Critical Poll is a podcast which merges political discussion with the palate cleanser of geek/nerd culture. Three topics, four speakers, twenty minutes each.... more
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May 21, 2021Episode 17: Labour LRP, Zero, and The Underground Railroad In this weeks episode- You wake up and you're the leader of the Labour party. What do you do?- Zero, the new Superhero series on Netflix, set in the poor neighbourhoods of Milan, in Italian.- The Underground Railroad. Less a review, and more a debate on how much of a masterpiece it is....more May 07, 2021Episode 16: Julia James, Shadow and Bone, and Early Access We discuss:Julia James: The differences in coverage between similar cases, and the use of deaths for a political causeShadow and Bone: More YA stuff from Netflix. Will we like it better than Irregulars?Early Access: Games are getting released in a state of complete unreadiness. How tolerant should we be?...more April 30, 2021Episde 15: Scotland,Them, Flatgate In this episodeScottish Independence, links to Brexit, and why does Scottish nationalism get regarded as "nice nationalism?"Them: A review new uncompromising horror from AmazonFlatgate: 800 quid wallpaper, corruption and Boris Johnson....more April 09, 2021Episode 14: The Racism Report, The Irregulars, and The Police In this weeks episode we discuss- The recent report on racism in the UK.- The new Netflix YA horror, The Irregulars- With zero irony or sarcasm, what is the point of the police?...more March 26, 2021Episode 13: Right to Protest, The Terror, Sarah Everard In this episode we discuss1. The right to protest, and the danger or not represented by the recent Government bill2. The Terror. What do you do when you're stuck in pack-ice and everything wants to kill you?3. Sarah Everard, the impact, and the ramifications....more March 13, 2021Episode 12: After the Monarchy, Greenland, and Author Self Censorship In this weeks show, we discuss:- Where does the UK go next, if you make the asumption that the monarchy will be abolished?- Greenland - The Amazon hosted world ending movie. A raging comet or a damp squib?- Author self censorship: Discussing Kazuo Ishiguro's concerns that new authors are not taking risks due to fear of controversy....more February 26, 2021Episode 11: Free Speech, Behind Her Eyes, BBC Bias? In this weeks Podcast we discuss- Free speech on Campus. The UK Government wants to attempt to regulate this. But free speech is a tricky beast to pin down...- Behind Her Eyes: The latest Netflix sensation, but should you just skip to that end?- BBC Bias. Seemingly everyone has a view on this, and they appear to be incompatible. We try to get to the bottom of it in 20 minutes....more February 19, 2021Episode 10, The Return of Big Government, Space Sweepers, Film vs Series In this weeks podcast, we discuss- Is big government back in vogue in the UK, and what does it mean?- Space Sweepers, the new Korean space opera from Netflix.- The old debate, newly re-ignited by the pandemic. Is a TV series a better way of telling a story than a film?...more February 04, 2021Biden, Sorry to Bother You, and Tory LRP n this episode we talk about...Biden's first weeks. The ultimate elderly centrist is in charge, what is he doing?Sorry to Bother You. A black comedy in every stretch of the word, is this biting satire on Netflix worth your time?Tory LRP. You're suddenly the leader of the Conservative Party, and by extension the country. What do you do next?...more January 21, 2021Episode 8: Just Another 48 Hours?, Lupin, and Problematic Old Works We discuss- The leak of the proposal to reverse the Working Time Directive embedded into UK law now the UK has exited the transition period.- Lupin - The new French series on Netflix right now.- Old problematic works. How do we engage, and should we engage?...more
FAQs about Critical Poll - Podcast:
How many episodes does Critical Poll - Podcast have?
The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.