Novara Media Podcasts

With the record heatwaves subsiding & El Nino on its way, Havering council decides this is the perfect moment to announce the UK’s largest datacentre build. 

Plus: We interview the authors of a new book on Israel’s lobby, and Greenpeace send a scorched earth message to Andy Burnham.

With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG, Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick.

The IDF has opened a criminal investigation into the murder of five year old Hind Rajab, her family and 15 other Palestinians in Gaza in 2025.

Plus: Ed Milliband is talking tough on West Bank settlements and is the UAE the most rogue actor to ever be called an ally?

With NoJusticeMTG & Barry Malone.

As pressure mounts on the PM over the future of North Sea oil, we speak to Dale Vince, founder of the world’s first green energy company, about why he’s had a change of heart over drilling.

Plus: Good news as ULEZ proves its worth in the lungs of the capital’s children and the jury returns no-verdict on all charges against seven defendants in the Elbit Systems break-in.

Finally, we look at some of your feedback on the Jason Arday tragedy.

With Michael Walker, Steven Methven, Dale Vince & Dr Laura-Jane Smith.

Tens of thousands have attended a Trafalgar Square vigil to pay tribute to the late Professor Jason Arday.

Plus: Reform proposes a £50bn welfare cut.

This episode contains discussions of suicide. If you are affected by any of the issues raised, don’t hesitate to reach out to Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan

With NoJusticeMTG & Banseka Kayembe.

Ash has had life-changing experience for only £38. Has she found the key to escaping her fight-or-flight response? And what’s the best way to process anxiety? Plus: how to respond when your partner’s porn habit makes you feel weird.

Get tickets for Ash at the Southbank Centre on 26 September.

Get tickets for Heated: Carnival Afters at Vespers on 30 August.

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Professor Jason Arday has been found dead at his home, following intense scrutiny of his personal life and academic career by the media.

This episode contains discussions of suicide. If you are affected by any of the issues raised, don’t hesitate to reach out to Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan

With Michael Walker & Barry Malone.

The genocide of Palestinians, carried out by the Israeli army with backing from the US and the British state, has lead to an almighty breakdown in public trust in the West. Now more than ever, citizens are turning away from establishment media sources in search of journalism that more closely resembles the world as we see it. 

This week on Downstream, Ash Sarkar sits down with Amy Goodman, veteran journalist and founder of Democracy Now!, one of the leading independent media organisations in the US. Goodman is the subject of a new film, Steal This Story, Please!, which documents her storied career covering some of the most consequential moments in American living history. She has confronted sitting presidents, bore firsthand witness to 9/11, survived a firing squad in East Timor and exposed major corporate crime in the Niger Delta.

What drives Amy to do the work she does – shining light on humanity’s darkness, decade after decade? How did her Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn inform her work? What does good journalism look like to her? Why does she believe we all need to re-learn the lost art of disagreement? And does she think American democracy can survive? 

Nadia visits reporter and author Hazel Sheffield in her Hastings beach hut to talk about the coastal communities that are reimagining their economies in the face of government neglect and climate breakdown.

They talk about the Hastings Commons project, a constellation of community-owned buildings in a deprived part of the town, and the seaside village in Somerset that built itself a £7m art gallery.

Hazel’s book, Frontierlands: Britain’s Survival in the Making, is available now.

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Farage is victorious in his valiant quest to wrest control of Clacton-On-Sea from the clutches of an intergalactic bin! So why didn’t he show up to celebrate? 

Plus: Ed Milliband breaks back into the climate debate as wildfires cause hospitalisations & property damage in the Midlands.

With Michael Walker & Banseka Kayembe.

Last month, Nigel Farage resigned as an MP, in the hope that winning a by-election would clear his name as questions mounted over his personal finances. Voters in Clacton go to the polls today, but will his gamble pay off?

Plus: A former Israeli combat medic details war crimes against children in an interview with Haaretz, Owen Jones takes on one of Israel’s cheerleaders, and Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House.

With NoJusticeMTG & Dalia Gebrial.