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Downstream: What the US-Iran Peace Negotiations are Really About w/ Daniel Levy
Jun 26, 2026
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Downstream: The Truth About the US Military w/ Matt Kennard
Jun 15, 2026
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Downstream: AI Billionaires Want to Control Every Aspect of Your Life w/ Karen Hao
Jun 8, 2026
1h 16m 58s
Downstream: The Woman Who Invented Intersectionality w/ Kimberlé Crenshaw
Jun 1, 2026
1h 55m 22s
Downstream: Top Economist Exposes Inequality Death Spiral w/ Gabriel Zucman
May 26, 2026
1h 19m 18s
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| 6/26/26 | Downstream: What the US-Iran Peace Negotiations are Really About w/ Daniel Levy | Daniel Levy is a British-Israeli analyst, commentator, and former Israeli government negotiator whose biography reads like a map of the peace process’s rise and fall. Ash Sarkar sat down with him as a new Iran deal is announced, with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen and the US-Iran ceasefire extended for 60 days. In this conversation, Daniel picks apart what these peace negotiations are really about. What does Israel really want? Who blinked first, the US or Iran? And how does a ceasefire announcement from the Oval Office differ fundamentally from long and lasting peace? Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Downstream: The Truth About the US Military w/ Matt Kennard | The war on terror ended in 2021 with a catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, but the consequences of that conflict continue to play out both overseas and at home. Aaron Bastani sat down with investigative journalist Matt Kennard, founder of Declassified UK, to talk about the status of the American empire, Trump’s war-hungry administration, and how the US government has been captured by Netanyahu. Matt’s new book is Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members and Criminals. Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support | — | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | Downstream: AI Billionaires Want to Control Every Aspect of Your Life w/ Karen Hao✨ | AI technologyimpact on society+4 | Karen Hao | OpenAIGoogle+2 | — | AIbillionaires+8 | — | 1h 16m 58s | |
| 6/1/26 | Downstream: The Woman Who Invented Intersectionality w/ Kimberlé Crenshaw✨ | intersectionalitycritical race theory+5 | Kimberlé Crenshaw | ICEReform+1 | USUK | intersectionalitycritical race theory+5 | — | 1h 55m 22s | |
| 5/26/26 | Downstream: Top Economist Exposes Inequality Death Spiral w/ Gabriel Zucman✨ | wealth taxinequality+3 | Gabriel Zucman | Novara MediaUK | — | wealth taxinequality+3 | — | 1h 19m 18s | |
| 5/19/26 | Downstream: British Politics Is in Meltdown. Here’s Why. w/ James Butler✨ | British politicstwo-party system+4 | James Butler | London Review of BooksNovara Media+2 | Britain | British politicstwo-party system+7 | — | 1h 45m 43s | |
| 5/11/26 | Downstream: The Most Influential Leftist You’ve Never Heard Of w/ Peter Mertens✨ | British politicssocialism+4 | Peter Mertens | Workers’ Party of Belgium | BelgiumUK+2 | leftist politicspolitical organization+3 | — | 1h 16m 27s | |
| 5/4/26 | Downstream: British Politics Is About to Collapse w/ James Meadway✨ | British politicstwo-party system+3 | James Meadway | Reform UKGreen party+1 | — | British politicsGreen party+3 | — | 2h 12m 24s | |
| 4/27/26 | Downstream: The Truth About Smartphones’ Dirty Supply Chain w/ Nicholas Niarchos✨ | smartphonessupply chain+4 | Nicholas Niarchos | The Elements of Power: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth | Democratic Republic of Congo | smartphonesbatteries+4 | — | 1h 18m 18s | |
| 4/20/26 | Downstream: Europe’s Ancient Myths, Current Crises & Future Possibilities w/ Roderick Beaton✨ | European historypolitical thought+5 | Roderick Beaton | King’s College LondonEurope: A New History | EuropeAsia+2 | EuropeAsia+8 | — | 1h 18m 32s | |
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| 4/13/26 | Downstream: The Secrets of the Chinese Internet w/ Yi-Ling Liu✨ | Chinese internetcensorship+5 | Yi-Ling Liu | The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet | ChinaWest | Chinese internetcensorship+5 | — | 1h 38m 50s | |
| 4/6/26 | Downstream: Is Liberalism Finally Waking Up to the Crises it has Caused? w/ Adrian Wooldridge✨ | liberalismpolitical ideology+4 | Adrian Wooldridge | EconomistCentrists of the World Unite! The Lost Genius of Liberalism | — | liberalismcentrism+5 | — | 1h 27m 35s | |
| 3/23/26 | Downstream: The Right Is Winning. Here’s How We Change That w/ Ash Sarkar✨ | politicsminority rule+5 | Ash Sarkar | Minority Rule | New YorkBritain+1 | minority ruleculture wars+7 | — | 1h 08m 30s | |
| 3/16/26 | Downstream: The Middle Class Is Collapsing. Fascism Could Be Next w/ Clara Mattei✨ | middle classfascism+4 | Clara Mattei | University of TulsaEscape From Capitalism: Economics Is Political and Other Liberating Truths | — | middle class collapsefascism+4 | — | 1h 20m 05s | |
| 3/9/26 | ![]() Downstream: We Are Witnessing the Return of Empires & the End of Nations w/ Rana Dasgupta✨ | nation-statesglobal politics+4 | Rana Dasgupta | After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order | United StatesIran | nation-stateempire+5 | — | 1h 37m 28s | |
| 3/2/26 | Downstream: The Next Shocks Will Hit Wealthy Countries Hardest. Here’s Why w/ John Rapley✨ | global shocksclimate change+5 | John Rapley | Icarus Economics | — | Global SouthGlobal North+5 | — | 1h 34m 59s | |
| 2/23/26 | Downstream: How the Democrats Abandoned Working People w/ Eric Schlosser✨ | food industryworkers' rights+4 | Eric Schlosser | Fast Food Nation | — | food industryworkers' rights+6 | — | 1h 10m 53s | |
| 2/16/26 | Downstream: Mandelson & the Perverted Fantasies of New Labour Liberalism w/ Maurice Glasman✨ | New Labourpolitics+4 | Maurice Glasman | LabourBlue Labour+1 | — | MandelsonNew Labour+6 | — | 1h 34m 33s | |
| 2/9/26 | Downstream: Vape Shops, Crypto and Luxury Watches: How Money Laundering Is Everywhere w/ Oliver Bullough | When it comes to the relationship between capitalism and crime, those on the left generally think of exploitation. People often turn to crime, so the thinking goes, because they can’t make ends meet by legitimate means. Whatever your views on that framing, there is also another – far less discussed – connection between capitalism and crime, namely the relationship between elites, the shadow economy and money laundering. On Downstream this week, Aaron Bastani talks to Oliver Bullough about his latest book: Everybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won. Bullough explains how money laundering, as a global phenomenon, is estimated to be worth trillions of dollars a year. What makes such industrial-scale crime even possible is, ironically, the basic infrastructure that permits globalised trade in the first place: a basket of important currencies, centring on the American dollar. So while the White House talks about the war on drugs, or the war on crime, the currency being issued by the Federal Reserve – America’s bank – is what makes much of that crime profitable at all. It turns out, according to Bullough, that while elected officials talk tough, they generally fail to take necessary steps to curb the global flow of dirty money. While completely eliminating laundering may never be possible, making a start is easier than you think. What is money laundering, and why should you care about it? How does it look different in places like China and Russia when compared to the United States or Europe? Is it really like the TV shows? What do vape shops, NFTs and luxury watches all have in common? And is rampant criminal activity much more common, and closer to home, than we are led to believe? | — | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | Downstream: China, AI and the West’s Free Speech Crackdown w/ Ai Weiwei | Over the past three years, the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people has become a flash point for freedom of speech in the West. Expressing solidarity with Palestinians has given Western governments an excuse to crack down on dissenters. There has been intimidation and job insecurity at one end of the scale, through to brutal policing, arrests, and extraditions at the other. Our guest on Downstream this week knows a thing or two about censorship. Artist Ai Weiwei holds the unusual position of having been censored in both China and Europe. In conversation with Ash Sarkar, they discuss how a rising authoritarianism in many Western nations represents a fragility at the heart of the liberal political project. What was it like being interrogated over 50 times by Chinese authorities, and what kind of relationship did Ai Weiwei develop with his captors? Why did he choose to be an artist, rather than a journalist? And what is his art in service of? | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | Downstream: 2008 Whistleblower on the Next Big Crash w/ Ann Pettifor | This week, Donald Trump continued his streak of threatening tariffs against any country that opposes him, increasing the odds of an escalating trade war and further destabilising the global economic system. But according to this week’s guest, the system is in desperate need of reform. Indeed, she thinks without a complete structural overhaul, it will soon ‘blow itself up.’ On Downstream this week is Keynesian economist, Ann Pettifor, to discuss her latest book, ‘The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet.’ In conversation with Ash Sarkar, they discuss the state of the global economy, and the ‘shadow’ banking system that holds $217 trillion in financial assets – beyond the control of any taxman. How did Ann predict, with precision and foresight, the global financial crisis of 2008? Will the AI bubble burst, triggering the next economic crisis? And is the Green New Deal – which Ann helped to create – dead in the water, or a transformative plan B that we can turn to when the next crisis invariably comes? | — | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | Downstream: Exposing the Lies of the 20th Century w/ Tariq Ali | Our guest this week was born in 1943, in what was then British India – modern day Pakistan. Unlike most, who have learned history through books and second-hand sources, he has witnessed first-hand a great deal of the 20th and 21st centuries. Tariq Ali founded Verso Books, the leading left-wing publishing house in Britain, as well as the New Left Review. He met Malcolm X, was friends with John Lennon and Hugo Chavez, and spearheaded the anti-Vietnam War movement. In conversation with Aaron Bastani, this week on Downstream we are talking about the ways we remember – and misremember – the 20th century, and how these events have a long tail that shape our present and future. How significant was the cultural revolution in China, in sparking anti-colonial struggles across Asia? How do the dynamics of the Cold War still dominate the mainstream media? And who are the substantial political figures and ideologies set to dominate the next decades of the 21st century? | — | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | Downstream: Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar w/ Glenn Greenwald | It has been a bellicose start to 2026, with the US army kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and threatening to annex Greenland, putting many more nations, including Mexico and Colombia, on high alert. On Downstream this week is investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald, who’s best known for helping Edward Snowden’s disclosures about the NSA’s global surveillance program come to light, as well as investigations that led to Brazilian president Lula’s release from prison. He sat down in his Rio De Janeiro studio to speak to Aaron Bastani about the differences in Trump 2.0’s foreign policy, how the last year has seen unprecedented corporate consolidation of media and whether the US empire is flexing a novel expansionist ambition or if the lashing out of the last week is a sign of decline. | — | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | Downstream: Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics w/ Peter Oborne | After ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ on October 7th, a specific narrative quickly emerged and pervaded the entire Western mainstream media. Namely, that unprecedented horrors were committed against the state of Israel and that whatever way it responded was justified. Any deviation from this narrative was quickly shut down. In the intervening years, the British state has aided Israel in its response, a response that organisations including Amnesty & B’tselem have called a genocide in Gaza. Peter Oborne is a journalist and author whose new book, ‘Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza’, provides a forensic account and set of references defying anyone denying Britain’s fuelling of genocide in Gaza. | — | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | Downstream: 2025: What Actually Happened? w/ Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani | Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani joined each other on 17th December for a special end-of-year Downstream, wrapping up the year in politics. | — | ||||||
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