Probably About Politics Podcast

A look back on the year this week on Probably About Politics! 2018 has been a big year for the pod, and Alex and Kaleigh are catching up on how the elections we looked at turned out! We are also excited to tell you what we're planning for the year ahead in 2019 as we continue to grow and try to hit all continents! (Kaleigh is researching penguin democracy for Antartica)

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We're making pod history with our first ever interview! Having recently voted in the local elections, Alex and Kaleigh are even more determined to spread the word about the local politics and how to get involved.  What better place to start than by asking the newly elected Mayor of Yellowknife some questions? In a great conversation with Mayor Alty, our hosts got to learn about municipal governance in a city in Canada's North, about getting involved in local politics, and importantly, that it's all Probably About Politics!

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This week on Probably About Politics we've got a smaller election, but certainly an important one, in the Pacific! As always, there is a lot in the news so you could miss the national election taking place in Fiji. But, as a democracy with a history of coups, a growing young population, and major questions about its future, particularly in areas of the economy and climate change, this will prove to be a small but mighty election with significant implications for one of the Podcast’s favourite regions in the world.

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This week on Probably About Politics we've got the biggest election going in South America! There is a lot in the news these days so you could miss this one but you'd be missing out on one of the most important elections this year! Kaleigh and Alex break down the lead up to this election and the Brazilian context and also look at what democracy looks like in one of the biggest countries in the world.  And of course as always they dive into a little PM Ardern update and some NEVER done before updates on some dramatic Canadian Provincial elections.

WE'RE BACK! Season 3 and we're starting off with a big one! Kaleigh and Alex give you the update on what they got up to all summer while you were listening to summer school and sneak in a little Australian politics news! Then they dive in and take a look at 2 countries who seem like they'd have very different political problems but are both facing real democratic challenges that we as a world should be thinking about!

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Well, we've made it to the end of Summer(ish) School and season 2 of Probably About Politics and so Alex and Kaleigh are going to confront their existential anxieties and ask why are they making this podcast? Why do summer school? Why does anything matter? Why haven't they figured out a posting schedule?

We're excited about season 3 and have some big plans for the fall(running for office?!)So stay tuned for all of that and more! And tell us what you want for season 3, thought of season 2 and summer school or anything else on:

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Alex and Kaleigh are back with pt.4 of Probably About Politics Summer School! In this months episode they, like the millennials they are, discuss how everything is a spectrum... a political spectrum anyway... and we're all on it! They talk about why the designation of left and right can be confusing and why they've found it important to consider where they are and how they've changed!

Want to check in where you fall on the political spectrum? Check it out here: https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

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In this episode we go over difference between uni and bicameral systems and do a case study on the Canadian parliament.

We're back with episode 2 of our special Summer School episodes! This week Alex & Kaleigh dive into electoral systems and explain all the ways votes are counted around the world and the benefits that they bring. If you've ever had questions about what we mean when someone talks about first-past-the-post or proportional representation this is the episode for you!

We also promised links to help with the visual elements of what these electoral systems might look like.

What electoral reform in Canada might look like: http://ow.ly/GelN30jU7Ct

Explainer Videos by CGP Grey: http://ow.ly/QoRH30jU7F1

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Welcome to the first episode of the Probably About Politics Summer(ish) School! The first topic is Democracy and all of the forms it can take! Alex and Kaleigh had lots of questions about the way the democracies we talk about work and thought maybe you do too!

This summer Kaleigh and Alex are a whole ocean away from each other! So every month we'll release a new episode where we learn the ins and outs of the voting process around the world. We're really excited to get into this and hope you enjoy!

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