99% Invisible: U is Urbanism
How Jane Jacob's urbanism dreams came to life on the most beloved kids' TV block.
Dish Podcast: Steve Coogan
Legendary actor, comedian, writer and producer Steve Coogan was born in Lancashire. His career began on Spitting Image in the 80s, and he is most celebrated for his portrayal of…
Dish Podcast: Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig OBE is a Danish-born comedian, broadcaster and writer. She spent her formative years travelling the world with her family, thanks to her father’s job as a foreign correspondent.…
Future Knowledge: Enshittification
The internet wasn’t ruined by accident—it was ruined on purpose. In this episode, Cory Doctorow joins us to break down enshittification, his term for the slow, deliberate process that transformed…
Sisters with Transistors
Sisters with Transistors is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Lisa Rovner in her directorial debut. The documentary is made up of rare testimonies and archive footage. It chronicles…
Dish Podcast: Richard E. Grant
Born and raised in Swaziland (Eswatini), Richard E. Grant moved to London in 1982 after studying drama at Cape Town University. He worked extensively in theatre before achieving widespread recognition…
2 December 1984: Bhopal disaster
Mini podcast of radical history on this date from the Working Class History team.
God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines
GOD SAID GIVE ‘EM DRUM MACHINES tells the tale of the young visionaries who made that breakthrough happen. Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Eddie Fowlkes, and Santonio…
On This Day in Working Class History: 1 December 1919: Trinidad and Tobago general strike
On This Day in Working Class History
Macaulay Culkin talks about the bees in My Girl
and other animal mishaps