The World Unspun
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New Internationalist's award-winning, in-depth journalism, now in a podcast!
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- The Long Read: The UAE's quiet empire · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 9New Internationalist is at risk! Donate today and help save global, independent journalism. This episode is brought to you by Coops UK. New Internationalist co-owner Kiran Gupta…
- Why the US is fuelling the new nuclear arms race, with Dae-Han Song · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 8After more than 50 years of award-winning global justice journalism, New Internationalist could be forced to shut down. We need your help to survive. Donate today at…
- In Lebanon, Israel imposes 'peace' through domination, with Mat Nashed · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 7This episode was brought to you by Big Solar Coop. Subscribe to New Internationalist and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital…
- The international treaty to end fossil fuel extraction, with Tori Tsui · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 6Subscribe to New Internationalist today to get our next issue on the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike! Use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a…
- The story of the Jewish Labour Bund, with Molly Crabapple · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 5Subscribe to New Internationalist today to get our next issue on the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike! Use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a…
- AI and its discontents, with Decca Muldowney · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 4This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. Despite its documented dangers, algorithmic biases and dire environmental consequences, AI is being pushed into every corner of…
- Letters from Addis Ababa, with Maya Misikir · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 3This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. Addis is a city at a crossroads. A massive redevelopment project is reshaping Ethiopia’s capital into what Prime Minister Abiy…
- The Long Read: Neocolonialism in Gaza · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 2This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. New Internationalist co-owner Kiran Gupta presents The Long Read from NI559: The New Nuclear Arms Race Further reading from…
- Who's profitting from plunder in West Papua? · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 1This episode is sponsored by Path Financial. Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. You may not have heard of it, but West Papua is an…
- The Long Read: Where is the left? · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 23Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. Join us in Glasgow for our December News Club with Rosie and our editorial assistant Paula Lacey. Tickets…
- Gaza, genocide and resistance with Ramzy Baroud · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 22This episode is sponsored by Path Financial. Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. Despite the latest ‘ceasefire’, Israel’s genocide and…
- The Long Read: Kneecap and the war on the Irish language · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 21This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. New Internationalist co-owner Kiran Gupta presents The Long Read from NI557: The Global Far Right. Further reading from this…
- Taking on the far right with Hope Not Hate · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 19This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. Fascism in 2025 isn't just swastikas and flags. Joe…
- How can we turn the tide on the global far right? · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 18This episode is brought to you by New Internationalist's very own Ethical Shop. Use the code ETHICAL for 10% off online orders on a range of ethical and fairtrade goods. Share…
- Together for Palestine with Frank Barat · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 17Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. The French activist, author and film producer joins us to talk about the Together for Palestine concert in…
- The Long Read: Revolutionary Aid in Sudan · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 20Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. New Internationalist co-owner Kiran Gupta presents The Long Read from NI554: Treaty: Indigenous Sovereignty…
- Defending our digital rights with Adele Zeynep Walton · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 16This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. In this episode we speak to Adele Zeynep Walton, a…
- Why Palestine is ‘the red pill’, with Francesca Albanese · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 15This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. Considered persona non-grata by Israel, Francesca…
- Dig, Baby, Dig! Part 3: The DRC with Alaka Lugonzo and Jean Pierre Okenda · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 14Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. Corruption, pollution and child labour have long blighted the Democratic Republic of the Congo's cobalt…
- The Long Read: Women's agency in the DRC war · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 13Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. New Internationalist co-owner Kiran Gupta presents The Long Read from NI552: Disinformation Further reading…
