Why do countries exist

By Ryan O'HaraNews Politics History

Why do countries exist episodes

February 11, 2023 Serbian Political Parties
A look at Serbian political parties

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:47

Serbian Progressive party (SNS) 3:00

SNS allies 6:50

Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) 8:26

SPS allies (United Serbia and Greens of Serbia) 11:34

United Parliamentary group 12:09

National Democratic Alternative (NADA) 15:22

We Must Coalition (Moramo) 18:30

People's Party (Narodna) 20:43

Democratic Party (DS) 23:07

Serbian Party of Oathkeepers (SSZ) 25:24

Dveri 27:43

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) 29:41

Other minority parties 31:07

Conclusion and Outro 32:30
35 min
January 29, 2023 Episode 35: History of the Central African Republic
Karkanji recipe: https://www.food.com/recipe/karkanji-hibiscus-tea-africa-455446

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Intro 0:00

Country profile 1:11

Pre-colonial history 3:44

French Ubangi-Shari 4:37

Early independence and the Central African Empire 8:57

80s to Bozize 11:30

Central African Civil war and current politics 14:47

Conclusion, outro and sources 19:58

24 min
January 17, 2023 Danish Political Parties
A look at Danish political parties and the post-2022 election political landscape

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:43

Social Democrats (A) 2:27

Venstre, Denmark's liberals (V) 5:08

Moderates (M) 7:59

Green Left/Socialist People's Party (F) 10:46

Denmark Democrats (Æ) 13:26

Liberal Alliance (I) 15:38

Conservative People's Party (C) 17:35

Red-Green Alliance (Ø) 20:06

Radical left/Social Liberal Party (B) 22:21

Alternative (Å) 25:05

New Right (D) 27:23

Danish People's Party (O) 29:32

A brief word on Faroese and Greenlandic politics 32:06

Conclusion and Outro 33:40
36 min
January 06, 2023 Turkish Political Parties
A look at Turkish political parties

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:45

Justice and development party (AKP) 2:54

AKP adjacent (SP, DEVA) 6:47

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) 8:59

MHP adjacent (BBP) 11:48

Republican People's Party (CHP) 12:35

CHP adjacent (MP, YP) 16:06

People's Democratic party (HDP) 17:30

HDP adjacent (TIP, DBP) 19:49

Good/IyI Party 21:33

IyI adjacent (DP, ZP) 23:36

Conclusion, random musings and outro 25:10
29 min
December 23, 2022 Episode 34: History of Cape Verde
Green cape

Bolinhos recipe (hope you can do better than me): https://www.anacao.cv/noticia/2018/07/22/bolinhos-de-mel/

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Intro 0:00

Country profile 0:56

Pre-history/pre-Portuguese history? 2:44

Portuguese rule 3:20

Colonial war, and PAIGC and PAICV rule 10:50

Modern democracy 14:21

Outro, conclusion, sources 17:18
21 min
December 05, 2022 Japanese Political Parties
A look at Japanese political parties

Japanese politics 101:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdFBN0Nedy2wVVmjz0AiCWqo-MYv0yumj

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Intro 0:00

Liberal Democratic party (LDP) history 1:25

political structure 3:23

LDP factions, supporters and criticism 5:24

Komeito Party 8:16

Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) 11:03

Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) 14:25

Democratic Party of the People (DPP) 17:25

Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 19:44

Reiwa Shinsengumi 22:25

Social Democratic Party (SDP) 23:46

NHK party 24:32

Okinawa Social Mass party 25:36

Sanseito (the party of do it yourself) 26:09

Outro 26:44
28 min
November 25, 2022 Polish Political Parties
A look at Polish Political parties

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 0:53

United Right (Law and Justice) 3:28

Civic Coalition (Civic Platform) 8:01

The Left 11:43

Polish Coalition (Polish People's Party) 15:13

Confederation 18:16

Poland 2050 (PL2050) 22:10

Agreement 23:52

Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 24:40

Kukiz'15 25:37

German Minority electoral committee (MN) 26:57

Outro 27:43
30 min
October 31, 2022 Halloween Special! Northern State Recreation Area history
listen to me ramble about an alleged haunted place
25 min
October 28, 2022 Episode 33: History of Canada
Village

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Intro and acknowledgement 0:00

Country profile 2:22

Pre-colonial Canada 6:14

New France 8:16

British rule 12:47

Early days of confederation 18:47

War, War, depression and war 23:07

Post-war years and current politics 28:32

Conclusion, and Outro 35:37

38 min
October 06, 2022 Irish Political Parties
A look at Irish Political Parties

Joe.ie state of us podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kUT83RHZUFp3hlOksqeY1

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Intro 0:00

Background and political structure 1:10

Fianna Fail 4:37

Fine Gael 5:58

What's is the difference between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael? 7:21

Green Party 11:21

Sinn Fein 13:43

Labour party 17:08

Social Democrats 19:49

People Before Profit/Solidarity (PBP/S) 21:36

Aontu 23:10

Right to Change 23:57

Human Dignity Alliance 24:32

Independents 4 Change (I4C) 25:04

Outro 25:43
28 min

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A dive into every country's history and why they exist. I also do episodes on political parties throughout the world or just talking about stuff that interests me!