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Macrodose episodes

November 11 Nvidia Shares Fall
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the latest on the AI bubble as shares fall for Nvidia (0:35), the first ever strikes at Taiwan’s semiconductor factories (0:37), and the impact that climate change is having on rice-growing globally (12.58).
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18 min
November 05 The AI Data Centres Fight w/ Paris Marx, Sarah Jaffe & Martha Dark
Today we are bringing you a special live episode, recorded at a recent event we held with Foxglove at the Art House, Bethnal Green in East London.
The event was chaired by the wonderful author and journalist, Sarah Jaffe, and features on the panel Macrodose's own James Meadway, author and podcaster Paris Marx, and Director of Foxglove Martha Dark. Together they discussed the economic, social and environmental stakes of hyperscale data centres, the madness of the new Big Tech obsession, the realities of their hyperscale building spree, and who actually pays for the AI boom.
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58 min
November 04 Victory For French Protestors
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the victory for protestors in France as the government finally gives in to concessions on education policy (0:46), how a worsening shortage of memory chips is impacting the AI industry and driving up costs for consumers (4:50), and revelations from industry insiders show how insurers are pulling out of areas at risk from climate change (9:05).
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13 min
October 28 Budget Reaction Special w/ Hannah Peaker and Chris Hayes
This week we're bringing you a special episode of Macrodose. We’ll be reacting to Chancellor John Healey’s first Autumn Budget, delivered this afternoon in his speech to parliament.
To help break it all down, James is joined by Chis Hayes - chief economist at the progressive policy think tank Common Wealth, and Hannah Peaker, deputy chief executive at the New Economics Foundation
This show is also being hosted on the New Economics Podcast. Check out their feed here: https://neweconomics.org/section/podcasts
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50 min
October 22 Climate Popularism w/ Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read
This week on MACRODOSE we’re publishing a special bonus episode with former leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, and environmental philosopher and activist, Professor Rupert Read.

Caroline and Rupert are the authors of ⁠Climate Popularism⁠⁠: breaking the grip of right-wing populism through a new politics of climate resilience. The report argues that the “silent majority” for climate action cannot be mobilised by focusing on the severity of the threat alone. Instead we need to build a positive vision that puts power in the hands of local communities.

Read the full report here: https://www.verdantthinking.org/

MACRODOSE is funded by donations from people like you. If you value our work, please consider supporting us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/Macrodose.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Macrodose is excited to partner with ⁠⁠Verdant⁠⁠, a new think tank committed to the values of social and environmental justice, meeting the turmoil of our polycrisis.
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43 min
October 21 Trailing The Budget
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at what treasury sources have begun trailing of next week’s budget (0:38), Microsoft pulling out of a data centre project in Essex (5:47), and how falling tech stocks have shown the AI bubble is reaching its limits (8:26).
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Listen to Death In Westminster - a new documentary podcast from Planet B Productions & Novara Media:⁠⁠https://novaramedia.com/category/audio/death-in-westminster/#the-station
14 min
October 14 The Defence Spending Debate
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at whether the UK really should commit to an arbitrary 3.5% target for defence spending (0:39), the IMF’s world economic outlook report and what’s missing from it (7:08), and the ongoing unrest and protests against conditions in the french education system (9:08).
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16 min
October 07 The Future Of Food Prices
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at how the year ahead might be a moment of massive divergence in the world economy (8:03), much needed economic policy introduced by the Greens at party conference (3:26), and an update on the road ahead for food prices as El Nino builds (0:39).
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17 min
September 30 Burnham's First Conference Speech
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at Andy Burnham’s first speech to Labour party conference as prime minister, his proposals to modify the triple lock on pensions, and how he sets out his stall to solve the crisis in social care.
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9 min
September 23 Healey's First Hurdle
On this week's Macrodose, James Meadway looks at the upcoming and first budget of continuity chancellor John Healey (0:32), and the Greens’ new economic policy, published and due for discussion at the party conference (9:16).
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Listen to Death In Westminster - a new documentary podcast from Planet B Productions & Novara Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://novaramedia.com/category/audio/death-in-westminster/#the-station⁠⁠
17 min