When the Taliban retook all of Afghanistan in 2021, it came as a shock to much of the West. The day after the last American soldier left, journalist and filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at flew into Kabul to spend a year filming with the Taliban’s senior military leadership. What he found was a regime drunk on power, […]
Apr 2023
Novara Live: Labour Meet The Tories In The Gutter, BBC Bias On Palestine
In the leadup to the local elections, Labour have joined the Tories in the gutter.
Plus, Mohammed El-Kurd exposes pro-Israel bias on the BBC and a Nike ad campaign sends transphobes into a tailspin.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
58m 4s
Apr 2023
Novara Live: 500 Asylum Seekers To Be “Imprisoned” On Barge, More Allegations Against CBI Boss
Aaron and Barnaby Raine discuss why refugees are becoming prisoners, the CBI scandal, a Tory MP media sting, and transphobes attacking Harry Potter’s girlfriend.
59m 22s
Oct 2024
An Engaging Dilemma: The Taliban’s Afghanistan, women’s rights and international diplomacy
Women in Afghanistan continue to be suppressed and marginalised by the Taliban government, with a steady stream of new laws and edicts, dictating what they can and can't do.This has alarmed and shocked human rights defenders in Afghanistan, and across the world. Also expressing t ... Show More
33m 53s
Nov 2021
Afghanistan under the Taliban, with John Simpson
Alix Kroeger in London speaks to the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson after his recent visit to Afghanistan.
They talk about how life under the Taliban compares with the last time the regime was in power, where the country is getting aid from, and how the rest of the world ... Show More
27m 47s
Dec 2023
Ep. 351 - Ian Fritz (U.S. Air Force / 'What The Taliban Told Me')
At eighteen, Ian Fritz joined the Air Force out of necessity and was soon selected to become an Airborne Cryptologic Linguist in the war in Afghanistan. Over the course of two tours, Fritz listened to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all over the country night and day, in momen ... Show More
1h 38m
Sep 2024
Are Democrats Missing a Trick?
After a watershed moment for Kamala Harris at potentially her only debate with Donald Trump, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy appraises her performance and warns his party is ignoring something critical.
Then, in his first exit interview, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg talks triumphs ... Show More
40m 44s
Dec 2021
Best Of Buck: Biden's Bungled Afghan Evacuation Ends
<p>All US troops have left Afghanistan, The Taliban is taunting us with mock funerals, A news anchor surrounded by Taliban with guns says not to be afraid, Amherst goes full covid totalitarian and the Libs still trust the media.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to the ... Show More
34m 44s
Oct 2018
An Update on Pakistan, with Ahmed Rashid
Acclaimed journalist Ahmed Rashid discusses Pakistan's new populist prime minister, Imran Khan, whom he considers woefully unprepared. He also examines Pakistan's debt-ridden economy and Pakistan's complex relationships with China, India, the U.S., Afghanistan, and the Taliban. " ... Show More
17m 2s