On this week's Macrodose: @meadwaj.bsky.social considers the costs of extreme heat, reflects on the Andy Burnham speech that laid out more of his economic vision, and looks at the still incoming effects of The Strait of Hormuz's closure open.spotify.com/episode/3hDj...

The US-Israeli war on Iran exposed the Strait of Hormuz as a choke point not only for oil but for fertilizers, helium, and seafarers trapped in opaque supply chains. Our podcast of the week analyzes the logistics of warfare. W/ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social buff.ly/eAI8NVi

On this week's Macrodose @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by Jonas Marvin to talk about the economics affecting the food in a changing global climate open.spotify.com/episode/4C2r...

On this week's Macrodose, @meadwaj.bsky.social asks if the big tech market crash is finally here, examines the first signs of El Niño's approach, and explains how public investments works in a high interest world open.spotify.com/episode/5Jqa...

On this week's Macrodose, @meadwaj.bsky.social looks at how tech firms are cutting back AI spending, how progressives are taking on the UK political culture of bond market fear, and how a recent change in China’s welfare system will have global consequences open.spotify.com/episode/6rhN...

On this week's episode @meadwaj.bsky.social looks at adaptation -thinking about how the UK's current heatwave has brought the conversation into public thought and how market-led solutions will only further entrench inequality open.spotify.com/episode/4Rr8...

Absolute banger, highly recommended. James’ audible rage at our usual government suggestions for the economy - austerity, means-tested benefits, slow industrial development - is impressive. We need price controls and wealth taxes linked to government spending, things that will actually help people.

I had the pleasure of guest featuring on the @macrodosepod.bsky.social newsletter this week, discussing the need to look at the polycrisis from the margins and to reframe our claims to sovereignty to deal with the major crises of our time. You can check it out here:

This is something well explored by @macrodosepod.bsky.social "we are no longer living between stable political and economic systems, but through an era defined by overlapping and ongoing crises." www.patreon.com/posts/live-p...

On this week's episode @meadwaj tackles: Andy Burnham and the bond markets, the upcoming 'Godzilla El Niño' and how it will affect global food systems, and the UK government's position on capping the price of essential foods open.spotify.com/episode/7xeD...

In London, which is supposedly the city of bankers, there are far more care workers than bankers. How often do you hear people talking about care workers? - Aditya Chakrabortty Watch now 📺 Link in bio 🔗

Latest episode of @macrodosepod.bsky.social is guest-hosted by Kojo Koram, author of the upcoming book "The Next Fix: The Winners & Losers In The Future Of Drugs". @kojokoram.bsky.social explores changing world of psychedelics and the wave of corporate interests sweeping in to monopolise new market

In the fifth episode of After Order, the Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Gabriel Tupinambá about popular sovereignty under conditions of growing instability. // @macrodosepod.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social @gabrieltupinamba.bsky.social

Is social democracy dead? Was the post-war settlement just a historical exception? On this week’s AFTER ORDER, @gabrieltupinamba.bsky.social joins @meadwaj.bsky.social to explore the slow cancellation of the past - and what it means for politics today. Watch now 📺️ @alameda.institute Link in bio 🔗

Breaking Big Tech’s grip won’t be easy - we’re all entangled. But it’s the only way to reclaim political power. @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @meadwaj.bsky.social on last week’s AFTER ORDER. Watch now 📺 Link in bio 🔗

We’re pleased to invite you to a live recording of After Order on 12 May — an evening to think through a world characterised by ongoing crises, from economic turbulence to geopolitical fragmentation.

Chaired by Juliano Fiori, the panel brings together Aditya Chakrabortty, Clara Mattei and James Meadway. // @macrodosepod.bsky.social @planetbproductions.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social

Governments must extricate themselves from the web of Big Tech enclosures. @meadwaj.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @paologerbaudo.bsky.social on breaking Silicon Valley’s grip - and building a digital stack for people, not profit. Watch now 📺️ Link in bio 🔗 @alameda.institute

“This is privatisation on a level we’ve never seen before” Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla and @meadwaj.bsky.social unpack the private capture of diplomacy, and how a profit-loss logic is now seeping into every aspect of the state machine. Link in bio 🔗 @alameda.institute

In the second episode of After Order, Alameda’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, about the new frontiers of extraction // @macrodosepod.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social

podcast recs to take the edge off the news - including @macrodosepod.bsky.social @ppfideas.bsky.social @therestpolitics.bsky.social @novaramedia.com @soumayakeynes.ft.com @wired.com @slate.com @willdunn.bsky.social @anooshc.bsky.social + @seanfennessey.bsky.social www.shortlist.com/podcasts/12-...

“We’re under no illusions about what it is we’re trying to challenge.” Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla joins @meadwaj.bsky.social to unpack South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ - and what it reveals about the myth of a “rules-based international order.” 📺️ 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/2pvT...

The green transition isn’t a “win-win.” Some will lose - and it should be the fossil fuel companies. @meadwaj.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social discuss the high point of Green New Deal organising, and what comes next. Listen now 🎧 @alameda.institute open.spotify.com/episode/10n4...

The green transition isn’t a “win-win.” Some will lose - and it should be the fossil fuel companies. @meadwaj.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social discuss the high point of Green New Deal organising, and what comes next. Listen now 🎧 @alameda.institute open.spotify.com/episode/10n4...

Was great to chat with @meadwaj.bsky.social @macrodosepod.bsky.social about the energy transition, resource extraction, capitalism, global north-south inequality & Left strategy amid the polycrisis that accelerates daily. In collab with @alameda.institute. Listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

This is a fantastic episode

The old frameworks are breaking down. So where next for Political Economy in a world of disorder? Join Macrodose x @alameda.institute on May 12th for a live recording of After Order. w/ Juliano Fiori, @chakrabortty.bsky.social, Clara Mattei & @meadwaj.bsky.social Tickets👇 bit.ly/4mkobb9

These countries aren’t destined to become mining frontiers. They’re shaped by economic choices - and those choices can change. @meadwaj.bsky.social meets @triofrancos.bsky.social to unpack what green capitalism reveals about a world "after order" @alameda.institute Full episode at the link in bio

The old frameworks are breaking down. So where next for Political Economy in a world of disorder? Join Macrodose x @alameda.institute on May 12th for a live recording of After Order. w/ Juliano Fiori, @chakrabortty.bsky.social, Clara Mattei & @meadwaj.bsky.social Tickets👇 bit.ly/4mkobb9

Elon Musk owns 70% of all satellites in low-Earth orbit. He is creating a monopoly that could change the future of life on Earth. What’s driving this quest? And what can be done to stop it? @meadwaj.bsky.social meets @quinnslobodian.com & @bentarnoff.com Listen now👇 linktr.ee/macrodosepod...

Elon Musk owns 70% of all satellites in low-Earth orbit. He is creating a monopoly that could change the future of life on Earth. What’s driving this quest? And what can be done to stop it? @meadwaj.bsky.social meets @quinnslobodian.com & @bentarnoff.com Listen now👇 linktr.ee/macrodosepod...

Why is Elon Musk obsessed with the UK? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, authors @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discuss what they call "Muskism", and how the fantasy of a white supramecist world is shaping the geopolitical interventions of Big Tech. @meadwaj.bsky.social 🔗 Link in bio

Watch this. What Musk is doing seems lazy, but it’s on purpose.

From the “woke mind virus” to the memeification of politics, what does Muskism tell us about the world after neoliberalism? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, @meadwaj.bsky.social sits down with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com to unpack the contradictions of the US right. 🔗 Link in bio

Why is Elon Musk obsessed with the UK? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, authors @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discuss what they call "Muskism", and how the fantasy of a white supramecist world is shaping the geopolitical interventions of Big Tech. @meadwaj.bsky.social 🔗 Link in bio

🚨 NEW SERIES 🚨 AFTER ORDER - from Macrodose & @alameda.institute We’re no longer living between stable systems. We’re in a world defined by overlapping crises - a world after order. Hosted by @meadwaj.bsky.social Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/macrodosepod...

From the “woke mind virus” to the memeification of politics, what does Muskism tell us about the world after neoliberalism? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, @meadwaj.bsky.social sits down with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com to unpack the contradictions of the US right. 🔗 Link in bio

‘The Supreme Court’s tariff judgement shows there are limits to what even Trump can get away with. He can be beaten. Now is the time for Britain to break free from the failed special relationship’ Pleased to write for @macrodosepod.bsky.social this week 👇 macrodosepod.substack.com/p/the-super-...

Excellent article by James Meadway of @macrodosepod.bsky.social on UK's alarming dependence on an unstable world. This aligns with the message from 10 experts at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Emergency action to tackle climate & nature breakdown and build resilience now even more pressing. #NEB2025

This March listen out for Death in Westminster, a new podcast exploring the impact of offshore wealth. Join the hosts for a launch event on 19 Mar - expect big questions and bold analysis of the impact of offshore billions dice.fm/event/oevl5r... We supported this work through our grant funding.

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One week left to apply! Join our team in collaboration with @planetbproductions.bsky.social, and help build a new generation of independent climate media. planet-b-productions.homerun.co/digital-cont...

Oooo... @davidedgerton.bsky.social is on @macrodosepod.bsky.social Break-Down podcast!

This is a great @macrodosepod.bsky.social on Iran & water stress as a driver of crisis The combination of the destruction of water security through a drive to develop, poor mgt, and climate change all have push Iran's water security to the brink tinyurl.com/bdz7efwa 1/3

We’re looking for an experienced Head of Production to join Planet B. Deadline: 5pm, Monday 2 Feb 2026 Apply👇 planet-b-productions.homerun.co/head-of-prod...

Were financial lobbyists the real winners of the #AutumnBudget? Why didn't the chancellor touch the banks' record profits? Don't miss this very special crossover episode of the New Economics Podcast, @macrodosepod.bsky.social and Over the Top and Under the Radar. linktr.ee/neweconomics...

Feeling bamboozled by the #AutumnBudget? Tune into this very special crossover episode of the New Economics Podcast, alongside @macrodosepod.bsky.social and Over the Top Under the Radar. Out now!

Read it here transitionsecurity.org/imperial-state… And if you missed the launch of the @transitionsec.bsky.social you can listen to it on @macrodosepod.bsky.socialpodcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...76

"More cuts, more negativity, without at least some semblance of the light at the end of the tunnel, and that's massively missing." This week on THE CURVE, @meadwaj.bsky.social & @antoniajennings.bsky.social discuss Labour's looming budget. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/macrodose