Make Politics Boring Again

Robert Caple
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Welcome to the boring side of politics. We see through the left-wing/right-wing divide and strip away the media spin to focus on the power structures and economic systems dictating our daily lives. We examine current events through an anti-capitalist lens and answer your questions about politics, economics, and much more… You can submit your questions to us on here, or through TikTok and Instagram @robcaple_ or YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. You can also follow me on Substack for more political insights @robertcaple. The revolution will be boring. You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 06/15/2025

    5 Questions: Dark Enlightenment, Techno-Fascism, and May Day Protests

    The week I’m answering another five questions that you’ve sent in. We’re covering a range of topics from the ‘Dark Enlightenment, and techno-fascism, to free speech, and May Day Protests. Chapter: 00:25 - Is the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ Philosophy Gaining Traction Among Tech Elites? 08:54 - Is the Rise of Techno-Fascism in America a New Form of Authoritarianism? 15:19 - Is the Global Crackdown on Digital Speech a Threat to Democracy? 24:46 - Is the ‘Digital Fairness Act’ a Genuine Effort to Protect Consumers or a Tool for Control? 27:34 - Are May Day Protests Signalling a New Era of Worker Solidarity? Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @makepoliticsboringagain For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min

  2. 05/13/2025

    5 Questions: Private Cities, Carbon Trackers, and The Pope

    The week I’m answering another five questions that you’ve sent in. We’re covering a range of topics from billionaires creating private cities, and personal carbon trackers, to the future of digital money, and what the Pope’s death means for global politics. Chapter: 00:58 - Are private banks quietly taking over the future of digital money? 11:00 - Are personal carbon trackers about saving the planet or controlling us? 16:34 - Are billionaires building private cities? 24:36 - Are billionaires replacing governments with private systems? 31:20 - How will the Pope’s death reshape global power? Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    38 min

  3. 04/04/2025

    5 Questions: Trump’s Media Empire, Canada’s Election, and DEI

    This week I’m answering another five questions that you’ve sent in. We’re cover a range of topics, from Trump’s media empire and DEI policies, to Canada’s election, companies collapsing, and seed monopoly. Chapter: 00:38 - Is Trump building a state-run media empire? 08:06 - Why is Canada heading into a snap election over trade threats? 12:35 - Are the world’s biggest companies collapsing…on purpose? 16:49 - Has diversity in education been turned into a scapegoat? 20:40 - Should people start saving vegetables seeds? Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min

  4. 03/13/2025

    5 Questions: The Reform Party, Jeff Bezos, and Apple vs The Government

    This week I’m answering another five questions that you’ve sent in and we’re covering a range of topics as always, from the Reform Party, and Jeff Bezos controlling The Washington Post, to Apple fighting the UK government, and Keir Starmer increasing defence spending. Chapter: 00:36 - Can the UK’s Reform Party establish themselves as a top-two party by the next general election? 10:28 - Why is Keir Starmer prioritising defence spending over public services and foreign aid? 14:05 - Why is Jeff Bezos telling the Washington Post to focus on free markets and personal liberties? 20:10 - Why does the UK Government want access to our iPhones? 25:32 - Who’s the winner from Labour’s housing reforms? Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @makepoliticsboringagain or via the contact form on our website makepoliticsboringagain.co.uk. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

  5. 02/26/2025

    5 Questions: The Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup, DeepSeek, and Electric Vehicles

    In this episode I answer another five questions that you’ve sent in and we cover a range of topics including the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, the electric vehicle industry, and how DeepSeek will affect the AI industry. Chapter: 00:29 - Why is Saudi Arabia hosting the World Cup in 2034? 04:38 - Why don’t you hear more about cars that run on alternative fuels like ammonia? 08:31 - Who really controls the future of energy - governments or big business? 12:58 - How does DeepSeek change the landscape of AI? 17:44 - Are local councils being wiped out by bigger government? Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @makepoliticsboringagain or via the contact form on my website makepoliticsboringagain.co.uk. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min

  6. 02/17/2025

    5 Questions: Trade Tariffs, and How Elites Control the Economy, Food, and Activism

    In this episode I answer questions that you’ve sent in and we cover a range of topics, from how trade tariffs can have a positive effect, to how the UK’s democracy has been taken over by the financial sector, and why billionaires donate so much money to charity. Chapters: 00:45 - Can trade tariffs have a positive impact? 08:03 - Why do billionaires give so much money to charity? 13:15 - Are corporations taking over our food supply? 23:38 - How did financial elites take over the UK’s democracy? 28:00 - Is social justice activism controlled by elites and corporations? We have started a petition to make Politics, Philosophy, and Economics mandatory subjects in school. You can sign here: https://www.change.org/p/make-politics-philosophy-and-economics-mandatory-in-secondary-schools Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @makepoliticsboringagain or via the contact form on my website makepoliticsboringagain.co.uk. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min

  7. 02/01/2025

    5 Questions: Artificial intelligence, Universal Basic Income, and the Roman Empire.

    In this episode I answer questions that you’ve sent in and we cover a range of topics, from comparing the AI policy of the US and UK, to understanding how Universal Basic Income can help against inequality, and what lessons we can learn from the collapse of the Roman Empire. You can sign my petition here: https://www.change.org/p/make-politics-philosophy-and-economics-mandatory-in-secondary-schools Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram @makepoliticsboringagain or via the contact form on my website makepoliticsboringagain.co.uk. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

  8. 01/18/2025

    5 Questions: The UN, the Global South, and BRICS

    In this episode I answer questions that you’ve sent in and we cover a range of topics, from how to improve the United Nations to how to help the Global South countries. Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram @makepoliticsboringagain Or via the contact form on my website, makepoliticsboringagain.co.uk. Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. If you’d like to send in your questions or opinions for next week's episode, you can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @robcaple_ or on YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. For more political insights, you can also follow me on Substack @robertcaple or at robertcaple.substack.com You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic. Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
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Welcome to the boring side of politics. We see through the left-wing/right-wing divide and strip away the media spin to focus on the power structures and economic systems dictating our daily lives. We examine current events through an anti-capitalist lens and answer your questions about politics, economics, and much more… You can submit your questions to us on here, or through TikTok and Instagram @robcaple_ or YouTube @makepoliticsboringagain. You can also follow me on Substack for more political insights @robertcaple. The revolution will be boring. You can support my work here: https://buymeacoffee.com/yvn8j9y95cc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Robert Caple
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Robert Caple
  • Show Website
    Make Politics Boring Again