S02E026 - What is revolution? On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the concept of revolution – is the binary of reform and revolution a useful one in informing ‘what is to be done’?
S02E024 - On ‘columnism’ in discussion with Laurie Penny This week’s discussion features James Butler, Laurie Penny and Aaron Peters as they discuss Ulrike Meinhoff’s essay ‘On Columnism‘ and it’s relationship to the limits of contemporary journalism and dominant media practices.
S02E025 - ‘Once upon in (a ‘deadbeat’) America’ – where next for the US economy? On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the US economy in 2013 and beyond – is it, to use the words of Barack Obama, a ‘deadbeat’ economy?
S02E023 - Foreclosure 2013 – a look at the year ahead On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the coming year and potential moments of crisis. The conversation includes the return of heightened intensity in the Eurozone crisis specifically Spain, Italy and France.
S02E021 - Finance and finding returns after the global financial crisis On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler look at two areas which are, and could in the future, bring large returns for investors, even amid crisis. One is social impact bonds the other is student housing funds.
S02E022 - Tax, sclerotic profit and the UK high street amid the ‘great recession’ Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss corporate tax avoidance particularly by ‘consumer facing’ high street retailers such as the Arcadia Group and chain cafes such as Starbucks. Here such tax avoidance will be analysed within the context of the ‘Great Recession’ and a crisis of profitability.
S02E019 - ‘The making of global capitalism’ in conversation with Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin On this week’s show Aaron Peters interviews Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin authors of ‘The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire’.
S02E006 - The English riots one year on In this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler are joined by Nina Power, author of ‘One-Dimensional Woman’. They ask whether one year after the ‘English Riots’ anything has changed and whether they could happen again?
S02E020 - Finance, financialisation and English higher education In this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Peters are joined by independent writer and researcher Andrew McGettigan as they discuss the financialisation of the UK higher education sector.
S02E010 - Bloody Nasty People – discussing contemporary fascism On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler are joined by Dan Trilling, assistant editor of the ‘New Statesman’ and author of ‘Bloody Nasty People’, as they discuss the British Nationalist Party and some of the distinctive elements of contemporary fascism.
Special - The TUC – why does it exist? This week James Butler and Aaron Peters are joined by Richard Bernard as they discuss the TUC (Trades Union Congress) it’s historical role and it’s present function in relation to the Labour Party in the context of austerity.
S02E014 - October 20th and a ‘future that works’ – a retrospective On this week’s show Aaron Peters is joined by Hannah Forbes-Black as they reflect on the October 20th TUC Demo ‘A Future That Works’.
