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TWT FMTWT FM Live: Point of Order! A History of Political MeetingsAt this year’s TWT festival in Brighton, TWTFM recorded its very first podcast in front a live audience.
Featuring a glittering line up of actors, musicians and speakers from across the TWT community, we explored the role of political meetings in political organising and in the social lives of activists.
Taking up the suggestion that 'freedom is an endless meeting', we looked back at experiments in radical and participatory democracy across history up to the present day.
TWTM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by James Roadnight, Sar...2021-10-281h 06
TWT FMS2. HolidaysIn this final episode of our series on leisure we look at holidays. During the pandemic, we’ve seen campaigners arguing for the “right to holiday”; now, as we finally begin to open up, we see the complications of permitting limited international travel as the pandemic continues to devastate other countries. Meanwhile, the hospitality industry within the UK braces itself for what could be its busiest ever season.
All this gave us at TWT cause to reflect on the psychic and political framing of holidaying. The aesthetics of holidays are bound by class; from the gentrification and dispos...2021-06-0858 min
TWT FMS2. WalkingDuring lockdown, walking became one of the only activities we were allowed to do. Some people trudged the same daily route while others go out into the rural or urban environment to explore on foot, but for almost everyone, their relationship to walking changed in some way. But our ability to walk only extends as far as we are allowed to go. Access to space has been a key theme of this series, and questions about who owns land in both country and city dictates how we are able to use it - for walking, protesting, residing and more...2021-05-2835 min
TWT FMS2. BathhousesSpas, saunas and bathhouses may not seem to be the most obvious leisure spaces for the left to be fighting for. For many, they bear association with luxury and decadence. But this impression misses a rich and complex history of bathhouse culture, one is imbued with a democratic and communal spirit. In this episode of TWT FM, we’ll explore spas as a place of relaxation and recovery from work, a space that challenges rigid masculinity and celebrates queer culture.
This episode of TWT FM was produced by Sarah Vowden, Charlie Clarke, Matt Huxley and Aron Keller with...2021-05-1337 min
TWT FMS2. PubsThere was something of a national frenzy when pubs partially reopened on April 12th. But what exactly is it about these cozy wood-panelled institutions that inspires an almost fanatical level of devotion? To answer this question, we’ve ordered up three rounds of refreshing audio beverages to quench the minds of even the most parched listeners, including a potted history of pubs, discussions on organising bar staff, and a pub crawl to remember across time and space.
TWT FM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by Matt Huxley, Sarah Vowden, Aron Keller, Jam...2021-04-2739 min
TWT FMBonus: David Goldblatt on the history of football fandomOn Sunday evening the 18th of April, 12 European football clubs shocked the footballing world by announcing plans for a new European Super League. The move by billionaire owners of the ‘dirty dozen’ clubs to create a closed-shop oligopoly would eviscerate grassroots football and destroy any remaining integrity at the top of the sport.
As opposition rings out from all quarters, we thought it would be good opportunity to release our extended interview with football writer David Goldblatt, which first aired in our Football Fandom episode. David is a writer, academic, and broadcaster who has written several highly accl...2021-04-1943 min
TWT FMS2. Football FandomDuring lockdown, watching football at home has become the only way to enjoy one of the country’s favourite leisure activities. But football fandom simply hasn’t been the same without the camaraderie and collective joy that comes with supporting your team from the terraces or down the pub. In this episode, we explore how, with its aristocratic origins, football grew to be a major part of working class cultural life, and why football fandom remains an important site for socialist transformation.
TWT FM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by Tom Will...2021-04-1359 min
TWT FMS2. BoredomBoredom has proliferated under COVID. But the type of boredom we’ve collectively experienced during lockdown is radically different to that of previous generations. Where once boredom was an empty listlessness, today it’s hard to claim that we ever truly have nothing to do. In this mini-episode of TWTFM, we explore boredom in the age of anxiety.
TWT FM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by James Roadnight and Aron Keller with contributions from Sam Swann, Marcus Gilroy Ware, Norah Lopez Holden, Hettie Chadwick Dickenson, Rivkah Brown, Oli Cox and Shaira Begu...2021-03-3120 minTWT FMKill the BillWe’re taking a short break from our series on leisure to bring you a mini-episode responding to the wave of protests around the tragic death of Sarah Everard and the government's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill. You'll hear from activists, lawyers and academics about what this draconian legislation actually entails and how we can effectively mobilise to resist it.
TWT FM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by Sarah Vowden, Matt Huxley and Aron Keller with contributions from Seth Wheeler, Hope Worsdale, Zehrah Hasan, Becka Hudson, and Luke Smith.2021-03-2224 min
TWT FMS2. DanceAt TWT we believe a good party is political praxis. But with its enclosed spaces, sweaty bodies and often licentious activities, it seems as if dance-floors will be some of the last places to reopen after lockdown. This episode we go deep on dance: from striking workers shaking their hips to David Mancuso’s perfect house party, we explore how issues like space, time and resistance to commodification come to the fore when we move our bodies together.
TWT FM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by Matt Huxley, James Roadnight, Oli Co...2021-03-1458 min
TWT FMS2. COVID and the Crisis of LeisureWelcome back to TWT FM. In series 2 we'll be exploring leisure - in particular, the aspects of life we’ve been missing out on during the pandemic - with episodes on our favourite leisure activities, including dance, football, holidays and more.
You can think of this episode as an introduction to the concept of leisure. We’ll examine what leisure reveals about our relationship to work under capitalism and how different our lives could be if we had access to more free time.
We’re grateful to be partnering with Autonomy for this series - an ind...2021-03-0749 min
TWT FMA Christmas SpecialAs 2020 draws to a solitary close, many are struggling to locate the season’s festive cheer. Luckily, the spirit of goodwill and merriment endures at TWT FM and in that giving vein, we are delighted to gift you, our dear listeners, a one-off, non-cancellable, tier-free, stocking-filled-to-the-brim-with-radicalism….TWT FM Christmas Special!
In one sense, Christmas is a frenzy of rampant consumerism and excess, but the festive period also offers a brief respite from the endless churn of Capitalism - a short window of time where acts of community and reciprocity abound. A glimpse of the world we want.
2020-12-2254 min
TWT FMS1. IllnessThe pandemic has brought public health into focus while also serving as a magnifying glass that clarifies existing inequalities relating to class, race and gender. In this final instalment of the series, we’ll hear about how illness is produced and managed under capitalism while trying to reimagine a world in which care for the ill is a central feature of our politics.
This episode was produced by Aron Keller, James Roadnight, Sarah Vowden, Matt Huxley, Penny Grennan, Charlie Clarke, Hanadi Rammu with contributions from Ellen Clifford, Vijay Prashad, Ellie Bradford, Ros Reynolds-Grey, David Tovey, Prof. John Fo...2020-09-281h 04
TWT FMS1. HomelessnessAs the government has made tentative steps to shelter the unhoused homeless and enacted a temporary eviction ban for renters, the pandemic has made clear that homelessness is a political choice. In this episode we uncover the origins of rentier capitalism, explore the history of squatting and life ‘on the road’, and speak to volunteers dealing with Britain’s spiralling homelessness crisis.
This episode was produced by Aron Keller, Penny Grennan, James Roadnight, Sarah Vowden, Tin Hinson, Charlie Clarke and Matt Huxley. It featured contributions from Professor Danny Dorling, Tom, Andrea and Shaunna from Labour Homelessness Campaign, Michel...2020-09-201h 03
TWT FMS1. DebtDebt is a key disciplinary mechanism under capitalism; a power relation that causes financial, cultural and spiritual misery. In this episode we debunk the myths and moralising that surrounds debt, and hear from those developing creative alternatives to an indebted existence.
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Professor David Graeber. It was produced by Sarah Vowden, Matt Huxley, Aron Keller, James Roadnight, Penny Grennan, Charlie Clarke and Alex Brent, with contributions from Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Tim Jones and Eva Watkinson from Jubilee Debt Campaign, Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn from Hoe Street Central Bank, Alex Macey from Gamvisory, Yao...2020-09-131h 05
TWT FMS1. UnemploymentAs a result of the economic downturn caused by Coronavirus, and with the government's furlough scheme winding down, we stand on the brink of mass joblessness. In this pilot episode of TWT FM, we unpack the function of unemployment under capitalism, hear from trade union organisers leading the fightback against redundancies, and discover how the left can push for a future beyond unemployment.
TWT FM is a podcast from The World Transformed. This episode was produced by Matt Huxley, Sarah Vowden, Charlie Clarke, James Roadnight, Penny Grennan, Aron Keller and Sam Swann, with contributions from Keir Milburn...2020-09-051h 00TWT FMIntroducing TWT FMWelcome to TWT FM, a brand new magazine-style podcast from The World Transformed bringing radical political education and utopian thinking to bear on the issues that define our world.
For Season 1 we’ll be releasing podcasts across September to coincide with this year’s festival, exploring the subjects of Unemployment, Debt, Homelessness, and Illness with the rich, panoramic lens you’d expect from The World Transformed.
Subscribe now to get episode 1 in your feed as soon as it drops.
Check out the full TWT festival programme now at: theworldtransformed.org. 2020-08-2701 min
The World TransformedAutonomy's Julian Siravo on building new infrastructures of workAutonomy's in-house urban planner Julian Siravo joins Freddie Stuart and Tin Hinson on the TWTFM sofa to discuss job centres, dark kitchens and building new infrastructures of work.2019-10-1817 minThe World TransformedAsad Rehman on Capitalism and the Climate CrisisAsad Rehman from War on Want takes to the TWTFM sofa to discuss the relationship between capitalism and environmental breakdown.2019-09-2515 minThe World TransformedNovara star James Butler talk all things constitutional...then shows us his JohnsonAnother of the Novara crew join Freddie and Tin on TWTFM, this time its Co-Founder James Butler discussing the relationship between technology and democracy (amongst other things!)2019-09-2318 minThe World TransformedAsh Sarkar on the wheel of nationalisationAsh Sarkar is the latest lefty to join Freddie Stuart and Tin Hinson on the sofas of the TWTFM "studio"2019-09-2311 minThe World TransformedSarah Jaffe and Ajay Singh Chaudhary on patronising the working classTWTFM welcomes Sarah Jaffe from Red Hacks and Ajay Chaudhary Singh from the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research to the podcast sofa.2019-09-2233 minThe World TransformedYanis Varoufakis: the day the light died in GreeceFreddie Stuart and Tin Hinson welcome Yanis Varoufakis to the TWTFM studio.2019-09-2208 minThe World TransformedThe Artist Taxi Driver's incredible lifeTaking a break from arts and taxis, the Artist Taxi Driver joins the party at TWTFM2019-09-2226 minThe World TransformedEleanor Penny on conspiracy, imagination and stating the obviousEleanor Penny joins Freddie and Tin on the sofas of the TWTFM studio2019-09-2226 minThe World TransformedJoana Ramiro surviving as a left journalist in the time before media reformJoana Ramiro from the Red Hacks podcast joins Freddie Stuart and Tinson on the TWTFM sofa.2019-09-2217 minThe World TransformedRiley from Trash Future Pod *PARODY PARODY SATIRE PARODY*Freddie Stuart and Tin Hinson are joined on the TWTFM sofa by Riley Quinn from the Trash Future Podcast.2019-09-2220 minThe World Transformed#TWTFM: Voices of the ManyOisin Mckenna, Communications Coordinator for The World Transformed 2019, talks about community, comradeship and how to communicate Socialist ideas.
TWTFM is the official podcast of The World Transformed, a podcast about political education and socialist politics.2019-09-1118 min