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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Diane Abbott's letter was wrong - and I explain why. It should be understood as coming from a place of hurt, not bigotry - and the complete hypocrisy of her treatment should be seen for what it is. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There can be no doubt: Suella Braverman's rhetoric is racist, and it's putting minorities at risk. Don't listen to me: listen to Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi who has spoken out: this is a damning indictment of a party infested with racism from the bottom up. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Britain is in a right old mess - but economist Daniel Chandler, author of new book FREE AND EQUAL, offers a range of practical solutions that could turn it all around. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Keir Starmer became Labour leader based on a pack of lies, and after promising party unity, waged a ceaseless war on the left. But given our electoral system - and the choice being a Tory or a Labour government - do we have no choice but to support the main opposition? Matt Zarb Cousin is Jeremy Corbyn's former spokesperson and recently defected to the Green Party. Here he sets out why he thinks disillusioned Labour supporters should do the same - and why nothing will change if they don't. Suppo...
The junior doctors are striking to have their pay restored - after being robbed by the Tories for years - and this one was not having any of it on TV. She underlines that doctors aren't just striking for themselves - they're striking for all of us. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
You'd think she'd have some shame after crashing the economy, wouldn't you? But Liz Truss has gone to US and given a totally unhinged speech to a right-wing foundation - where she blames lefties for her downfall, and completely rewrites why the West is in such a mess: free market capitalism. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Professor Mariana Mazzucato is one of the world's most exciting economic thinkers, and her new book - THE BIG CON - exposes how consultancy firms are eating up billions upon billions of pounds. You won't think of our economic system the same way again. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oh dear oh dear: as Tory MP Scott Benton is embroiled in scandal - after being caught out by a newspaper sting - there is a much wider issue to look at: how our so-called democracy is in total crisis. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You probably didn't think Suella Braverman could shock you - but look at the absolute state of this. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is absolutely disgusting. Labour's new attack ad shows that both political parties are going to drag our democracy into the sewer - and underline that our politicians don't have any real answers to the crises affecting the country. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In new incredible data, the British public give a resounding thumbs down to Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer - and here's why it has a lot to do with Nigel Lawson, the Tory Chancellor who died this week. Trust me - it makes sense! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This attempt by the Tories to rig elections in their favour is an outrage: so why is it being so widely ignored? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
She can't get away with this: Suella Braverman's latest hatred taken apart. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oh dear, oh dear. Not looking good, is it Rishi? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Macron has pushed the French people to the brink - and now an uprising has shaken the very foundations of the country. What's the situation on the ground - and what happens next? We're joined live from France by journalist Cole Stangler. Plus: with Jeremy Corbyn being kicked out of Labour by Keir Starmer, what happens to both him and the Labour left? We're joined by Jess Barnard, member of Labour's National Executive Committee. Plus: we'll be joined by historian Rory Scothorne and journalist Ste...
Jeremy Corbyn hasn't been Labour leader for 3 years, and journalists are still screaming at him outside his house. Where do you see the powerful subjected to this relentless treatment? But on the day he is purged from the party he's been a member of his entire life, there is a wider lesson - this is about making an example, and purging anyone who believes in redistributing wealth from those at the top. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Jeremy Corbyn faces the boot from a party he's been a member of almost as long as Keir Starmer has been alive. Park whatever you think about Corbyn: after the 2019 election defeat, Starmer was singing his praises because he wanted to win Labour members' votes. This is part and parcel of a leadership defined by deceit and duplicitousness - and anyone who cares about honesty and democracy should object. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Oh boy, does Matt Hancock have a humiliation kink or something? Along with some of his Tory colleagues, he"s been stung by Led By Donkeys, who posed as a South Korean firm offering to purchase his services: and this man does not come cheap! But rather than just bash Hancock, as fun as that is, this latest episode is indicative of a political system which is totally broken. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
So the French are not taking this lying down: the country is convulsed by mass protests after right-wing President Macron tried to drive up their pension age. Meanwhile our pension age has been hiked much higher, and our state pensions are much lower - but not a peep. Why aren't we kicking off, too? The truth is we do have a courageous history of fighting back - and if we want to avoid being screwed over, then maybe we should reclaim it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jone...
Sunak really is a cheeky so and so: after months of promising to release his tax return, he finally did it when Boris Johnson was having his public meltdown, hoping noone would notice. It reveals an absurdly rich man paying a stupidly low percentage of tax - and personally benefiting from a tax cut he voted for. This just sums up how broken and ridiculous our tax system is. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
This is excruciating beyond belief. Boris Johnson - the guy who repeatedly broke the lockdown rules he was in charge of imposing - today testified to MPs that, yes, he misled Parliament, but he didn't do so recklessly or deliberately. What a complete joke: his entire defence rests on him being irredeemably thick. There is a darker truth: not only is Johnson defined by his own crass selfishness, his trenchant belief that rules are for the little guy, not for him - but in so many ways his behaviou...
It's 20 years since the invasion of Iraq opened the gates of hell - and the former UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix has sensationally said Blair and Bush should be put on trial for war crimes in principle. Here's why this matters - and why trying to airbrush the calamity of Iraq will lead us to even more horror. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The right-wing media in this country has successfully long peddled a lie: that the BBC is somehow left-wing. Nothing could be further from the truth. The BBC has long promoted pro-Establishment coverage - but in the last few years, it's been Torified. Leaked emails and WhatsApps show how the Tories successfully pressured the BBC to do its bidding. In doing so, it may well be that the BBC has dug its own grave. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast....
What if we told you socialism does exist - but only for rich people? The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond has a new book - Poverty, by America - and it answers big questions. Why do we spend lots on dealing with poverty, but without solving it? How has poverty become a profitable industry? Why is it so expensive to be poor? And can we really abolish poverty? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Mehdi Hasan is second to none when it comes to debating, and so his new book - Win Every Argument - is a must read. Here, he talks to me about why the left can be so bad at convincing people of its arguments; he tears Tory racism to pieces; points out the outrageous hypocrisy of the BBC over Gary Lineker - and warns that US democracy may yet succumb to fascism. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
You've heard this claim peddled by conservatives time and time again - that the Nazis weren't really right-wing, but were actual socialists. The latest example appears in the Daily Mail, and it is a ridiculous nonsense. As I show, the Nazis were driven by a burning hatred of what socialism is commonly understood to mean. They were helped to power by right-wing parties and big business, and their policies were right-wing ideas taken to extreme conclusions. This pernicious myth needs to be taken t...
You're going to hear a lot of nonsense about the Tories' latest Budget - so here is the truth. Brilliant economist James Meadway clearly explains why this Budget offers bungs to the rich, leaves Britain with stagnating growth and falling wages, and explains why further crisis looms on the horizon. Everything you need to know in less than 14 minutes! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The BBC's attempt to silence Gary Lineker - undoubtedly under pressure from the government - has ended in a humiliating climbdown. Lineker will return to air, without having to offer a retraction or an apology for damning Tory rhetoric towards refugees. But what does this say about the political nature of the BBC - as well as how we confront the vicious war against some of the most vulnerable people on the planet? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Ac...
The BBC doesn't have a leg to stand on. As the Corporation reels from the consequences of its decision to suspend Gary Lineker for speaking out about the Tory attacks on refugees, more and more evidence has come to the fore: what they did wasn't about impartiality, but about policing and suppressing progressive opinions. This is part and parcel of a sinister political project - to make Britain a hostile political environment for anyone who doesn't have raging right wing opinions. Support this sh...
The BBC's decision to suspend Gary Lineker for exercising his free speech has plunged the Corporation into crisis. Fellow pundits, commentators and sports staff have refused to work, collapsing its sports coverage. But this whole episode is so, so important - it exposes the right-wing bias of the BBC, and the absurd lie that it was ever left-wing. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
