In this episode Adam and Georgia discuss the first few weeks of Joe Biden's Presidency, including America's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Capitol riots and the GameStop stock trading frenzy. Enjoy!

Episode 8 - Picking Apart the Pandemic

Dec 12th, 2020 40m 57s

(Recorded on 24th November)Recorded during England's second lockdown, Adam and Georgia felt it was only natural for a politics podcast to record an episode about the coronavirus pandemic! We discuss the impact of the pandemic on the UK thus fa

Episode 7 - Election Special

Nov 3rd, 2020 37m 15s

Georgia and Yorcast's new host, Adam Spencer, discuss tonight's US Election in relation to past elections that could set a similar precedent, particularly focusing on 1968, 2000 and 2008.

Episode 6 - 1 Wedding and a Funeral

Aug 12th, 2020 30m 44s

Charlie and Georgia discuss the re-emergence of the Shamima Begum case, and also the future of this podcast. Our next episode will cover the pandemic and the global response to it, so watch out for that in the coming weeks!

Episode 5 - Minnesota Burning

Jun 22nd, 2020 41m 30s

We're back! Charlie and Georgia discuss the ongoing protests in America and beyond following the murder of George Floyd; what to make of them, what impact they'll have going forward, and why surrounding Churchill's statue in aluminium won't mak

Episode 4 - #MeToo: from Hollywood to HR

Mar 27th, 2020 28m 41s

Our new host, Georgia Jones, and I recorded this episode in which we discussed the progression of the #MeToo movement from a hashtag used by Hollywood actors to something affecting the lives of everyone in the workplace, within families and onl

Episode 3 - Polarisation and Populism

Feb 26th, 2020 16m 41s

Just a short episode before Polsoc's upcoming AGM on the 27th! Charlie talks about political polarisation and populism, and argues that the only way to stop having people like Trump emerge is to tackle the environment that created him in the fi

Episode 2 – Battle of the Geriatrics

Feb 3rd, 2020 24m 46s

Charlie discusses the upcoming Democratic Primaries and argues why his favourite old guy running is better than the other ones.Polsoc are doing an event on recent American politics on Wednesday 6th of February at 6:30pm in D/L/036! Come along

Episode 1 - #RevokeJoSwinson

Dec 5th, 2019 40m 6s

This is Yorcast, the podcast run by the York Politics Society! For our debut episode, our hosts (Charlie Buckley and Sam Rigby) discuss the upcoming general election and pray it means we won't have to talk about Brexit anymore. Apologies for o

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