ACFM

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Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn bring you ACFM – a show about left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best ACFM episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to ACFM for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite ACFM episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

ACFM Microdose: Tabletop Role-Playing Games

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07/17/22 • 65 min

In a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG), a group of people take a trip into an imaginary world, guided by an MC or ‘dungeon master’. Not limited to the Tolkien-esque themes of the famous Dungeons & Dragons, TTRPGs range from gritty sci-fi scenarios to steampunk heist fantasies, and from everyday life to magic, monsters and vampires. [...]

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ACFM Trip 30: Gifts

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12/18/22 • 94 min

Adam Smith claimed that “the propensity to truck, barter and exchange... is common to all men”, but anthropologists know that this isn’t the case. In fact, humans tend towards the opposite. So why do we feel compelled to give away our wealth? Nadia, Jem and Keir unwrap the cultural and economic pressures on doing pressies [...]

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ACFM Trip 26: Care

ACFM

08/20/22 • 100 min

How can we care for each other within a system that doesn’t care about us? In this episode, Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn get to grips with birth, death and all the social reproduction in between. When did we start putting our elders in care homes instead of our own homes? What happens [...]

#ACFM Trip 18: Therapy

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07/25/21 • 73 min

Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle and Jeremy Gilbert get on the couch to talk about therapy. Wrangling with how to square their collectivist politics with the introspective work of therapy, they wonder if people on the left are more inclined to seek such treatment, and what role physical exercise plays in their mental wellbeing. Analysing their [...]

#ACFM Trip 17: Solidarity

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06/20/21 • 87 min

What do we mean by solidarity? Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle and Jeremy Gilbert consider the meaning of a much-used word in this unusual Trip, recorded live as part of HKW’s online festival, Acid Communism: Spectres of the Counterculture. With music from Nina Simone, The Youngbloods and The Special AKA, the gang consider the legacy of [...]

#ACFM Trip 13: Crowds

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01/17/21 • 55 min

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert return to talk about the power and potential of crowds – from mobs and marches to mesmeric leaders and terrace anthems, with music from the Joubert Singers, Sham 69 and more. Music: The Polyphonic Spree – Light and Day / The Joubert Singers – Stand On The Word [...]

ACFM Microdose: A Ghost Story For Christmas

ACFM

12/22/22 • 73 min

Ghosts have already got their own festival: Halloween. So why do they spook us at Christmas too? Do they represent forces of goodness and charity, or some nameless demonic evil? And what gifts have they brought? Jeremy Gilbert shields his eyes from the ghostly apparitions of Jacques Derrida, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and M.R. James as [...]

#ACFM Trip 20: Revolution

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11/07/21 • 70 min

The #ACFM gang square up a suitably momentous topic for their milestone 20th Trip: revolution! Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn wonder how the idea of political revolution ever became thinkable, and if it’s still thinkable today. Was the sexual revolution a real revolution? How did disillusionment with Soviet communism affect our political imagination? [...]

Welcome to #ACFM!

ACFM

01/12/21 • 1 min

#ACFM is a podcast about left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy, brought to you by Novara Media. Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn present a new Trip just about once a month, as well as Microdose interviews with special guests. Search for “ACFM Music” on Spotify to find a playlist of [...]

ACFM Trip 27: Magic

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10/09/22 • 94 min

We live in irrational times. From the resurgence of interest in astrology, tarot and occultism to the deepening influence of conspiracy theories and positive thinking, culture is experiencing a turn towards the magical. What does that mean for those of us on the “weird left”? Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn gather round the [...]

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How many episodes does ACFM have?

ACFM currently has 84 episodes available.

What topics does ACFM cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Music, Music History and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on ACFM?

The episode title 'ACFM Trip 30: Gifts' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on ACFM?

The average episode length on ACFM is 75 minutes.

How often are episodes of ACFM released?

Episodes of ACFM are typically released every 25 days, 16 hours.

When was the first episode of ACFM?

The first episode of ACFM was released on Apr 9, 2019.

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