Dr Eliza Filby is a historian and author of the bestselling book Inheritocracy: It’s Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad. In conversation with Ash Sarkar, Dr Filby draws on her own life story, growing up in South London with parents who went from communists to Thatcherites in the 1980s. She debunks the common myths we tell ourselves about class and meritocracy, and in doing so, shines a light on the root cause of so much inequality: inherited wealth.

Is it really true that the Baby Boomers stole the next generation’s future? Why do housing deposits fall out of the sky for some people when they turn 30? Is it a good thing that the middle classes are now being screwed over, too? And is class ultimately about identity, or access to money?

Keir Starmer claims that growth is the only cure for a country in decline. But why is it the central obsession of modern capitalist economies? And can we think our way out of it before our planet runs out of resources?

Nadia, Keir and Jem offer their weird-left take on growth, degrowth, radical abundance, ecomodernism and personal productivity, with ideas from Kate Soper and Kohei Saito and music from Minnie Riperton, 7 Samurai and Joanna Newsom.

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Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new tariff rates, including on some of the world’s poorest countries.

Plus: The far-right are set to target another asylum hotel as Tommy Robinson is nowhere to be seen.

With: Aaron Bastani and NoJusticeMTG

The starvation crisis in Gaza continues as the IDF again fires on civilians collecting aid.

Plus: Calls to recognise Palestinian statehood cause international rifts, and British nurses prepare to strike if pay demands are not met.

With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG and Ola Amira.

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High Court allows challenge to Palestine Action ban to proceed.

Starmer’s Palestinian state threat backfires, Israel risks losing U.S. support and Corbyn tops Farage with Reform voters

With: Helena(NoJusticeMTG), Curtis Daly and Huda Ammori

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UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to a ceasefire

Plus: Huwaida Arraf talks about her experience on the Freedom Flotilla, Handala and Kate Sim breaks down the online safety bill

With: Steven Methven, Kieran Andreiu, Huwaida Arraf and Kate Sim

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Having rekindled her appetite for fun, Ash now has a five-point plan to improve dancefloors. Plus, advice for a special one whose boyfriend isn’t weird or jealous – and that’s the problem.

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Music by Matt Huxley.

Zarah Sultana speaks to Novara Media’s Steven Methven exclusively about why she resigned from the Labour Party, what the plan is with her new political party founded with Jeremy Corbyn, and how the left can defeat Nigel Farage.

Keir Starmer has been humiliated in his meeting with Trump.

Plus: an exclusive interview with Zarah Sultana on the New Left party; we speak to Robert Wright about AI; Gary Stevenson debunks media scares regarding a wealth tax.

With: Michael Walker, Rivkah Brown, Zarah Sultana and Robert Wright.

This interview would once have been illegal to broadcast in the UK. For many, Gerry Adams is a peacemaker, but for others he remains inseparable from the violence and trauma of the Troubles.

Ash Sarkar travels to the James Connolly Centre in West Belfast to talk to Adams about the slow rise of his party, Sinn Féin, the emotional demands of leading a political movement, and his responsibility to the victims of IRA violence.

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