Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted.
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A new study exposes the horror still to come in Gaza unless the violence ends now.. It is worse than you think. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Don't say you weren't warned. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
They think they can get away with anything. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
They're trying to use public anger at the mass slaughter of Gaza to shut down the right to protest. It's not even subtle.They're trying to use public anger at the mass slaughter of Gaza to shut down the right to protest. It's not even subtle. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What do you even say? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The behaviour of the German state has to be heard to be believed. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After the SNP's ceasefire debate was sabotaged last week, the Speaker promised a new one. Guess what happened. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Demonising protesters against Israel's onslaught has led - inevitably - to an anti-Muslim firestorm. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Celebrated singer Charlotte Church is in the headlines - for taking part in a concert in support of the Palestinian people. Here she tells me why claims of antisemitism are totally baseless - and why so few public figures are speak out. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This isn't even subtle. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What a nauseating spectacle. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Has Joe Biden's decision to support Israel's genocidal war against Gaza handed the White House to Donald Trump? So much to talk about with left-wing Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New reports by the UN that Palestinian women have been sexually abused and raped by Israeli women are hideous enough. But even before these reports, the utter horrors suffered by Palestinian women were being ignored. Not by intersectional feminists - who've played a prominent role in opposing Israel's genocidal onslaught - but mainstream media outlets and a brand of mainstream feminism. I discuss this with Maryam Aldossari, an academic who wrote 'For feminists, silence on Gaza is no longer an op...
Eylon Levy isn't even trying to hide it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How can this possibly be defended? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We are running out of time to stop this. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There is no coming back from the Tories after this. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When you commit a crime so great that you will never recover from it yourself. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It is frankly nauseating that I have to do this thought experiment - because that's how much Palestinian life has been cheapened. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is Israel's impunity finally under threat? Yesterday, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court issued a statement which dangled the possibility of war crimes charges. But both he and the ICC have long been accused of double standards - so is justice really plausible? I'm joined by Triestino Mariniello, Professor of Law at Liverpool John Moores University, and member of the Legal Team representing Gaza Victims before the ICC. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-p...
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Will the mainstream media ever recover? With honourable exceptions, there has been an abject failure to cover Israel's onslaught against Gaza. Double standards, minimising horror, refusing to attribute responsibility for crimes, a failure to frame reality as it is, deferring to Israeli and US claims - we could go on. I'm joined by Middle East scholar and author Assal Rad, who has been going viral with her exposés of media bias. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast ...
It may be difficult to understand this kind of evil. But we are going to try. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Don't let them get away with it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is worse than you think - and does not bode well. At all. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why do so few politicians speak out against the oppression of the Palestinian people? And why do so many find it so difficult to speak out against straightforward violations of international law - let alone war crimes - when the Israeli state is responsible? My brilliant guest Chris Doyle knows more than most: he's Director of the Council for Arab British Understanding, and his job involves taking politicians of all parties to the Occupied Territories. I had my hands over my face at one point. Y...
Rishi Sunak disgraced himself today - but many of those condemning him are raging hypocrites. We explain why - and then speak to brilliant author Arthur Webber to put all this in context. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Zach Foster is a fascinating guest: he hails from a strongly Zionist background, but it was through his scholarly research of Palestine that his perspective changed. We discuss the long history of Palestinians being dehumanised, why he thinks Israel makes Jewish people less safe, the history of Gaza and Hamas that's airbrushed, Israel's history of using hunger as a weapon of war, genocidal sentiments in Israel - and so much more. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcas...
A new devastating report - based on interviews with CNN journalists and staff and internal emails and memos - has exposed CNN's raging pro-Israeli bias. This matters - a lot. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Since this horror began, we've platformed lots of perspectives - but one has been missing, military expertise. Major-General Charlie Walker served in the British Army for well over three decades and explains to me why Israel's onslaught against Gaza is self-defeating on its own terms - and how peace can't be achieved by military means, but by ending the occupation. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
