KCL Politics Podcasts

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-stateshttps://sdgs.un.org/smallislands/about-small-island-developing-stateshttps://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/cc_sids.pdfMore 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-briffaBriffa, 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

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@makevotesmatterofficialX@MakeVotesMatterI hope everyone enjoys listening to the episode!

In this episode of Politisphere, Erik talks to two King's College London students and members of the Politics Society Committee, Sophia Naraghi and Maria Howard, on the geopolitics of oil. If you are interested in the topic of oil geopolitics, you can check out the following material:Why the U.S. Can't Use the Oil it Produces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTbuLu7zncOil Sparks in the Amazon - Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources: Tracing Oil and Gas-Related Conflicts. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/j.ctt46n84z.6.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A9e590914f304ea7219268b36b4fdf2b7&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&initiator=search-results&acceptTC=1Oil and Geopolitics: The Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Cold War. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24145533.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A9e590914f304ea7219268b36b4fdf2b7&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&initiator=search-results&acceptTC=1Here's how Russian oil is making its way to the US. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/19/russia-oil-india-ocean-trade-vpx.cnn

In the first episode of Pulse of the Politic, our host Charlie Ackland speaks to Sophie Harborne, founder of DemocraFest, the UK's first Democracy festival. What is it like working in parliament? What changes need to take place to build a greater democratic environment? Sophie offers an engaging insight into these topics and many more.If you're interested in DemocraFest, and would like to learn more about it, check out the website at https://www.democrafest.co.uk/. Pulse of the Politic is a student podcast series aimed around getting to the beating heart of political discourse, an attempt to find answers to some of the most pressing political questions of our time. Our first season is focused on the importance of political discussion and engagement, as we, the KCL Politics society believe that politics begins at the doorstep of conversation and debate.

In the inaugural episode of PolitiSphere, Erik talks to Benjamin Evans, deputy editor-in-chief of Roar News, about the fundamentals of journalism, how to report accurately and efficiently, and what the consequences are if the truth is not achieved. Recommended reading to explore:Ward, Stephen J. A. “‘Digital Reliance’: Public Confidence in Media in a Digital Era.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 18, no. 3 (2017): 3–10. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26395918.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zwcgn9q. Schulman, Roy, and David Siman-Tov. “From Biological Weapons to Miracle Drugs: Fake News about the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Institute for National Security Studies, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep23529.Schudson, Michael. “Reluctant Stewards: Journalism in a Democratic Society.” Daedalus 142, no. 2 (2013): 159–76. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43297240.Young, Mary Lynn, and Candis Callison. “Data Journalism: In Whose Interests?” In The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards A Critical Data Practice, edited by Liliana Bounegru and Jonathan Gray, 379–87. Amsterdam University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qr6smr.54.Please contact kclpolitics@gmail.com for any inquiries. Instagram: kclpolitics

On this episode of Back to Basics we discuss government policy, how it is made and implemented, and what the problems are with the process. Joined by Glenn from KCL's Policy Research Centre, and this week hosted by producer Kate Bugos. As always, find us on instagram @kclpolitics, and find the Policy Research Centre @kcl_research.