The Popular Show

Populism, Politics and Playstations. We are joined by legendary game maker Paolo Pedercini, creator of Democratic Socialist Simulator, Nova Alea, To Build a Better Mousetrap and other anti-capitalist games, games industry activist Marijam Didzgalvtye of Left, Left, Up and Jamie Woodcock - author of Marx and the Arcade.

This week we played some party games in a special session of The Popular Show. feat. online personalities @SpeaksAngie, @intrnetdaughter, @PrettyBadLefty and others. It was a very good laugh.

Critiquing The Squad's response to economic populism, anti-imperialism, and the #CapitolRiots with Fiorella Isabel and Shant Mesrobian, discussing the UK government's embarrassing £30 food parcels, and then fun time with Dumb Bitch Media: ethical cannibalism under digital capitalism?

For a special episode, we were joined by Corbyn advisor and economist Joe Guinan, who describes to us the path to a democratised national economy OUTSIDE THE EU that the UK left should have been pursuing all along. We were also joined by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks lawyer Renata Avila to get an update on his case and the campaign to save his life.

We went to Brazil to discuss the rise of the populist Right with Bolsonaro, the possibility of a Brazilian Left and another Lula government, anti-fascism and the discipling of the Left, the pandemic in South American and Neymar's lockdown party. Join us with Romulo Peas, former deputy minister for development in Lula and Dilma's government and with Alex Hochuli of the Auphebunga Bunga podcast and Matthew Richmond of LSE, who joined us from across Brazil.

The team were joined by Labour MPs Jon Trickett and Ian Lavery, and ex-MP Laura Smith - to talk about the Left in Britain and the need for a populist politics within the major political parties. We then talked with legendary American journalist Thomas Frank about the failures of liberalism on the other side of the pond. We also played POPULAR QUESTIONS with a live jingle performed by one of the team!

The team are joined by Krystal Ball to talk about populism and the conversations that might be possible with the Right that we cant have with the liberals. Before that, they welcome Rivkah Brown and Annie Olaloku-Teriba to discuss how the establishment chronically fails to deal with racism.   Check out our socials to listen to the full episode and podcasts, and support us on Patreon for exclusive bonus content and behind-the-scenes material.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepopularpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePopularShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepopularpod

This week we were joined by the Mail on Sunday's fascinating Peter Hitchens to discuss how the right sees the left (and itself), and the movement AGAINST lockdown. Then we talked to barrister Paul Clarke from the Global Legal Action Network discussing one of the most historic and important cases for the future of the climate which is spearheading currently. Oh, and we had a chat about Maradona. Support us and get more content: Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepopularpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePopularShow 

Welcome to THE POPULAR SHOW. In the first episode, the team talk about the events of the week as Jordan Peterson makes publishers at Penguin cry. Then they welcome Margaret Kimberley to talk about black activism in America now, why not to feel frabjous joy at Biden's presidency and the hollowness of the Obama years. Finally, they deconstruct Netflix's The Crown and the British monarchy today. Enjoy. Check out our YouTube, Patreon and Twitter to listen to more. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepopularpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepopshow YouTube: The Popular Show

Glenn Greenwald was on The Popular Show last week telling how the Left has been destroying itself, why its more important to see connections between Corbyn and Trump than Trump and Boris and what he learned from Michael Brooks. Check out our YouTube, Patreon and Twitter to listen to more.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepopularpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepopshow YouTube: The Popular Show