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In this episode I look at the phenomenon of Transnational Repression by discussing an article written by Yana Gorokhovskaia and Isabel Linzer on the topic, which features in Foreign Affairs. More content may be found on the poLit website HERE.

In this episode we will discuss Michael Oakeshott's famous essay 'Rationalism in Politics'. For citations and references, the original article may be found on the poLit website here. This is part 2 of 2.

In this episode we will discuss Michael Oakeshott's famous essay 'Rationalism in Politics'. For citations and references, the original article may be found on the poLit website here. This is part 1 of 2. 

In this episode, I discuss my thoughts on Harry G. Frankfurt's philosophical essay 'On Bullsh*t' in relation to the post-truth era. For more content, check out the poLit website. Sample taken from C-SPAN. **Due to the nature of this philosophical discussion, there is the repeated use of the one expletive**

In this episode, we discuss the local elections in the UK on May 5th with some help from Local Elections data since 1997. We are going to look at some trends, make some predictions and focus on a handful of councils in particular. Check out the poLit website here for citations and more content.

In this episode we will seek to understand who and what the term 'Alt-Right' applies to and how this is distinguishable from the 'Alt-Lite'. The original essay that this episode is taken from may be found here on the poLit website. 

Excerpts and samples taken from content on the YouTube accounts of: The Atlantic and Worlds Worst Fisherman. 

In this episode, I chat with Mr Connor James and discuss the intersection between the Marvel Universe, Popular Culture and Philosophy. Don't forget to visit the poLit website here. 

In this episode, we explore why Russia's invasion of Ukraine is illegal by reference to the articles of the UN Charter and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances. This is a version of an article of mine published in E-International Relations. This is also available on the poLit website here.

This episode is the first in a new monthly series, called 'Two Articles and Book'. Here, I will discuss two articles and a book that I thought were particularly thought provoking from the past month. Today:

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Two Articles:

Joseph S. Nye Jr. - 'The End of Cyber-Anarchy?' - Foreign Affairs 

Anton Jäger - 'From Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics' - Jacobin

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and a Book:

David Motadel (Ed.) - 2021 - Revolutionary World: Global Upheaval In the Modern Age - Cambridge: CUP

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Check out the poLit website here or go to www.thinkpolit.com. 

This episode is an aggregation of five previous guest's answers to the question "How do you understand 'politics' or 'the political'?". Here you will hear answers to this question by: Dr. Keith Preble @poliscikeith and Charmaine Willis @futuredrwillis of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University of Albany - State University of New York; Chloe Carrol @ChloeABCarroll of the University of Limerick; Dr. Georg Löfflmann @gloefflmann of the University of Warwick; and Ana-Maria Anghelescu @AnaAndreeaa of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest.