Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog. We break down the issues you should care about.

Are universities broken?

From August the 1st student’s will spend £26 at least per day on University tuition alone. That’s every day, every year. In fact, that’s only for homegrown students, with international student tuition varying but costing a fuck* of a lot more.

Why is university so expensive? And how – despite all this money – are universities slashing jobs and and courses?

*technical term

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led politics podcast. Every week join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

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Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Emma Leach and Finn Lawrence Knight. Thanks to the rest of our team, Madeleine Gwynee Hughes and Matt Hollenbeck. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is a Push! Media production.

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Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

It's not wet (to care about water)

Water is one of the most fundamental resources on our planet. We swim through into some of the contentious international politics around water, AI, climate change and why you should care about it.

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every week join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Subscribe to the Rookie Politics PT to get accessible politics delivered to your inbox for free, every Thursday!

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Madeleine Gwynee Hughes and Matt Hollenbeck. Thanks to the rest of our team, Emma Leach and Finn Lawrence Knight. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright & Matt Hollenbeck. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

The National Health service needs a service!

We are extremely lucky in the UK to have a public, free at the point of delivery, accessible health service. The NHS saves countless lives every year and is a key feature of national political discourse. But it’s struggling. If you, or anyone you know has tried to get a GP appointment, routine surgery, dentist, etc. you’ll know it’s a struggle. We constantly hear that the NHS is understaffed, under funded and overworked, but what's going on and how can we fix it?

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every week join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Subscribe to the Rookie Politics PT to get accessible politics delivered to your inbox for free, every Thursday!

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Madeleine Gwynee Hughes and Finn Lawrence Knight. Thanks to the rest of our team, Emma Leach and Matt Hollenbeck. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is a Push! Media Production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

Let's talk about you and me!

What is a woman? It’s one of those concepts everyone has grown up with, that there are fundamental and basic differences between every man and every woman. But it is not as simple as this. Gender, as with race, class, and basically everything else is a constructed identity. We explain what this means, dismantle some lazy transphobic arguments, and Adam gets weirdly passionate about parkrun.

Check out the Bath Journal of Social Science: https://linktr.ee/bathjournalsocsci

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every two weeks join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Emma Leach and Matt Hollenbeck. Thanks to the rest of our team, Maddie Gwynee Hughes and Finn Lawrence Knight. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

Why are all democracies so different?

We’re going on a world tour! Have you ever wondered why the UK system is Parliamentary, the American System is Presidential, and the French System is just odd? Well today is your lucky day! We’re going to be talking about the three basic forms of democratic government, and how they work.

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every week(!) join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Maddie Gwynee Hughes and Finn Lawrence Knight. Thanks to the rest of our team, Emma Leach and Matt Hollenbeck. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

Trump wins the 2024 Presidential Election.

America has elected its first convicted criminal President. We discuss how Trump won, what happens next and what we can learn from this election.

*In this episode Adam mispeaks when refers to John F Kennedy as having been assassinated, when as Robert F Kennedy was assassinated.

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every two weeks join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Matt Hollenbeck and Emma Leach. Thanks to the rest of our team, Finn Lawrence Knight and Maddie Gwynne Hughes. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

All the Starmer Drama

How has Keir Starmer's first 100 days as UK Prime Minister gone? From the riots over the summer, to the 'gifts' scandal, and some speculation on the imminent budget: we assess how the new government has faired so far.

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every two weeks join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Finn Lawrence Knight and Madeleine Gwynne Hughes. Thanks to the rest of our team, Matt Hollenbeck and Emma Leach. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

*Disclaimer, there are some mild audio issues in this episode*

Boys Boys Boys

Why are almost a fifth of young men voting for Nigel Farage's radical Reform party? We discuss the way in which young men are being radicalised by social media, toxic influencers such as Andrew Tate and how this shift is happening under our noses.

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every two weeks join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the University of Bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Finn Lawrence Knight, Madeleine Gwynne Hughes and Emma Leach, with scripting and research from Matt Hollenbeck. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible Politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.

WTF America?

We break down how on earth the U.S Presidential Race is so close and deep dive into Donald Trump's insidious Project 2025 Agenda. What it is, who's behind it and how it could usher in a tyrannical Christian nationalist regime if Trump wins.

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Rookie Politics is the University of Bath's flagship student-led Politics Podcast. Every two weeks join Adam Wright, a final year politics and international relations student at the university of bath as well as fellow students and professors to investigate a political issue you should care about.

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)

Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Finn Lawrence Knight and Madeleine Gwynne Hughes, with scripting and research from Emma Leach. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction (​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is an independent production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to ROOKIE POLITICS, accessible politics for the underdog.

Every two weeks join Adam Wright a final year politics and international relations student at the university of bath as well as fellow students, Bath Time journalists and professors to break down the latest newsy developments, as well as an in-depth investigation into a political issue.

Issues like: Should we cancel all student loans? What is Trump’s Project 2025 agenda and why are young men increasingly being radicalised by misogynists like Andrew Tate? 

Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts, starting October 2024.

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Introduction Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction

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