The Darren McGarvey Podcast

By: Darren McGarvey
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  • Walk and talk with Darren McGarvey. An Orwell prize winning author, social commentator and rapper/ poet speaking his mind on a range of subjects. Darren McGarvey is the Orwell Prize winning author of Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass and has drawn several comparisons with George Orwell himself from public figures like Andrew Adonis and Paul Mason. Originally published by Luath Press, Poverty Safari secured a deal with Pan Macmillan imprint Picador to republish the book in August 2018. The book is an Amazon and Sunday Times Best-Seller and thanks to strong word of mouth from across the social and political spectrum, continues to garner positive reviews and media coverage for its unique blend of memoir, journalism and polemic on the topic of poverty. Read the book today Check out Darren's 2018 Orwell Prize winning book "Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass." "Nothing less than an intellectual and spiritual rehab manual for the progressive left." - Irvine Welsh READ NOW
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Episodes
  • 'Everything in Moderation'

    'Everything in Moderation'
    Mar 24 2020
    In a state of UK-wide lockdown, the left will struggle to make political capital from the Covid-19 crisis. Despite many of its historical arguments about the need for a strong state, and government intervention, now effectively being made by the Tories, the general population will likely resist anything more radical than what is currently happening. So what do people who want to see real change do now? Audio mastered by Morphamish Artwork by MJ Windebank Published by You Call That Radio https://pod.link/1466719969
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    36 mins
  • 'Universal Crisis'

    'Universal Crisis'
    Mar 22 2020
    Walk and Talk with Darren McGarvey is a special podcast series dedicated to matters arising from the Coronavirus crisis. Episode 2: Everyone is up shit creek. After a decade of brutal austerity, now most people in Britain knows how it feels to need support from the state. Measures announced by the UK government have thrown out everything we previously thought about economics and state intervention. But who will pay for it all after? Is austerity 2.0 inevitable? Or will the COVID-19 crisis lead to a greater empathy for those who've been defaulting on debts for years prior to this crisis? Will it moderate stereotypes about benefit claimants? And will the relaxed welfare conditionality we see being implemented continue after the crisis has passed? If not, why? Let's talk about it! Mastered by Morphamish Artwork by Martin Windebank Uploaded by You Call That Radio? https://spoti.fi/33zz4xn
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    33 mins
  • Walk and Talk with Darren McGarvey - Ep 1 - 'We Can All Go Home'

    Walk and Talk with Darren McGarvey - Ep 1 - 'We Can All Go Home'
    Mar 18 2020
    After centuries of wealth accumulation, democratic innovation, and technological and medical advances, our government's big idea is that we should all stay in the house for the rest of the year and not come out until the virus goes away. What does this mean? Aren't pandemics predictable? Why were we so unprepared and how will social-distancing impact our daily lives? Audio Mastered by Morphamish Artwork by MJ Windebank martin-windebank.smugmug.com Add Darren on Twitter @lokiscottishrap Check his back catalogue of music on http://mistaloki.bandcamp.com and his Orwell prize winning novel 'Poverty Safari' in all good book stores and online shops now
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    24 mins

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