The Owen Jones Podcast

Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit, Keir Starmer, Assange, Melenchon, Ukraine and Paul Mason

Yanis Varoufakis - former Greek finance minister, economist and politician - is one the great intellectual superstars of the left. We have a lot to talk about: Britain's deporting of refugees to Rwanda, how Boris Johnson's 'oven-cooked' Brexit deal is unravelling, Keir Starmer's dishonest leadership of the Labour party, the political situation in Spain, the revival of the French left, how the horror of the Ukraine war can end, the extradition of Julian Assange, and the controversy involving British journalist Paul Mason. Please subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnBOeUIyVFpMdndmSWwxWWNUcDRCeGhXaEpSd3xBQ3Jtc0tsRnJyaURWZUgyREdrZ0NZWk5ianFQU3ZCZmlQMXNBcTBkcTRpa1BoUWc1UzlSNXp0ZWl4YUVfMTg2Q1psMEJ2S3FNMjNPajdkTXB4VlZ6TVlLVDJoMkoyMGdhRzlqOEFkR1Jwd0owZnJNRktnU0lhbw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fowenjones84&amp;v=bB0ULQe9m_8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/owenjones84</a>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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 <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.