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Welcome to The News Club Podcast where we talk about the news and what to do about it. This second series is focused on how to get organised. With each episode, we bring together rebels, citizens , dreamers, writers, organisers and more to take the conversation from what is happening to what we can do about it. This September, we’re inviting you to join our online News Club (a book club for news). So make sure to subscribe to the News Club Newsletter for updates, check out our socials , and keep up-to-date with what you can do about it all here !
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The News Club Podcast where we talk about the news and what to do about it. This second series is focused on how to get organised. With each episode, we bring together rebels, citizens, dreamers, writers, organisers and more to take the conversation from what is happening to what we can do about it.
The Rebel Citizens is hosted by News Club. The show has published 25 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#10 Rebels On… Co-ops & Community Shares" (25 September 2025, 42 minutes), "#9 Rebels On… Big Tech Narratives" (18 September 2025, 39 minutes), and "#8 Rebels On… 21st Century Public Ownership" (13 September 2025, 34 minutes).
The Rebel Citizens publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for The Rebel Citizens is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Rebel Citizens requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Rebel Citizens's contact route on record: verified email.
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News Club hosts The Rebel Citizens, a society podcast with 25 episodes published.
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Episode #10
<p>From pubs and football clubs to housing and music venues, community shares are a way for ordinary people to pool their resources and take ownership of the places and services that matter most. Dave Boyle has spent...
Episode #9
<p>This week we’re joined by Manasa Narayanan, a journalist and researcher looking into issues at the intersection of politics and technology, including Big Tech/AI, misinformation, online hate and misogyny...
<p>This week we’re joined by Johnbosco Nwogbo from We Own It to ask: what can 21st century public ownership look like? From buses to rivers, health to food, we get into why privatisation sucks, and how we can build...
<p>Our Rebel Citizens this week are Dan Edelstyn and Leonie Rousham from Power Station: the East London art-activism project turning rooftops into solar stations and neighbours into co-owners of their own energy...
Episode #6
<p>This week, your dedicated PhD-holding, newsletter-writing, Dr. Tom Chivers finally gets his own episode on how we turn the BBC into a democratic media mutual, and why the time to act is now (...with the BBC Charter...
<p>British-Palestinian journalist and writer Hamza Yusuf joins us to talk fearless reporting on Palestine, the power of our collective conscience, and the need to create infrastructure that sustains real...
<p>From tackling monopoly to defending media freedom, Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism at Open Markets Institute, joins us to unpack the global state of AI, tech regulation, and why democracy...
Episode #3
<p>00:00 - Who is Irrational Technology?</p><p>02:50 - The leftist guide to AI</p><p>06:34 - Seemful vs seemless design</p><p>10:48 - What about social media?</p><p>14:58 - Big tech fascism</p><p>18:08 - Artificially...
Episode #2
<p>00:00 - Think Global, Act Local</p><p>00:12 - What should be headline news?</p><p>04:51 - Doing, not just talking</p><p>11:42 - The ideal refugee</p><p>15:15 - Connection in struggle and movements</p><p>21:38 - Who...
<p>00:00 - Community Media & Ownership</p><p>04:28 - Govanhill, Glasgow</p><p>07:39 - Community Interest Companies are cool!</p><p>10:41 - Lessons from the USA: Civic media & rethinking journalism</p><p>16:32...
Episode #15
<p>🎙️ What connects Welsh independence, a music mogul’s decades-long abuse, and BBC coverage of Gaza? Keep listening to find out. </p><p>00:00 - It Was Capitalism All Along</p><p>00:28 - An independent...
Episode #14
<p>🎙️ Can a socialist magazine survive multi-millionaire ownership? Should planning a protest land you in jail?</p><p>This week, we cover two stories: The takeover of Tribune, Britain’s oldest democratic socialist...
Episode #13
<p>🎙️ AI isn’t just reshaping what's real, it’s warping how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the world. On this episode, we dig into how AI is being used to extract, deceive, and disempower under the guise of...
The Rebel Citizens
<p>🎙️ Rebel Citizens: Ask Me Anything #2</p><p>00:00 - Q&A | A Future Where We Nap A Lot More</p><p>00:17 - Am I a fake feminist if I want to be told what to do by someone in power?</p><p>06:03 - Should we be exploring...
Episode #12
<p>🎙️ This week, we speak plainly: what's happening in Gaza is genocide.</p><p>Thousands of children in Gaza are dying of starvation under a brutal blockade. Hospitals are constantly bombed. Entire families are being...
The Rebel Citizens
<p>🎙️ Rebel Citizens: Ask Me Anything</p><p>00:00 - Rebel Citizens: A Toby Jug Full of Piss</p><p>00:12 - Will Farage end the two party system?</p><p>06:36 - How do I effectively chair a meeting without sounding like a...
Episode #11
<p>🎙️ What if the BBC wasn’t just public in name, but actually shaped by the public? This week, we talk disability rights, proposed welfare cuts, and what it means to radically democratise our media and culture. From...
Episode #10
<p>May 05, 2025 | 🎙️ Everyone’s talking about change — but not all “change” is created equal. While Reform UK cosplays as anti-establishment (with billionaire backing and prep school flair), maybe (just maybe) the...
Episode #9
<p>Apr 28, 2025 | 🎙️ What if Google wasn’t a tech monopoly but a global commons? What if organising meant more than selling newspapers and referencing dead Russians? This week, we dig into the digital and political...
Episode #8
<p>Apr 21, 2025 | 🎙️ In light of the Supreme Court’s nonsense ruling, solidarity with the queer and trans community has never been more crucial — Queer AF breaks it down further here. Meanwhile, behind the curtain, the...
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