

The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 19, 2024 • 15min
This One Huge Media Failure On Gaza Says It All.
How can this possibly be defended?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 18, 2024 • 9min
Shocking Evidence Israel Plots Mass Expulsion of Palestinians
We are running out of time to stop this.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 2024 • 12min
The Tories Are Totally F**ked.
There is no coming back from the Tories after this.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 2024 • 12min
The West Will Never Recover From This - And Catastrophe Beckons.
When you commit a crime so great that you will never recover from it yourself.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 2024 • 10min
Imagine Hamas Killed This 6-Year-Old Girl And Her Family. Just Imagine The Response.
It is frankly nauseating that I have to do this thought experiment - because that's how much Palestinian life has been cheapened.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 2024 • 42min
How Israeli Leaders Could Face Arrest Warrants - w/. Triestino Mariniello
Is Israel's impunity finally under threat? Yesterday, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court issued a statement which dangled the possibility of war crimes charges. But both he and the ICC have long been accused of double standards - so is justice really plausible?I'm joined by Triestino Mariniello, Professor of Law at Liverpool John Moores University, and member of the Legal Team representing Gaza Victims before the ICC.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 2024 • 21min
Labour's Outrageous Israel Double Standards Exposed
What do you even say?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 2024 • 47min
How Gaza Destroyed The Media's Legitimacy? - w/. Assal Rad
Will the mainstream media ever recover? With honourable exceptions, there has been an abject failure to cover Israel's onslaught against Gaza. Double standards, minimising horror, refusing to attribute responsibility for crimes, a failure to frame reality as it is, deferring to Israeli and US claims - we could go on.I'm joined by Middle East scholar and author Assal Rad, who has been going viral with her exposés of media bias.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 2024 • 10min
These Israeli Protesters Are Blocking Aid To Starve Gaza
It may be difficult to understand this kind of evil. But we are going to try.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 2024 • 14min
Labour Abandons Last Major Policy - Green Investment Fund Drastically Scaled Back
This is worse than you think - and does not bode well. At all.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.