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- Episode 7: Food Parcels, Sweet Home, and Censorship on Social Media
In this episode we discuss the following
Food Parcels: Or why does the UK government keep making the same mistakes? Sweet Home: Monsters? Korea? No clue as to what on earth is going on? Sweet Home is for you on Netflix!
Social Media and Censorship: With Trump banned, what are the implications of tech companies owning the platforms for media distributions?
1 hr 13 min - 6.5 Bonus Episode - The Capitol Riot/Insurection - part 2
In this bonus episode - by listener demand, we discuss in more depth some of the implications, both towards the US and the UK, and even taking a brief segway into the historical.
49 min - Episode 6: Insurectionists, Star Trek Discovery, and yet another Lockdown
In this episode we discuss
- The events at the Capitol on the 06/01/2021, and the riot/attempted insurection.
- Star Trek Discovery - which has a new season about to complete. Views from a newbie through to seasoned Trekies.
- Lockdown III in the UK. How did we even get here? Is it sustainable?
1 hr 5 min - Episode 5: Christmas Special 2020!
This week on Critical Poll, we proceed to abandon politics for a bit and just talk nerdery. Favourite and most hated Christmas movies abound! Also, you all get to listen to why Dave is only allowed one drink in the course of our normal episodes.
54 min - Episode 4: Fish, Crunch, and the House of MouseSubjects this week: - Fishing, gunboats, and the actual relevance to the EU-UK Trade deal. . - Cyberpunk 2077- and the liberal use of "Crunch" by software houses and others (No spoilers - none of us have played it yet) - Disney. The House of Mouse, and the Franchise that owns pretty much all the nerdery. Is is good to have so much sitting so centralised for Genre?1 hr 7 min
- Episode 3: Vaccines, Romance in Video Games and the Future of Cinema
We talk firstly about the upcoming Vaccine regime in the UK, and how much the State should render the taking of it compulsory in the face of the anti-vax movement. Secondly about romance in video games, and the difficulties that result in so many appalling depictions, and lastly about how much of a future cinema has when faced with Covid and streaming services.
58 min - Episode 2: Corruption, The Alienist, and (We're sorry) Brexit
In this episode, we discuss the politics of percieved corruption around PPE in the UK, review the Netflix show the Alienist, and all give predictions of various degrees of confidence and fatigue about how we think Brexit is going to pan out over different time frames.
1 hr 5 min - Critical Poll: Episode 1: "Bullies, Paranormal, and a Merryish Christmas"
This is Critical Poll, a podcast which tries to mix nerdery with politics. Like jamming oil and water into a cocktail shaker, but less messy, and more insightful.
In this episode, we discuss
Bullying - In politics, it can be a stressful game. Why does bullying occur so often, and why has it suddenly become a media worthy issue now? Paranormal - A spoiler free discussion of the new Egyptian Netflix show Christmas lockdown - Enforcable? Desireable? What is the best thing to try and do?
57 min
About Critical Poll - Podcast
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Critical Poll is a podcast which merges political discussion with the palate cleanser of geek/nerd culture. Three topics, four speakers, twenty minutes each.