Welcome to ROOKIE POLITICS, accessible politics for the underdog.Every week join Adam Wright and a cast of top students from the University of Bath to break dow...
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---------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.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rookiepol/donations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Around the world in a few democracies
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.---------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.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rookiepol/donations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trump Won, What Now?
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.---------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.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rookiepol/donations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How successful have Starmer's first 100 days been?
Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog where we break down the issues you should care about.All the Starmer DramaHow 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.---------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.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rookiepol/donations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How Andrew Tate and 'gym bro' culture are radicalising young men
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 BoysWhy 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.---------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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rookiepol/donations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to ROOKIE POLITICS, accessible politics for the underdog.Every week join Adam Wright and a cast of top students from the University of Bath to break down the issues you should care about, in a way anyone can understand.Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts.Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.