• 56 minutes 16 seconds
    Episode 28 - Trump's Iron Throne vs Kim Jong Un's Ice Dragon
    In this episode, we discuss the relationship between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un with reference to season 7 of Game of Thrones. In addition to comparing some states to the houses of Westeros, we discuss what it means to acquire weapons of mass destruction and why it is not necessarily the end of the world. As always, like and subscribe!

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    22 January 2018, 5:07 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Episode 27: Socialism, Communism and the Needs of the Many

    In this episode, we continue our discussion on political ideologies by discussing Communism and Socialism. We have a lively debate regarding what Marx would think about the current state of Marxism and have fun looking at Animal Farm and whether Dr Spock makes a good communist.

    This episode was edited by Andrew Pfannkuche.

    The theme for this episode is the Game of Thrones Main Title Theme by Ramin Djawadi.

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    10 October 2017, 6:08 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Episode 26 - The MAD Cold War of Ozymandias
    In this very special episode, we are joined by their good friend and debating competitor, Kyle Tee. They discuss the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) by analysing the craftily malignant plan of the villainous mastermind in Watchmen: Ozymandias. 

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    17 April 2017, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Episode 25 - Why Inequality is Our Biggest Problem
    In this long-overdue episode, we discuss one of the greatest challenges that the world faces today: global economic inequality. While the world is getting richer; wealth is spread out so poorly that we decided to discuss unjust systems with the aid of Bioshock, Elysium and Gattica.

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    5 March 2017, 12:35 am
  • 1 hour 42 seconds
    Episode 24 - Applying Ideologies to Affected Areas
    Happy New Years everyone! This episode was recorded before the end of 2016 but It is the first launch in 2017. In this episode, we discuss how the political ideologies of Conservatism and Liberalism are applied to a few issues in today's political climate. Included in the discussion are issues of climate change and immigration found in the films 'The Day after Tomorrow' and 'District 9'. Please give whatever you can to our Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3727955

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    30 January 2017, 6:09 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Episode 23 - Conservative zombies vs Liberal vampires
    In this episode, we discuss the basic assumptions and history of the two primary ideologies in the world today: conservatism and liberalism. The discussion includes how the good guys in Lord of the Rings are conservative, while those in the Matrix are liberals. We await your comments and feedback...

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    18 December 2016, 6:19 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Episode 22 - Ideas behind Ideologies
    In this episode, we discuss political ideologies as a set of ideas and how they evolved. This is a bit of a winding episode where we try to simplify what a political ideology is. This will serve as the first episode in our series about Ideologies and all that they entail.

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    1 December 2016, 7:39 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Episode 21 - Trump: The Inevitable Demagogue?
    In this special episode, we discuss the recent crazy election of Donald Trump as President-Elect of the Unites States of America. We discuss how middle-America has been ignored and how the Left has shot itself in the foot, with all the inevitable Chancellor Palpatine referencing.

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    16 November 2016, 10:31 am
  • 57 minutes 26 seconds
    Episode 20 - Is Captain America's Civil War Greedy or Grief-ridden?
    In this episode, we discuss the latest Captain America film "Civil War" and how the term differs from conflict and revolution in political science. The Greed vs Grievance model is unpacked and applied to the film to examine the causes of the rift between the Avengers. Listen to us argue over whether the Sekovia Accords should have been signed...

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    14 October 2016, 9:03 am
  • 57 minutes 31 seconds
    Episode 19 - Why We Need to Seperate the Church and the Seven Kingdoms
    In this episode, we discuss the separation of church and State through the lens of the Sixth Season of Game of Thrones. We thought that we would have much more conflict over this but we had quite a bit of agreement.

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    26 August 2016, 12:44 am
  • 59 minutes 23 seconds
    Episode 18 - Is the Clash of Civilisations Inevitable
    In this episode, we discuss the idea of the Clash of Civilisations and the End of History. We jump around through games like Age of Empires and the movie Body of Lies to analyse whether a Clash of Civilisation is inevitable or rather elites just fighting over ideologies...

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    26 July 2016, 9:50 am
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