A look at Nigerian politics

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Intro 0:00

Background and Political structure 0:47

All Progressive Congress (APC) 4:21

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 7:18

3rd parties in Nigeria 9:25

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) 10:41

Young Progressive Party (YPP) 11:29

Labour party (LP) 12:07

Outro 13:13

Land of Kampu

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Intro 0:00

Country profile 1:05

Early history 3:20

Medieval and early modern Cambodia 4:14

French Colonialization 8:16

First 22 years of independence 12:05

Khmer Rouge/Democratic Kampuchea 17:22

Vietnamese occupation, PRK and insurgency 21:31

Current history and politics 23:38

Conclusion, outro and sources 28:06

A look at the 2022 election in Washington

Small disclaimer, I mentioned this at the end but #s for the money candidates have received are based on March 31st numbers, these will likely change on the July 15th.

Register to vote: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/register.aspx

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Intro 0:00

Political situation in Washington State 0:59

US Senate race 6:30

Secretary of State race 11:21

1st congressional district race 18:02

2nd congressional district race 21:27

3rd congressional district race 25:42

4th congressional district race 33:19

5th congressional district race 39:13

6th congressional district race 43:02

7th congressional district race 46:51

8th congressional district race 51:01

9th congressional district race 58:20

10th congressional district race 1:03:00

Outro 1:07:19

A look at political parties of New Zealand

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Citizen’s Handbook:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lS2qVBadNM5ZAZWaVDxH6PcmunCW4I3

“Campaign” documentary:

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/campaign

“Revolution” TV series:

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/revolution-1996/series

Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:59

Labour Party 4:31

Green Party 7:05

National Party 9:14

ACT 11:48

Māori Party 14:26

Other minor parties 16:34

Outro 19:57

History of Burundi

Recipe for Banana and Beans: https://youtu.be/oenEO8sGza4

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Intro 0:00

Country profile 0:53

Early history 3:05

Burundian kingdom 4:41

German and Belgian Burundi 5:25

UPRONA dictatorship 9:29

Burundi Civil war 14:53

CNDD rule and Current politics 19:07

Conclusion, outro and sources 22:20

A look at Colombian politics. Also, sorry my pronunciation of Uribe got worse and worse as the episode went on, my b lol

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:49

Historic Pact 4:44

Colombian Liberal Party 7:44

Colombian Conservative Party 10:14

Hope Center Alliance/Green alliance 12:41

Radical Change 15:10

Democratic Center 16:28

Party of the U 19:19

League of Anti-corruption Governors 21:28

Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA) 22:16

Outro 23:14

A look at political parties in the Philippines

https://www.eurasiareview.com/06042022-why-do-political-parties-not-work-in-philippine-elections-analysis/

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:46

PDP-Laban 3:59

Nacionalista Party 6:53

Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) 8:19

National unity party (NUP) 9:29

Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats (lakas-CMD) 10:10

Liberal Party 11:20

Federal Party of the Philippines (PFP) 14:29

Democratic Action (Aksyon) 17:03

Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives (PROMDI) 18:30

Party list parties 19:40

Outro 20:57

Upright people

Link to the Zoomkoom recipe: https://www.196flavors.com/burkina-faso-zoom-koom/

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Intro 0:00

Country profile 0:59

Pre-colonial history 3:21

French rule 4:53

Upper Volta and Thomas Sankara 7:18

Compaore’s rule and 2014 uprising 10:35

Post-2015 and current politics 13:27

Outro conclusion and sources 15:21

Interview with Marie Corman, a volunteer working within Agora helping with external relations, Michael Damman, a volunteer working within Agora helping organize the Brussels Citizen assembly and Pepijn Kennis, Agora's representative in the Brussel's regional parliament. 

Interview date: April 7th, 2022

Agora itself is a Belgian political party, working towards moving political power away from representatives and towards ordinary people. It is largely based in Brussels.

link to my wider episode on Belgian politics: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20mMDt3DYhygKsqvRJaHXh?si=tAdbEjA9T2Sxmzfkoyb-Hw

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A look at Belgian politics

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 1:14

Social democratic/socialist bloc 5:19

Liberal bloc 8:40

Green bloc 12:10

Christian Democratic bloc 15:34

New Flemish Alliance (NVA) 19:49

Vlaams Belang (VB) 22:14

Worker’s Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB) 24:45

DeFI 27:06

Libertarian Direct, Democratic (LDD) 28:09

Pro German Community (ProDG) 28:58

Vivant 29:40

Agora 30:22

Union of Francophones (UF) 31:04

Outro 31:45