The Owen Jones Podcast

Nationalise The Energy Companies

These two statistics sum up how broken British society is: while BP are making £6.9bn worth of profits - a 14 year high - typical household energy bills are forecast to hit more than £3,600 a year. We should never have surrendered the natural monopoly of the energy industry to profiteers in the first place. We're joined by the incredible expert Mathew - Lawrence - founder and director of UK-based think tank Common Wealth - to explain why the industry is broken, why the energy company's arguments against more taxes are total bunk - and why we should bring the sector under public ownership for the sake of struggling families, a broken economy and society - and the future of the planet. Please subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZCUU5wLTYtTlRmYWhNeV9IUGlmRkt6bDNSUXxBQ3Jtc0tuODhJY1VGNms5S0otSFdTRl85LXVKT3VmRHdrYmhIbnpqT0dZMy1YaUZlQm1OTmFoeWFqNFdPQTZOalJualRyV3IzR0VlUzd3Nkx6VjhWRDg5alA5N3V5NU4wd0REQ3NLVjktd19VQXB0eVhhRWUxWQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fowenjones84&amp;v=lUSDYXcSe1k" 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.