian History Our Schools Don’t Teach w/ William Dalrymple
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 conversation at the crossroads of empire, resistance, and the long shadows of col ... Show More
1h 5m
Oct 2023
X, Rated: Elon Musk’s First Year
It’s a year since Elon Musk formally completed his acquisition of X, formerly known as Twitter. Since then the business has faced a number of challenges, including ongoing issues surrounding content moderation and a battle to make the platform profitable. To help us understand th ... Show More
35m 30s
Oct 2023
Another Take: The past, present, and future of Hamas
Introducing 'Another Take' – joining you now every Saturday and Sunday, revisiting stories we’ve done that are in the news again.
This episode was originally published on June 14, 2021.
The Palestinian group Hamas doesn't fit neatly into the labels some try to fit them into — te ... Show More
22m 49s
Oct 2023
October 7, 2023
It’s a date that is now history. Saturday’s Hamas attack sent shockwaves through Israel, Palestine, and the world, 50 years and one day after a war that is etched in memory across the Middle East. Thousands of rockets, followed by an assault by Hamas fighters from land, air, and ... Show More
20m 3s