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KCL Politics Podcasts

KCL Politics Podcasts

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The home of Kings College London's Politics Societies' two podcasts, Politics 411 and Back to Basics.

Politics 411 is a current affairs podcast breaking down recent political happenings from around the world. Our host Siyona is joined by students, professors, and experts to get fresh details and new perspectives on global political issues.

Back to Basics is our political education podcast, where each week Siyona is joined by a subject expert to explore a different concept in civics and political theory. We'll cover electoral systems, governmental processes, ideological ideas and more.

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Episodes
  • The Prison-Industrial Complex: Profits, privatisation, and incarceration.

    The Prison-Industrial Complex: Profits, privatisation, and incarceration.
    Mar 19 2025

    In this episode of Pulse of the Politic, Charlie talks to Anna-Julia, a first-year War Studies student who wrote an article in The Dialogue entitled "2.3 Million Shackles: Understanding the Prison Industrial Complex".

    If you would like to read the article, check out the latest edition of The Dialogue.



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    30 mins
  • Invisible Islands: Exploring Small Island Developing States with Dr Hillary Briffa

    Invisible Islands: Exploring Small Island Developing States with Dr Hillary Briffa
    Feb 16 2025

    In this episode of Politisphere, Erik talks to Professor Hillary Briffa from King's College London. Dr. Briffa is a senior lecturer on the National Security Studies course and is the founding member of the Centre for Grand Strategy.


    If you are interested in learning more about SIDS (which you should be), then please check out the following material:


    • https://www.undp.org/latin-america/small-island-developing-states
    • https://sdgs.un.org/smallislands/about-small-island-developing-states
    • https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/cc_sids.pdf


    More on Tuvalu's digital statehood:

    • https://www.tuvalu.tv/#


    If you want to check out Dr. Briffa, here is her profile and one of her papers on Small Island States:

    • https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/hillary-briffa
    • Briffa, Hillary. 2021. “The Integrated Review and the View from Small States: Time to Think Smaller?” In The Integrated Review in Context: A Strategy Fit for the 2020s?,edited by Joe Devanny and John Gearson, 86–92. Centre for Defence Studies. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/the-integrated-review-and-the-view-from-small-states-time-to-think-smaller


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    40 mins
  • Electoral Reform: what is it and why do we need it? In conversation with Make Votes Matter

    Electoral Reform: what is it and why do we need it? In conversation with Make Votes Matter
    Dec 16 2024

    In this episode, Charlie speaks to Olivia Standing from Make Votes Matter, a youth organisation campaigning for proportional representation in the UK. If anyone would like to learn more about Make Votes Matter and electoral reform as a whole, you can find them here:

    • https://makevotesmatter.org.uk/young-mvm/
    • https://makevotesmatter.org.uk/

    Instagram

    • @makevotesmatterofficial

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    • @MakeVotesMatter


    I hope everyone enjoys listening to the episode!

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    26 mins

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