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Why do countries exist Ryan O'Hara
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A dive into every country's history and why they exist. I also do episodes on political parties throughout the world or just talking about stuff that interests me!
email:whydocountriesexist@gmail.com
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New Zealand Political Parties
A look at political parties of New Zealand
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Citizen’s Handbook:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lS2qVBadNM5ZAZWaVDxH6PcmunCW4I3
“Campaign” documentary:
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/campaign
“Revolution” TV series:
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/revolution-1996/series
Intro 0:00
Background and political structure 0:59
Labour Party 4:31
Green Party 7:05
National Party 9:14
ACT 11:48
Māori Party 14:26
Other minor parties 16:34
Outro 19:57 -
History of Burundi
History of Burundi
Recipe for Banana and Beans: https://youtu.be/oenEO8sGza4
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Intro 0:00
Country profile 0:53
Early history 3:05
Burundian kingdom 4:41
German and Belgian Burundi 5:25
UPRONA dictatorship 9:29
Burundi Civil war 14:53
CNDD rule and Current politics 19:07
Conclusion, outro and sources 22:20 -
Colombian Political Parties
A look at Colombian politics. Also, sorry my pronunciation of Uribe got worse and worse as the episode went on, my b lol
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Intro 0:00
Background and political structure 0:49
Historic Pact 4:44
Colombian Liberal Party 7:44
Colombian Conservative Party 10:14
Hope Center Alliance/Green alliance 12:41
Radical Change 15:10
Democratic Center 16:28
Party of the U 19:19
League of Anti-corruption Governors 21:28
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA) 22:16
Outro 23:14 -
Philippine Political Parties
A look at political parties in the Philippines
https://www.eurasiareview.com/06042022-why-do-political-parties-not-work-in-philippine-elections-analysis/
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Intro 0:00
Background and political structure 0:46
PDP-Laban 3:59
Nacionalista Party 6:53
Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) 8:19
National unity party (NUP) 9:29
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats (lakas-CMD) 10:10
Liberal Party 11:20
Federal Party of the Philippines (PFP) 14:29
Democratic Action (Aksyon) 17:03
Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives (PROMDI) 18:30
Party list parties 19:40
Outro 20:57 -
History of Burkina Faso
Upright people
Link to the Zoomkoom recipe: https://www.196flavors.com/burkina-faso-zoom-koom/
Link to my Benin episode: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/19498211
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Intro 0:00
Country profile 0:59
Pre-colonial history 3:21
French rule 4:53
Upper Volta and Thomas Sankara 7:18
Compaore’s rule and 2014 uprising 10:35
Post-2015 and current politics 13:27
Outro conclusion and sources 15:21 -
Interview with representatives from Agora
Interview with Marie Corman, a volunteer working within Agora helping with external relations, Michael Damman, a volunteer working within Agora helping organize the Brussels Citizen assembly and Pepijn Kennis, Agora's representative in the Brussel's regional parliament.
Interview date: April 7th, 2022
Agora itself is a Belgian political party, working towards moving political power away from representatives and towards ordinary people. It is largely based in Brussels.
link to my wider episode on Belgian politics: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20mMDt3DYhygKsqvRJaHXh?si=tAdbEjA9T2Sxmzfkoyb-Hw
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Customer Reviews
Just slow the delivery a bit
I really like this idea and hope it succeeds, but I strongly suggest slowing down the delivery pace a bit, so we can digest the information.
Amazing
Top tier podcast. Post faster!
A Truly Elite Podcast
Extremely educational and interesting. I love listening and would recommend to anyone!