

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 3, 2024 • 49min
Senior Journalist Exposes Media Complicity In Mass Murder - w/ Peter Oborne
Peter Oborne knows the British media inside out - including prominent roles at right-wing outlets The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator and in TV. He talks me through the media's complicity in the horrors of Gaza, Israel's defiance of the ICJ ruling, and the outrageous role of our political establishment.Make sure you get his latest book The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 3, 2024 • 11min
Nancy Pelosi Smears Gaza Protesters As Bankrolled By Putin
It's easy to laugh this off. It isn't actually funny.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 2024 • 16min
Laurence Fox Defeated In Court: Crystal, Who He Targeted, Spills It All
What do you even say. Laurence Fox, actor turned unpleasant right-wing activist, libelled two men as 'paedophiles' after they called him racist. The courts had their say: he lost on all counts.I speak to drag queen Crystal, who he smeared - who tells us all about the case, and also why it has a much bigger meaning.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 2024 • 14min
Israel Escalates War Crimes
Thought the International Court of Justice ruling would force Israel to scale back its murderous onslaught? Think again. The opposite has happened.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 2024 • 15min
Labour Disgraces Itself Over Gaza
Labour has just suspended left-wing MP Kate Osamor. Her crime? Describe Israel's onslaught on Gaza as a genocide, just days after the highest court on earth placed Israel on trial for possible genocide.Meanwhile, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy claims the party has always been clear through the conflict that international law must be upheld. That is a lie. Here's the sordid truth about Labour's wretched Gaza policy - and how it's allowed the Tories - and Israel - to get away with murder.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 2024 • 11min
Smear Campaign Against UN's Palestinian Refugee Agency Taken Apart
Don’t fall for it. Donate to UNRWA here: https://donate.unrwa.org/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 2024 • 41min
Palestinian Analyst Exposes Why ICJ Means Big Trouble For Israel - w/. Mouin Rabbini
This is the truth about the ICJ ruling against Israel that most of our media won't discuss, with Mouni Rabbini, a brilliant researcher, analyst and commentator with many hats.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 2024 • 15min
Grieving Palestinian Dragged From Labour Meeting
This is blood boiling stuff.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 2024 • 11min
They’re Smearing Gary Lineker To Scare You
There's a never-ending smear campaign against Gary Lineker over Gaza. But it's not just about him, bad as it is: there's far more at stake.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 2024 • 22min
How Israel Abuses Queer Rights To Justify Oppressing Palestine
It’s called ‘pinkwashing’ - the use of LGBTQ+ rights to justify Israel’s brutal oppression of the Palestinian people.Whether you’re straight or LGBTQ+, you need to hear why this argument is based on outrageous lies - and why it has nothing to do with freeing LGBTQ+ people at all.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


