If there is one thing the world has learnt during the latest American election jamboree it's that the US is far from the world’s greatest democracy.

But regardless of whether the White House is red or blue what is certain is that America will continue attempts to spread her version of democracy around the world...

Doug Henwood and Ariel Gold join host Ross Ashcroft to discuss what to expect from the new presidency.

The pandemic has physically isolated everyone... but another epidemic has been with us for longer than this virus.

The loneliness epidemic is a silent killer that breeds in large groups of people. Toxic social media, polarised politics and decades of neoliberal economics have pushed communities to breaking point... the question now:

How do we avert the lonely century? Economist and author Noreena Hertz joins Ross Ashcroft to discuss.

Attacks on human rights and freedom of speech are at the centre of the Julian Assange extradition case, but why then has the press coverage been so minimal?

The case may split opinion, but punishing Assange and others for bringing to public attention serious violations by our governments, is averting our attention away from the bigger picture.

Journalist Richard Medhurst joins host Ross Ashcroft to discuss.

It’s said in the gospel of Matthew that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. But what happens when the rich men are the pastors?

Today the Prosperity Gospel has conflated Christianity with Capitalism - the business model is to sell access, success and salvation… and if you don’t buy it you get... well hellish damnation.

Host Ross Ashcorft is joined by economist Mary Wrenn to discuss the Prosperity Gospel.

What if the racism and inequality that America faces today are not accidental but actually happened by design?

Many people assume that racial segregation in the US happened organically – but it simply didn’t. What if there were unconstitutional plans to segregate black and white families by using planning laws and the housing market.

Author Richard Rothstein joins host Ross Ashcroft to delve into the history of housing segregation and what can be done about it today.

Amazing weather, beautiful beaches, plentiful natural resources, great standards of living and a fantastic education system... Australia deserved the title “The Lucky Country”.

But today Australians are world champions in private debt, the country presides over a massive housing affordability crisis and inequality rages – so what went wrong down under?

Real Estate commentator Asher Spira and Financial strategist Tony Locantro join host Ross Ashcorft to discuss.

Belmarsh prison’s most famous resident Julian Assange said “Nearly every war that has started in the past 50 years has been a result of media lies.”

In 1960 the writer Albert Camus said “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.”

Both statements are correct and interwoven so when will we finally see through the spin to ensure there’s no more war? Labor rights lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik joins host Ross Ashcroft to discuss.

For many years all European banks have been in poor shape. The corona pandemic has merely exposed the glaring fault lines of some of the world’s most clunky and inefficient banking systems.

The question we should all be asking is: after the bailouts of 2008, are we now prepared for the European bail ins of the 2020’s.

Author Alex Krainer and University of Helsinki Professor of Economics Tuomas Malinen join host Ross Ashcroft to discuss the upcoming crisis and provide us with some potential solutions.

Kweku Adoboli served his time for white collar crime in the UK. The last time we caught up with him he was being pursued for deportation by The Home Office.

Under the Hostile Environment Policy the then home secretary decided that although he’d served his time - and lived in the UK for the majority of his life - he was to be deported to his native Ghana.

Almost 2 years on, host Ross Ashcroft catches up with him to talk about debt, deportation and economic depressions.

In the nepotistic UK it is not what you know, it’s who you know and where you’ve been to university.

The aura that surrounds Oxbridge shines brightly – but scratch the surface and you find a different story driven by snobbery and backbiting. So are universities educating our best people or have they become mere networking facilities for big business and politics?

Ethnographer & author Lisa McKenzie with Biography & Fiction author Dr. Paula Byrne join host Ross Ashcroft to discuss.