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Howdy, it's been a while! Ads gets Andrew and Sean back on the podcast to discuss all things Green Party, Burnham and the rising threat of fascism.  What's is it like running as a Green in local elections?  Should Socialist back Burnham to see off threats from Reform? Should the Green Party always consider itself in the gravity of Labour? and what is Sean having for tea? Listen on to fin...

This week Andrew and Lucy are joined by Chris Saltmarsh( @Chris_Saltmarsh), CEC candiate for Yorkshire in Your Party.  Chris was one of the original founders of Labour for a Green New Deal and in someways responsible for this podcast even existing. If that isn't worth a vote I don't know what is.... Andrew, Lucy and Chris discuss how Chris's view of climate politics has changed sinc...

The Green Party of England and Wales has emerged as a contender for national power since Zack Polanski took over the leadership back in August. He talks the good talk about being an eco-populist and certainly knows how to get a message to people in a fractured media world. But surely he can't do it all by himself? Who else is burning the torch for eco-socialism in the greens?  This week Ads a...

Andrew and Lucy are joined by Dr Gareth Fearn to discuss the climate impacts of Rachel Reeves budget announcements last week.  Why can’t this government put forward a positive vision of the country? Are energy bills actually going to come down by £150? why the changes to the motorbility scheme are BS.  Shout outs Village Green's in Prestwich  Manchester Urban Diggers Support the show

Over the weekend the GND Media team ran a radio station at The World Transformed festival, taking place in Hulme this year. Shout out to Josh, Becky, Stephen, Matthew, Mikki, Fitzroy and Barney!  XR not only brought climate issues into the mainstream, they also changed how people protested. However, since COVID XR's civil disobedience style protests have waned and  protests in general seem to...

This panel was recorded live at the World Transformed Festival 2025, in Hulme Manchester.  The climate crisis continues to rage despite its disappearance from public discourse and the collapse of the climate movement. We desperately need a new socialist climate politics, but what role does ‘Your Party’ play in its development and delivery? Should we prioritise contesting elections or building eco-...

Over the weekend the GND Media team ran a radio station at The World Transformed festival, taking place in Hulme this year. Shout out to Josh, Becky, Stephen, Matthew, Mikki, Fitzroy and Barney!  We grabbed 15 minutes with the new leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski. We asked him how its going being shot into the limelight, the differences bewteen the Greens and Your Party, and what's it...

One thing you can say about the Labour Party, is that they stuck by their promise to renationalise the rail system. Or did they? To discuss everything that's right and wrong about Britain's  railways Andrew is joined by Gareth Dennis.  Gareth is a rail engineer and author of HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE., and Hosts @Railnatter on Youtube.  They discuss Zack Polanski's landma...

This week Andrew and Lucy are reviewing Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century  by the french politician  Jean-Luc Mélenchon.  They discuss Melenchon's idea of "the People" how climate change is sown into this book and if Melenchon’s  focus on population levels is necessary for his analysis.  and we  ask Is melenchon a degrowther?  Links Get a copy of Now! the Peopl...

We are back! It's been a while and  well..  everything is kinda getting a bit shit. We have breached 1.5C, the Labour Party are spent and its not rained in England for two bloody months.  Andrew and Lucy got together to discuss all the big events over the last six months and reflect on the local election results in England. We also covered Zack Polanski's leadership bid for the Green Par...

Support the Bhopal Medical Appeal https://www.bhopal.org/ Episode two: The Green Revolution  explores the historical, political and economic forces that came together to make the Bhopal Gas Disaster a catastrophe just waiting to happen. Focusing on India’s so called “Green Revolution” we discuss the long term consequences of short term technological fixes to the environmental challenges with which...

Support the Bhopal Medical Appeal https://www.bhopal.org/ Forty years ago on the night of December 2nd 1984  water entered the chemical storage tank 610 at the Union Carbide India plant in Bhopal causing an exothermic reaction that released a deadly cloud of gas into the air which was blown for miles across the city exposing more than 500,000 people to the deadly and enduring effects of methyl iso...

First episode December 2nd Forty years ago, on the night of December 2nd 1984, water entered the chemical storage tank 610 at the Union Carbide India plant in Bhopal, causing an exothermic reaction that released a deadly cloud of gas into the air which was blown for miles across the city exposing more than 500,000 people to the deadly and enduring effects of methyl isocynate.  In Bhopal: Stories o...

You may have noticed that all your favourite online spaces are rife with climate denial, skepticism and down right lies about how humans are effecting the globe. What is driving this change? Are these people working as individuals, in networks or backed by the oil and gas industry itself? This week we here from some who's trying to fight back against the tide of disinformation and climate den...

Support the show https://www.patreon.com/gndmediauk Labour's flagship policy of its election campaign was GB Energy. A phrase that would have pricked the ears of anyone who cared about getting off fossil fuels and combating climate change. With the government keeping its cards close to its chest we put together a crack team of guests who can breakdown what GB Energy could be and how it should...

This week is our part two in our mini series on Nuclear Energy. You can listen to part one of this series with M.V Ramana here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gnd-media/id1501980017 Ad's is joined by Mark Nelson (@Energy Bants) founder and managing director of Radiant Energy Group, a organisation that supports low carbon energy transition and keeping nuclear power plants open. They tac...

For the next two episodes Ads is exploring one of the most debated and decisive topics when it comes to climate breakdown. Nuclear power. In recent years many have seen nuclear power as a keystone technology that can help produce bountiful clean energy to get humanity off fossil fuels. For others, when nuclear power is mentioned the images of Fukushima, Chernobyl and the threat of apocalyptic war...

Humans have always moved. long before we started planting grains in the fertile crescent, we moved around the globe in search of food, shelter and other humans for trade and collaboration. If you're moving now without dollar in your pocket, your demonized, shunned and your humanity questioned, just for trying to find a better life.  The climate crisis is going to have millions on the move. Ho...

The Climate Movements key focus is on the reduction of emissions and stopping humanity from going over the edge into full blown climate breakdown. But by focusing so heavily on the parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere are we missing ways in which the natural world shapes our existence? Are we being negligent to the lives of other species that make up life on earth, and what affect does that...

The election is in full swing in the UK, with 3 days to go until the polls open. Are the parties rising to the occasion and providing a vision of a world not decimated by the climate crisis? We put in the hard hours to read the manifestos on offer so you don't have to! In this endeavor of analysis or political parities commitments we are joined by comrade of the pod Sam Knights! We discuss wh...

This week we are starting at the End.  This week on the show myself and lucy are joined by Tad Delay and Ben ware. Tad the author of Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change . He’s also an assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baltimore City Community College. Ben Ware author of On Extinction: Beginning Again At The End . Ben is the Co-director of the centre for Philosophy and art at King...

Shout outs Class work project https://www.theclassworkproject.com/ Trade mark belfast feminize Politics Now Reclaim  Acorn tenants union  Support the show

When our ethics clash with our work, who wins? and Who should win? Should we adhere to the orders of our mangers, even if we think its bad for the planet?  This week on the show Ads and Andrew are joined by Dr. Gianluca Grimaldi, a climate researcher. Gianluca tells his story of being fired from his job as a climate scientist for refusing to fly for work-related travel. He discusses the reasons be...

This week on the show we are joined by  Nicole Kleinheisterkamp-González  a PHD candidate at Syracuse University in New York state. Nicole's research is to bring the analysis of Labour and union organising into geography. Her field work has taken her to working in coal mines and car plants to understand the lives of workers in the US and Germany,  and how their political formations are changi...

We've spoken to alot of degrowthers on this show, all coming from slightly different angles on the problems facing the planet. This week we are heading to Japan, to hear from one of the most prominent thinkers on Marx, to see how marxism and degrowth are really singing on the same hymn sheet.  This week on the show Ads and Andrew are joined by Philosopher Kohei Saito to discuss Degrowth Commu...