SNAP

Joseph Boon

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SNAP Podcast

Each episode tells the story of a political event in New Zealand or world history.

24/02/2021

Season 2 Episode 1. How a Prime Minister falls

Every Prime Minister falls. Here's 3 ways from recent history.

23 min
24/10/2020

The basic MP

What is an MP? What do they do, and how can they screw up? Let's find out!

16 min
20/10/2020

The Leader of the Opposition

Today I describe the worst job in the country, the Leader of the Opposition. Thankless, stressful, and powerless, but ambitious people will give it a shot in order to win the top job.

18 min
19/10/2020

The Modern NZ Prime Minister

Being PM sucks, but women Prime Minister's have significant advantages. What is the job like? Can anyone do it? Should anyone want to? I look into these questions.

18 min
18/10/2020

MMP Majority!?

NZ has just held a general election and the Labour Party won in a landslide. What is the MMP electoral system? Why do we have it, and how does it effect politicians?

17 min
17/10/2020

The Crisis of King Canute

Today we talk about the foreign exchange crisis after the 1984 election and the constitutional crisis that it generated.

24 min
13/10/2020

Pissed as a Fiddler's cat

The 1984 snap election. Why did it happen, and how? A maverick female MP, a PM under pressure, and a building economic crisis. Those ingredients would mix and end Sir Robert Muldoon's eight and a half years in power.

19 min

7 Episodes

Each episode tells the story of a political event in New Zealand or world history.

Creator

Joseph Boon
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

7
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© Joseph Boon
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