Novara Media Podcast
1) Downstream: Exposing the Lies of the 20th Century w/ Tariq Ali
Our guest this week was born in 1943, in what was then British India – modern day Pakistan. Unlike most, who have learned history through books and second-hand sources, he has witnessed first-hand a g...Show More
2) Downstream: Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar w/ Glenn Greenwald
It has been a bellicose start to 2026, with the US army kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and threatening to annex Greenland, putting many more nations, including Mexico and Colombia, on ...Show More
3) Downstream: Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics w/ Peter Oborne
After ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ on October 7th, a specific narrative quickly emerged and pervaded the entire Western mainstream media. Namely, that unprecedented horrors were committed against the sta...Show More
4) Downstream: 2025: What Actually Happened? w/ Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani
Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani joined each other on 17th December for a special end-of-year Downstream, wrapping up the year in politics.
Downstream: 2025: What Actually Happened? w/ Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani
1:14:11 | Dec 29th, 2025
5) Downstream: ‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’ w/ Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is one of the west’s leading anti-Zionist scholars. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has spent his life studying and critiquing Israel’s assault on Palestine, decades before it be...Show More
Downstream: ‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’ w/ Norman Finkelstein
1:36:48 | Dec 22nd, 2025
6) Downstream: The Truth About Hamas, October 7th & Israel’s Ongoing Genocide w/ Tareq Baconi
Since Hamas launched its assault on October 7th, 2023, the group has become synonymous with evil in large parts of the Western media. Condemnation has come at the expense of critical engagement with t...Show More
Downstream: The Truth About Hamas, October 7th & Israel’s Ongoing Genocide w/ Tareq Baconi
1:24:35 | Dec 15th, 2025
7) Downstream: The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse Forever w/ Cory Doctorow
Did you know that the standard of Google searches has actually gotten worse over recent years? Once you think about it, it makes sense. Highly effective search means fewer searches overall. And fewer ...Show More
Downstream: The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse Forever w/ Cory Doctorow
1:19:04 | Dec 8th, 2025
8) Downstream: How to Create A Revolution w/ Roger Hallam
Whether you love or loathe his tactics, it’s hard to deny the disruptive impact that Roger Hallam has had on British politics via the activist organisations he has led, Extinction Rebellion and Just S...Show More
9) Downstream: Zack Polanski Is Coming for Starmer and Farage
Support for the Green party in Britain has been steadily rising for the past few decades. However, few predicted that when Zack Polanski took office as Green party leader in September, membership woul...Show More
10) Downstream: Ex-World Bank Insider on Western Decline & the Chinese World Order w/ Branko Milanovic
At Novara, we focus on the trends that are remaking the world and affecting our lives: technological development and automation, multipolarity, the demise of an American-led world order and the rise o...Show More