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Theo tells a story. The real refugee story. Britain should listen.
We've heard lots about the Windsor Framework, but why has Sunak tackled this project now? Theo outlines some possible reasons for Sunak's unexpected pivot, and what it reveals about his character.Enjoy.--InstagramYouTubeBlogEmail: poorlyi
Theo and Will reveal the reality of post-WWI Germany: not of a middling democracy, but a deeply confused nation torn apart by the first modern ideological conflict. In the ruins of a Prussian state, liberal democracy, fascism, and communism bat
There are revealing similarities between Liz Truss's floundering 1-month premiership and George Canning's 4 desperate months over 200 years ago.Theo hosts this Slightly More Informed (SMI) episode breaking down these unexpected links between t
After a poor showing at the 2020 Presidential election, the Republican Party is grappling with a future where Trump has been rejected by the country but it still loved by much of their base. Peter and Will discuss the ongoing battle for the sou
Who might win the next General Election? Boris Johnson, Kier Starmer, or someone else entirely? Enjoy this last episode of our free-wheeling lockdown debates and let us know what you think on social media and in the reviews!Enjoy.--Socials:
Who's the most important figure of the last 200(ish) years? Maybe Napoleon Bonaparte, Simon Bolivar, Karl Marx, or...Sir Robert Peel? Will hosts, as the Poorly Informed guys have a classic historical scrap.Enjoy.--Socials: @podcastpoorly (IG
What was good in 2020? Quite a lot, actually. Max leads Peter, Theo and Will through a discussion of what went well in 2020, and why we can be optimistic for the future.Enjoy.--Socials: @podcastpoorly (IG & Twitter)YouTube: https://www.yout
For the first of our unedited, unscripted lockdown debates, Peter, Max, Will, and Theo discuss what they'd do if, by some freak accident, they ruled the world (a la 'Game of Drones' from 2019).There's headlight missiles, leaky water bottles an
Special guest Rhona discusses working in Calais's migrant camps, protesting outside the Home Office, and seeing refugees climb under vans in the hopes of making it to England.And can we even do anything to help?*Special note. Immediately afte
Civil War. Famine. Cholera. The Yemeni Civil War has been running for 6 years, and the casualties just keep rising. There is no end in sight.But why is there a war? Who's involved? And why do people keep posting about it on instagram?Will exp
A deeper dive into the region of Xinjiang and the Uighur people - it didn't fit into the last episode but deserves to be covered.
Peter discusses the world's second power at length, examining why it's becoming so powerful, how strong it really is, and the unexpected importance of energy.
This time Will covers anarchism in a serious, succinct and well-researched new episode for our occasional 'Slightly More Informed' series. Here he explains how we misunderstand the ideology of anarchism, and that true anarchists are more likely
In one of the most interesting and chaotic Poorly Informed debates since the early days, Peter, Will, Max and Theo have a classic Prime Ministers' ranking fight.After Thatcher's economic liberalisation in the 1980s, Prime Ministers would never
Looking for something light-hearted? Want an a fresh view of the world? Need to take your mind off China? Unlucky.After Season Two's uploads were suspended in September - our editors went on a bender at uni - we thought the shutdown was a per
Struggling with Brexit? We've got you covered. Sit back and relax with Theo's informal, simple guide to the past six months.Here we go over Theresa May's resignation, Parliament's prorogation, Lady Hale's supreme court ruling, Johnson's Brexit
The Poorly Informed Podcast is back. We're better* and bigger** than ever before, with fresh new content, some cracking debates and a great new theme tune (excellently produced by James Roberts). You listened to Season 1 almost 2,000 times, and
Back by slightly irritable demand, Theo covers everything Brexit since the Government's record-breaking defeat in January! There's a lot to cover in twenty minutes, so this is a focus on explaining the key events and what they mean.He also dis
Poorly Informed’s Season 1 send-off has everything you could want from Theo, Max, Will and Peter.There’s humour, debate, space exploration, genocide and sparkling water, as the four put forward their plans for global domination. It’s a mess.E
Will is back to host a clash of ideals: should we sacrifice opportunity now, and stop climate change in the future? Or do we keep our Co2-guzzling societies, but encourage a future ecological disaster?Theo, Max and Peter grapple with these que
Max hosts a discussion over how far we should go to achieve military victory. Peter and Theo have an argument over nuclear weapons (there’s quite a fall out). Will stays away on holiday.At least we can all agree that war is bad.Enjoy. Instag
— It’s our twenty-fifth episode! Big thanks for listening to the Poorly Informed Podcast; we really appreciate your support. —Imagine Desert Island Discs, but with historical figures instead of music. And a bunch of guys who don’t know what th
For the second part of this two-part series, Theo, Max, Will and Peter debate a resurgent issue: the merits of capitalism versus the merits of socialism. Big questions lie ahead: which economic system is better?; which model benefits the people
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