What Am Politics?
When it comes to understanding political issues, Richie is a self confessed toddler. That’s why he’s enlisted the help of Steve, his politically savvy drinking buddy, to help him understand how government effects our everyday lives and our interactions with each other.
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140 – What Am Politics? (The Finale)
It took some doing, but after 5 years and 140 episodes we have finally covered every single detail on the subject of politics. From this point onwards there will be no new information on the topic. Anyone who makes a claim to the contrary is probably a fa...
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137 – What Am Populism?
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136 – What Am Development Aid? (with Caoimhe de Barra, CEO of Trocaire)
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135 – What Am Northern Ireland?
We're back, babaí!
To ease back into things, the boys decided to tackle the light and breezy subject of *checks notes* ... Northern Ireland.
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