With hindsight, the wars waged by the US and Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq look like terrible failures, both strategically and politically: the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan, and living standards are worse in Iraq than they were before Saddam Hussein. 

In his book The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003, veteran American journalist Steve Coll looks at British and American foreign policy through the lens of one man: Saddam Hussein. He sat down with Aaron to explain why it's a mistake to avoid talking to your enemies.

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Downstream: We Are Getting Foreign Policy Very Wrong w/ Steve Coll

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The approach that many corporations take with their supply chains passes the environmental and monetary costs down to the small businesses and workers that rely on them. These workers are far more vulnerable to supply chain disruptions – which are becoming more frequent and more destructive as climate impacts worsen.

In part two of this three-part series, we discuss the ways that large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can establish partnerships founded on trust and transparency. The ripple effects of strong partnerships could improve supply chains and working conditions for workers around the globe.

Voices on Supply Chains Episode 2 - The Power Imbalance

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READ [PDF]  Blinders: The Destructive, Downstream Impact of Contraception, Abortion, and IVF | Over the last 50 or 60 years, there has appeared a directional shift in the medical and social culture of the United States. We see it in the news programs every night, sometimes several times a night. Often there are generic reasons given for these changes such as &#8220po

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The Green Party of England and Wales now has four MPs in Parliament, and even more impressively has doubled its vote share to 7%, coming second in 39 other seats. So what happens now? How will the Greens exercise their new agency in government, and how can they navigate a biased media landscape and increase their influence?

Aaron is joined by Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party and MP for Bristol Central, to talk about the challenges ahead.

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Downstream: Can The Green Party Keep Winning? w/ Carla Denyer

Political scientists agree that we are now living in a "multipolar" world, with power contested by multiple states and blocs. But how we arrived at this formation, and whether the newly powerful actors on the global stage are inherently problematic, remain areas of disagreement.  Someone with has a distinct perspective on this new world order is Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.  Anne sat down with Aaron to discuss Putin’s rise to power, the problem of misinformation, and how Israel fits into the network of autocratic states who share little but a desire to consolidate each other’s power.  Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support

Downstream: We Have Enabled Putin w/ Anne Appelbaum

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1.- ABRA - Feel (&ME Remix)
2.- Drake - Signs (BLK Remix)
3.- JOVEM DIONISIO - PONTOS DE EXCLAMACAO (VXSION EDIT)
4.- Tez Cadey - Seve 2.0 (Luch Rework)
5.- Marten Lou - Beach house
6.- Makez, Life on Planets - Downstream (Lazare Remix)
7.- Rampa, Adam Port, &ME, chuala - Say What
8.- Moon J - Collateral Damage
9.- Lazare - Not Control
10.- Édel, Zani (BR) - YAWA (Man On A Mission)
11.- Tiga & Hudson Mohawke - Silence Of Love (Reznik Remix)

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From pollinating crops to managing organic waste on a continental scale, insects are vital to life on Earth. They are also disappearing.

Dave Goulson is an entomologist and ecologist whose books communicate the majesty of insects and arthropods – along with a grave warning about their demise.

He talks to Aaron to Bastani talk about the critical lack of scientific expertise in government, the allure of dung beetles, and how to make your garden a haven for insect life.

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Downstream: Insects Are Disappearing and We Should Be Very Worried w/ Dave Goulson

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When the Taliban retook all of Afghanistan in 2021, it came as a shock to much of the west. The day after the last American soldier left, journalist and filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at flew into Kabul to spend a year filming with the Taliban's senior military leadership. What he found was a regime drunk on power, in control of far more territory, and with better weaponry than ever – courtesy of the Americans, who left it all behind.

Ibrahim joins Ash to talk about the making of his documentary Hollywoodgate, currently available to watch in the UK on BBC iPlayer as part of the Storyville series.

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Downstream: A Year Embedded With The Taliban w/ Ibrahim Nash'at

The Institute of Economic Affairs is one of the most powerful and secretive think tanks in the UK, known for promoting free-market Thatcherism as a solution to all of our economic woes. Who's behind it?

This week, Kristian Niemietz, a director at the IEA and a long-time Novara Media hater, sits down with Aaron for a debate about trickle-down economics, why he's a neoliberal, and who really funds his employer.

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Downstream: Who's Behind the Institute of Economic Affairs? w/ Kristian Niemietz

Donald Trump is the next president. Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s have forsaken their diversity policies. Elon Musk has demanded that Keir Starmer be removed as PM. Why is this all happening at the same time? And why do progressives have so little to offer when it comes to the economy and people’s material conditions?

Brett Christophers is a geographer, author and former management consultant. According to him, it's the commitment of parties like Labour and the U.S. Democrats to the prevailing economic orthodoxy that means they will continue to struggle.

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Downstream: Why Woke Capitalism Has Collapsed w/ Brett Christophers

"Big Ideas Into Action" is the relaunched podcast from the World Resources Institute, bringing you the big ideas that combat the world's most pressing environmental and developmental challenges. You'll hear the voices of those meeting the challenges on the ground across the globe and find out about the way we're finding the answers and translating them into action. 

We'll be podcasting in series of six to eight at a time, once a week, with occasional special episodes to add our insights and analysis in response to big events. 

The World Resources Institute works around the globe to turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We focus on seven urgent global challenges that must be addressed to reduce poverty, grow economies and protect natural systems: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, cities, and the ocean.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

~Plato

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