With Latvia set to vote on a new parliament in less than a month, Otto and Joe sat down for a marathon-length episode to discuss all 19 of the competing parties, as well as a brief introduction to how Saeima (Latvian parliament) works and is elected. If you would like to skip to a specific part of the episode, you can choose a part below:

3:24 What is Saeima (parliament)?

8:56 How the Prime Minister is chosen

14:56 - The guide to the 19 parties

17:54 - 1. Jaunā Vienotība

23:59 - 2. Latvia’s Krievu Savienība

29:22 - 3. Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība

35:10 - 4. Tautas Kalpi Latvijai

40:28 - 5. Suverena Vara

45:57 - 6. Kristīgi progresīvie partija

50:24 - 7. Saskaņa

1:00:15 - 8. Stabilitātei!

1:10:31 - 9. Tautas Vāras spēks

1:17:05 - 10. Partija "Vienoti Latvijai"

1:19:54 - 11. Nacionālā apvienība

1:28:16 - 12. Latvia pirmajā vietā

1:38:02 - 13. Konservatīvie

1:47:22 - 14. Katram un Katran

1:53:35 - 15. Progresīvie

1:58:53 - 16. Attistībai/Par!

2:04:35 - 17. Apvienība Latvijai

2:08:40 - 18. Apvienotais saraksts

2:15:21 - 19. Republika

2:20:09 - Overall analysis

Here is a link to the Election Guide spreadsheet and Otto and Joe created for the episode: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FnCznxvsmc6X-6qOXpZoEvHwwUEFEOHOd-9X6VG4M5w/edit?usp=sharing

Opening and closing music: "Epic Cinematic" by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/cinematic-background-music/epic-cinematic/