LEFT/OVER Podcast

This week we are joined by a very special guest, author and journalist Dawn Foster, to discuss the gatekeepers of British liberalism, The Guardian newspaper. We delve into the mythology of The Guardian, from its origins with the Peterloo Massacre to CP Scott's 'A Hundred Years' essay, its rise to global prominence in the digital age, and the various ways it shat the bed during the Corbyn years, including Dawn's dismissal after writing that Tom Watson article. All the while taking a detour through the Guardian's short-lived Shoreditch coffee shop. #GuardianCoffee. An enormous thanks to Dawn particularly for making sure this episode could still go ahead despite the very serious issues during recording. 

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Elijah from Podcasting is Praxis joins us to talk all things Scottish Independence. Journey through Alex Salmond's sordid past, unpack the transphobia within the Scottish independence movement (and resistance to it) and learn how to pronounce "Alba". We also attempt to interrogate Scotland's place within Britain's imperial past and whether independence could provide an opportunity for reckoning with it. 

Yet more Donald Trump shenanigans and as much George Galloway we could talk about before collectively sicking up everywhere.

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The newest member of the LEFT/OVER crew, producer Sarah Sahim gets in front of the mic for us to delve into why British Asians in our politics & media are so deeply embarrassing. From Sunny Hundal's bald-faced wrongness to Sajid Javid's role in the "Tequila Crisis" of the 90s and forgettable tour through the Great Offices of State. We also take a look at the void of humanity that is Rishi Sunak, muse over whether Priti "the Piranha" Patel's authoritarian streak extends into the bedroom, and peruse the career of the nation's favourite Hipster Analyst, Ayesha Hazarika.

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This week we're joined by Kate Flood to discuss activism and organising in the UK, particularly its difficulties and limitations. We talk about questions of accessibility, accountability, internationalism, solidarity, examine the shitshows that are Extinction Rebellion & the Socialist Workers' Party, and try to envision how we can move forward and confront the new challenges we'll face as we move out of lockdown.

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We’re back for part two of our review of Adam Curtis’ newest docuseries with Sinan and Jack. Concluding with Eldridge Cleaver’s penis pants, populism in the form of National Bolshevism, the proto-fascist proto-Glastonbury Festival and, the Chris de Burgh to Jihad pipeline. 

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We are joined by Twitch streamer and YouTuber Sinan Kose and Jack Frayne-Reid of Reel Politik and GapeCast to talk about Adam Curtis' new BBC docuseries, Can't Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World. Tune in for a discussion about the parallels between Chairman Mao's wife and Van Morrison, the turbulent life of British Black Power leader & hair-beneficiary Michael X, chaos theory, Soviet prison life, masturbating dolphins, and try to get to the bottom of who really killed John F Kennedy

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We are joined this week by Riley Quinn, host of Trashfuture and The Bottlemen podcasts, and StefGotBooted of Twitter infamy, as we take a deep dive into the intersection of dance music and politics. Join us as we take our best shot at emulating a smoking area conversation about why techno lends itself to purism, the radical roots of carnival, and try to answer once and for all: is raving anti-capitalist?

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This week we are joined by Amardeep S Dhillon to talk about the recent Indian Farmer’s Protests in Panjab, the rise of Narendra Modi, the Elderly Hindu WhatsApp Industrial Complex & why the British Left is seemingly so reluctant to talk about India.

This is the first of what will be a series of episodes focusing on South Asia, covering history, politics, culture and the indescribable madness of the Subcontinent. 

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For our first ever guest episode, we are thrilled to talk to Ali & Nick of the Stansted 15 about their 2017 action to halt the deportation of sixty migrants on a chartered flight to West Africa. We discuss the long-protracted, legal battle against the state which they recently won, ask whether or not shoes should be classified as 'devices', and question the wider implications this case could have on protest in the UK.

Join us as we delve into the hostile environment - from New Labour to the scapegoating of migrants during the pandemic, and Britain's continued failings at reckoning with its colonial past, as we try to comprehend how we got here as well as how we can resist the racist border regime. 

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Join Aarjan and Nikita for a rambling discussion about the last year-and-a-bit, the now, and how the hell we got to this point. Come lose your minds with us as we try to get to grips with Keir Starmer's (literal) car crash leadership of the Labour Party, the time when Nikita joined Toby Young's COVID skeptic dating forum, and the burgeoning phenomenon of yoga fash. 

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