What Am Politics?
Kanal-Details
What Am Politics?
When it comes to understanding political issues, Richie is a self confessed toddler. That’s why he’s enlisted the help of Steve, his politically savvy drinking buddy, to help him understand how government effects our everyday lives and our interactions with each other. Join them, as they break down...
Neueste Episoden
149 Episoden
140 - What Am Politics? (The Finale)
It took some doing, but after 5 years and 140 episodes we have finally covered every single detail on the subject of politics. From this point onwards...
139 - What Am The Internet? (with Dr Dónal Mulligan)
Are you ready to jack into the metaverse and surf a cyberwave down the information super highway? Stick on these VR goggles and join us as we chat wit...
138 - What Am Local Government? (with Mayor Peter Kavanagh)
Nobody cares about local government until the bins don’t get collected and the grass has grown really, really long on your local GAA pitch. Nobody, th...
137 - What Am Populism?
Welcome back to Top of the Populists! Stay tuned to hear some anti-elitist bops from DJ Trump and many more!
Seriously though, Steve has...
136 - What Am Development Aid? (with Caoimhe de Barra, CEO of Trocaire)
Development Aid isn't just about charity. Its about social justice. It's about helping people help themselves. In today's new episode, Steve and Richi...
135 - What Am Northern Ireland?
We're back, babaí!
To ease back into things, the boys decided to tackle the light and breezy subject of *checks notes* ... Northern Irel...
134 - Who Am The Best Fictional Characters as Political Leaders?
The boys are on holiday! So here is a bonus episode for the HS+ feed to tide you over until August.
-----
Become a Headstuf...
133 - What Am The NHS? (with Dr Ellen Welch)
The National Health Service, Blighty's biggest achievement since giving Mr Hitler the ol’ two fingers. It's been a rough year and a half for the belov...
132 - Who Am AOC? (with David Freedlander)
What's not to love about AOC? From introducing a Green New Deal, to live streaming Animal Crossing on Twitch, to lampooning alt-right trolls, Represe...
131 - What Am The UK?
OK, look. Before you even start, we know it's a bit problematic to have two semi-rowdy Irish lads trying to explain the foundations and intricacies of...
130 - What Am Eurovision 2021 (with Dónal Mulligan)
If the pandemic is a drought, then the Eurovision is a fabulous, shining, glittery oasis. Join us, as we leave the parched lands of lockdown behind an...
129 - What Am Political Jargon?
Confused by political conversation? Fear not, for we have compiled, and cleared up, a comprehensive catalogue of convoluted colloquialisms!
128 - What Am The Politics of Food? (with Spice Bags Pod)
The government recommends at least 200g of podcasts per day as part of a balanced diet. However, studies show that most people consume less than half...
127 - What Am Protests?
Power (and podcasts) to the people!
When it comes to having your voice heard, protesting is one of the strongest tools in a citizen's be...
126 - What Am Machine Learning? (with Ger Carney)
We tried using an AI to generate a description for our newest episode, What Am Machine Learning?
“The podcast that sounds smart b...
125 - What Am Political Advisors? (with Bea Jonite)
Become a Headstuff+ member and get exclusive bonus content!
If we were your advisors we’d say you should listen to this episode where Ste...
124 - What Am QAnon?
Become a Headstuff+ member and get exclusive bonus content!
Grab your tinfoil hats and leave your rational thinking at the door, because...
123 - What Am Vaccines? (with Professor Luke O'Neill)
Become a Headstuff+ member and get exclusive bonus content!
Did you know that vaccines are cool, fashionable and sexy and that the people...
122 - What Am the 90s? (with Julie Jay)
Become a Headstuff+ member and get exclusive bonus content!
Are the stresses of modern living making you pine for a bygone era? A time wh...
Super Sexy Podcast Update (Definitely Not Clickbait)
Become a Headstuff+ member for exclusive bonus podcast episodes.
Bonus episode preview animation (President Gandalf)
What an...
121 - What Am Brexit? Part II: Endgame
Become a Headstuff+ member and get exclusive bonus content!
Everyone’s all coup this, and COVID that. What about Brexit, you guys?
120 - Who Am Our People of the Year? (The Naughty and the Nice)
Another year, another Christmas recap episode!
Steve and Richie go through some notable people (and dogs) from the past year and d...
119 - What Am Political Video Games?
Does politics have a place in video games? What are the best/worst political video games ever made? Is Mario a communist sleeper agent who will one da...
118 - What Am Corruption?
Are people inherently corrupt? How do we prevent corruption from poisoning our politics? Is Boris Jonson in the pocket of Big Clown? Answers to these...
117 - What Am The President of the USA?
What’s that? You say you’re sick of hearing about the election and US politics? Oh ok. Well… we worked really hard on this episode explaining the offi...
116 - What Am The UN?
The United Nations recently celebrated it's 75th birthday. To mark the occasion, the boys decided it was about time they did an episode on the worlds...
115 - What Am Our Mental Health Stories?
To commemorate Mental Health Day Steve and Richie have a chat about their mental health challenges, treatments and the importance of talking.
Le...
114 - What Am Mental Health? (with Bressie)
A very special episode topic requires a very special guest and we can think of no one better than Nial Breslin, aka Bressie to talk about What Am Ment...
113- What Am The State of 2020?
2020 has been a very, very, very weird election year. Plagues, protests and pompous presidents have dominated the news cycles. The candidates for the...
112 - What Am GDP?
Gross domestic product: The metric politicians and economists use to measure how "well" things are going. What is it? What's wrong with it? Why is the...
111 - What Am Work?
Steve and Richie have been working from home a lot lately and the lack of a daily commute has given the time to think about the nature of work. How di...
110 - What Am Drugs?
Feeling antsy? Don't worry. You’re craic dealers, Steve and Richie, are here with your latest podcast fix.
This week it’s “What Am...
109 - What Am UFOs?
Steve and Richie have yet to find signs of intelligent life within the world of politics, so this week they're turning their eyes to the stars.
...
108 - What Am The Politics of Capital?
€11.26, some lint and an expired voucher for Burger King. These are Steve and Richies combined total assets. Surely, with such meagre wealth, the poli...
107 - What Am Hamilton?
So, how does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by Providence impoverished i...
106 - What Am Trans Rights?
Trans rights are human rights. For many of us, this is an obvious fact, but like all civil rights movements it has its detractors. In recent weeks the...
105 - What Am Islam?
Approaching the politics of any religion is no small task. Even more so one with that is a diverse and complicated faith with over a billion followers...
104 - What Am Happening? (George Floyd Murder, US Protests, Cummings Scandal)
This week the boys take a break from episode topics to talk about the protests sweeping the US in the wake of George Floyds murder and the Dominic Cum...
103 - What Am Oil?
The modern economy has been built to depend on an industry that sucks black goo from the ground and pours it into every aspect of our lives. But is th...
102 - What Am Universal Basic Income?
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the world's economy governments are scrambling to find a way to support their citizens. Many experts, including our gu...