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 Novara Media is an independent media organisation addressing the issues—from a crisis of capitalism to racism and climate change—that are set to define the 21st century.Copyright © Thousand Hands Ltd 2023 Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
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  • Downstream: How the Democrats Abandoned Working People w/ Eric Schlosser

    Downstream: How the Democrats Abandoned Working People w/ Eric Schlosser
    Feb 23 2026
    In 2001, Eric Schlosser published Fast Food Nation: an investigation into the toxic depths of America’s food industry. Twenty five years later, the book remains an urgent intervention, as much for what it says about workers’ rights as for our agricultural systems and dietary health. On Downstream this week, Ash Sarkar talks to Eric Schlosser […]
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • ACFM Trip 57: Ecology

    ACFM Trip 57: Ecology
    Feb 22 2026
    Are humans distinct from nature? Are there natural limits to inequality? Can you have action without effort? Do bacteria have agency? Jem, Nadia and Keir find themselves dwarfed by the concept of ecology in this planetary-scale episode, which touches on cybernetics, systems thinking, ecofeminism and actor-network theory. Their ACFM guide to ecological thinking includes ideas […]
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    2 hrs and 9 mins
  • Do Your Own Research: Megafarms and Megafamines: Secrets of the Global Food System w/ Charles C. Mann

    Do Your Own Research: Megafarms and Megafamines: Secrets of the Global Food System w/ Charles C. Mann
    Feb 16 2026
    There’s nothing in the world more important than the food system. The twentieth century was scarred by enormous famines – and, like the one in Gaza, they are still deliberately engineered. But since the 1970s, the absolute number of deaths from famine have dropped by over 90%. On a global scale, we now make so much food […]
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    1 hr and 46 mins
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