Novara FM – Novara Media Podcasts

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Guardian columnist, writer and environmental campaigner George Monbiot to discuss the launch of Extinction Rebellion. What can be done about climate change? Does technology have the answers? Are we heading for certain doom? And what role does narrative have in changing politics? http://novaramedia.com/?p=11531

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by David Wearing, author of ‘Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Weath Matters to Britain’ to discuss the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the role of Britain in creating, sustaining and profiting from the Gulf oil monarchies, and the ongoing horror of the war in Yemen. http://novaramedia.com/?p=11465

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Will Davies to discuss his new book ‘Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World’. From Hobbes’ state founded on fear to the return of the irrational to public life, the discussion charts the return of feeling, Facebook’s dream of telepathy, and the powerful role of nostalgia in politics. http://novaramedia.com/?p=11423

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by David Renton to discuss the history of fascism and anti-fascism in the UK, the new right-wing street movements, and the rise of the Reactionary International. http://novaramedia.com/?p=11400

Aaron Bastani is joined by Callum Cant to discuss recent industrial action taken by workers in the hospitality and fast food sectors.

In a special #NovaraFM from The World Transformed, James Butler is joined by Vijay Prashad to discuss neoliberalism, the transformations of global capitalism and the Indian Left. http://novaramedia.com/2018/09/24/vijay-prashad-neoliberalism-global-capital-the-indian-left/

James Butler is joined by cultural and political theorist Jeremy Gilbert to discuss Labour Conference, the cultural politics of the present moment, and ‘Acid Corbynism’. http://novaramedia.com/?p=11237

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour and Aaron Bastani: a decade since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the ensuing economic, political and social crisis, what’s changed? Who got it right, who got it wrong? How did capital respond? And is neoliberalism dying? http://novaramedia.com/2018/09/14/a-decade-of-crisis/

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Robin Blackburn, former editor of the New Left Review and professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, to discuss the political economy of Corbynism. Robin’s essay, ‘The Corbyn Project’, can be found at the NLR’s website. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10916

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Will Davies, Reader in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, to discuss Economic Science Fictions, dystopia, speculative politics, what neoliberals actually believe, and the fantasies behind Brexit. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10825

Ahead of Trump’s visit to the UK – and the protests to accompany it – James Butler is joined by Ash Sarkar and Richard Seymour to discuss the first 18 months of the Trump regime, transatlantic politics post-Brexit, and the uses of political protest. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10777

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, author of ‘New Dark Age: Technology, Knowledge and the End of the Future’, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10751

On #NovaraFM, James Butler talks to Daniel Trilling and Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi on migration to Europe, the politics of cross-border movement, the experiences of people who make the crossing and what drives them. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10702

One year on from the Grenfell Tower fire, James Butler is joined by Guardian columnist Dawn Foster and Inside Housing’s Luke Barratt to discuss the political aftermath of the fire, the progress of the inquiry, and the survivors’ struggle for justice. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10679

Brexit day looms ever closer, and we still don’t know what we’re getting. The Tories seem to be cracking under their own contradictions, but what hope is there in Brexit? Joining James Butler to discuss Brexit, Europe and beyond are: ‘Lexit’-sympathetic Aaron Bastani, Marina Prentoulis of ‘Another Europe is Possible’, and Samuele Mazzolini, joint founder of Ital...

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Eliane Glaser to discuss her new book ‘Anti-Politics’, and the attitude of the contemporary left to the key questions of political power and the state.

James Butler is joined by author, activist and academic Raj Patel to discuss ‘A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things’, and explore the relation between climate, capitalism, colonialism – and the future of the planet. http://novaramedia.com/?p=10463

On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar discuss Utopia, its history and politics, and ask: what would it mean to make Utopia now? http://novaramedia.com/?p=10379

Michael Walker, Dawn Foster and Richard Seymour take a look at the local election results.

On #NovaraFM, James Butler, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar look at the politics of the recent Windrush crisis, the history of migration policy in the UK, and ask: what could a left-wing migration policy look like?

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Lea Ypi, professor in political theory at the LSE, to discuss ways of thinking about migration, what it tells us about the state, and the possibility of an emancipatory cosmopolitanism.

Eleanor Penny is joined by Rachel Shabi and Ian Saville to discuss anti-semitism on the left and the media’s recent attacks on Jewdas.

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by three editors from Notes From Below – Jessica Thorne, Callum Cant and Seth Wheeler – to discuss the history and theory of Workers’ Inquiry and current strike action. http://novaramedia.com/?p=9629

James Butler is joined by Simon Pirani, author of ‘Change in Putin’s Russia’, and Tom Rowley, editor of openDemocracy Russia, to discuss the nature of the Russian state, its politics, and the forthcoming elections. Details on the state crackdown on freedom to protest and freedom of assembly, and details of the torture of the antifascist Viktor Filinkov by the FSB can be read by f...

The arctic blast and England’s failing infrastructure meant our guest this week couldn’t make it to the studio. Fortunately, your hardy editors battled across the icy wastes to bring you our Snow Day Special, where James Butler, Ash Sarkar and Michael Walker talk conspiracy theories, books that changed them, desire in politics – and what their younger selves would think of them now. ht...