The Violet Podcast

In the latest episode, we discuss what economic institutions are, their importance in determining incomes, and the impact of migration on institutions in developing countries.

The latest episode covers some recent Afghan history to explain how we arrived at the current humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan.

In this episode, we address a flurry of listeners' questions relating to the current Cuban protests, and ask why Cuba continues to be a topic for conspiratorial thinking about international affairs.

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the "Culture Wars", looking at how immigration, and an increasing prevalence of Islam, are changing British culture.

The Violet explains what "The Culture Wars" are, in the first of a series of episodes on the topic. This week, we discuss statues of controversial historical figures, museum exhibits of foreign artefacts, and the England men's football team's pre-match kneeling ritual.

This week, we discuss the rather abstract political concept of tolerance, why it is so important to all societies, and how it should be upheld.

In this week's episode, we discuss the arguments for and against a policy that many listeners in the UK will think of as anachronistic, but is still a relevant issue around the world and which may become a big ideological divide in the future.

This week we discuss one of the major political issues of the modern day: the economic and cultural impacts of immigration, in the specific context of the UK.

In Part Two of our first two-part episode, we discuss the lessons we can draw from Part One's history, as well as the many unhelpful ways that the conflict is commonly framed.

For the first time, we've split one of our discussion topics across two episodes. In Part One, we lay out the history of 'the Holy Land'.