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Time for some English School Theory! This episode is the second of two parts where we explore Hedley Bull's seminal essay 'International Theory: The Case For A Classical Approach'.  For the written notes this piece is taken from, see HERE. Don't forget to check out the poLit website.

Time for some English School Theory! This episode is the first of two parts where we explore Hedley Bull's seminal essay 'International Theory: The Case For A Classical Approach'.  For the written notes this piece is taken from, see HERE. Don't forget to check out the poLit website.

In this episode we will discuss the second part this two part series on where the line is between Pornography and Art. This episode was taken from a piece written by Cameron Maltwood and Kieran O'Meara entitled 'Down The Playboyesque Rabbit Hole: Where is The Line Between Pornography And Art?' available HERE. Don't forget to visit the poLit website.

In this episode we will discuss the first part of a two part series on where the line is between Pornography and Art. This episode was taken from a piece written by Cameron Maltwood and Kieran O'Meara entitled 'Down The Playboyesque Rabbit Hole: Where is The Line Between Pornography And Art?' available HERE. Don't forget to visit the poLit website.

In this episode, we will discuss the initial results of the 2022 US Midterm Elections. For more on the Midterm Elections, check out the poLit article HERE. For a discussion of Turnout at both this and past Midterms, check out "Talking Turnout and The 2022 Midterms". Don't forget to check out the poLit Website.

In this episode, we will explore the upcoming US Midterm General Elections and what they mean for the US House of Representatives. We talk about election data from 2000-2020, divided government, incumbency rate, some probabilities and list a load of key races to watch out for. For a discussion of turnout and the US Midterms, see: Here. Don't forget to visit the poLit site. 

In this episode, I briefly explore Melvin Kranzberg's 'First Law of Technology' in relation to political theory. The original essay this episode is taken from, you can find here. Also, check out the poLit website for more content. 

In this episode I am in conversation with Kevin Bloor - Teacher, Chief Examiner and Author - about his latest book 'Understanding Global Politics', published with E-International Relations. Physical copies of Kevin's book can be found here.

In this episode I explore an Article by Professor Anthony King of Warwick University that discusses Urban Insurgency and State Security Force ratios in the Twenty-First Century. The original discussion this episode is taken from is available on the poLit website here. 

In this episode, Fred Scharmen from Morgan State University's School of Architecture and Planning discusses his most recent book 'Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space' with me. He can be found on Twitter @sevensixfive. Check out the poLit website here. 

In this episode I look at the phenomenon of Transnational Repression by discussing an article written by Yana Gorokhovskaia and Isabel Linzer on the topic, which features in Foreign Affairs. More content may be found on the poLit website HERE.

In this episode we will discuss Michael Oakeshott's famous essay 'Rationalism in Politics'. For citations and references, the original article may be found on the poLit website here. This is part 2 of 2.

In this episode we will discuss Michael Oakeshott's famous essay 'Rationalism in Politics'. For citations and references, the original article may be found on the poLit website here. This is part 1 of 2. 

In this episode, I discuss my thoughts on Harry G. Frankfurt's philosophical essay 'On Bullsh*t' in relation to the post-truth era. For more content, check out the poLit website. Sample taken from C-SPAN. **Due to the nature of this philosophical discussion, there is the repeated use of the one expletive**

In this episode, we discuss the local elections in the UK on May 5th with some help from Local Elections data since 1997. We are going to look at some trends, make some predictions and focus on a handful of councils in particular. Check out the poLit website here for citations and more content.

In this episode we will seek to understand who and what the term 'Alt-Right' applies to and how this is distinguishable from the 'Alt-Lite'. The original essay that this episode is taken from may be found here on the poLit website.  Excerpts and samples taken from content on the YouTube accounts of: The Atlantic and Worlds Worst Fisherman. 

In this episode, I chat with Mr Connor James and discuss the intersection between the Marvel Universe, Popular Culture and Philosophy. Don't forget to visit the poLit website here. 

In this episode, we explore why Russia's invasion of Ukraine is illegal by reference to the articles of the UN Charter and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances. This is a version of an article of mine published in E-International Relations. This is also available on the poLit website here.

This episode is the first in a new monthly series, called 'Two Articles and Book'. Here, I will discuss two articles and a book that I thought were particularly thought provoking from the past month. Today: ---- Two Articles: Joseph S. Nye Jr. - 'The End of Cyber-Anarchy?' - Foreign Affairs  Anton Jäger - 'From Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics' - Jacobin ---- and a Book: David Motadel (Ed.) - 2021 - Revolutionary World: Global Upheaval In the Modern Age - Cambridge: CUP ---- Check out the poLit website here or go to www.thinkpolit.com. 

This episode is an aggregation of five previous guest's answers to the question "How do you understand 'politics' or 'the political'?". Here you will hear answers to this question by: Dr. Keith Preble @poliscikeith and Charmaine Willis @futuredrwillis of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University of Albany - State University of New York; Chloe Carrol @ChloeABCarroll of the University of Limerick; Dr. Georg Löfflmann @gloefflmann of the University of Warwick; and Ana-Maria Anghelescu @AnaAndreeaa of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest. 

In this episode I discuss the state of Global Conflict in 2022, exploring the five conflicts I expect to develop or deteriorate further in the coming year. The original article from the poLit website, including references and citations, can be found here. Visit the poLit website at www.thinkpolit.com.

In this episode we will discuss the politics of networked global protest through the lens of Ivan Krastev's 2014 work 'Democracy Disrupted'. The original article from the poLit website may be found here. Don't forget to check out the website at: www.thinkpolit.com. Samples taken from: Middle East Eye, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, South China Morning Post, and Global News. 

In this episode, the concept of 'State Oppression' is unpacked and distinguished from 'State Coercion'. This episode was taken from the article 'To The Whetstone: On State Coercion and Oppression' on the poLit website at www.thinkpolit.com. 

In this episode I am joined by Mike Wendling of @BBCTrending to talk about the Alt-Right and Online Conspiracy Culture in the age of COVID-19. For the poLit website, go to www.thinkpolit.com. Mike's book on the Alt-Right can be found here and he can be contacted on Twitter @mwendling.

In this episode we will explore how to conceptualise 'State Coercion' and what such coercion implies. The essay this episode was taken from can be found here and on the poLit website: www.thinkpolit.com. 

In this episode Dr. Adam B. Lerner discusses the notion of the state as a conscious entity, alongside the site of intersection between International Relations Theory and the Philosophy of Mind. The poLit website may he found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Dr. Lerner can be contacted on Twitter: @AdamBLerner. 

In this short episode we will discuss Marc Augé's anthropological notion of 'non-place' and this concept it links to the politics of super-modernity, terrorism and biopower. Check out the poLit website at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/ and the article from which this episode was taken, entitled: Into The Space Between Spaces, Non-Place and Terrorism.

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Ari Jerrems to discuss International Urban Politics and The Politics of The Neighbour. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Dr. Jerrems may be found on Twitter: @AriJerrems.

In this episode, I will be discussing part two of the extent to which art can be separated from artist, using the thought of Arendt, Gadamer, Heidegger and Barthes to help us along. For the original essay this episode is taken from, alongside references and more content, check out the poLit site at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2021/10/on-separating-art-from-artist-immanence.html. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Cameron Maltwood can be contacted on Twitter @thehalfscot.

In this episode, I will be discussing the extent to which art can be separated from artist, using the thought of Arendt, Gadamer, Heidegger and Barthes to help us along. For the original essay this episode is taken from, alongside references and more content, check out the poLit site at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2021/10/on-separating-art-from-artist-immanence.html. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Cameron Maltwood can be contacted on Twitter @thehalfscot.

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Matthew Slaboch to discuss the idea of progress in the history of modern political theory. Dr. Slaboch's book 'A Road to Nowhere: The Idea of Progress and Its Critics' may be found here. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Dr. Slaboch may be found on Twitter: @MatthewSlaboch. 

In this episode we will discuss three short pieces independently. The first and second are about: 1) Nietzsche's 'Daybreak' and 2) voting as a secular eucharist in Ernst Kantorowicz's 'The Kings Two Bodies' - both in a relation to political theology. The last short fragment is a surprise for the listener. References and citations may be found on the website, at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we ask what a political hermeneutics would be and what it is to interpret politically in relation to time, history and language. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. and the article this has been taken from may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2021/07/standing-on-all-that-is-yet-in-past.html.

This week we ask what 'hermeneutics' is, what a political hermeneutics would consist of, and what it is to interpret politically. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. 

This week - we will discuss how films engage with political and philosophical discourses, and how Marvel Films may be understood as 'Philosophy in Action'. This is part one of the 'Marvel-ous Purpose' series of episodes. The poLit website may be located at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. 

In this episode we discuss how social media creates a political space of its own, how social media can forge a non-material political space, how the  very character of speech adapts in such a political realm, and how this ties into posthuman dialogues about 'the cyborg'. This episode was taken from the following article on the poLit site: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2020/12/social-media-and-public-space-of.html The poLit site can be located at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/

In this episode we will discuss what animation is and how it relates to those philosophical themes such as 'creation', 'time' or even 'death'. Check out the poLit website at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/ and the article from which this episode was taken, at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2021/07/on-animation-and-story-interpreting.html.

In this episode we discuss the 'new spirit' of production - Cultural Capitalism - in relation to Social Justice and one specific advert by Gillette Razors, which can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0. The poLit website can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will discuss the original meaning of the term 'democracy' and I will explain the relevance of the new poLit logo. Check out the Website: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. 

In this episode I will explore populism and Jan-Werner Müller’s ‘What is Populism?’. Visit the website at: www.thinkpolit.com

In this episode I am joined by Charmaine Willis and Keith Preble from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at The University at Albany, State University of New York, to discuss economic sanctions, weaponised interdependence and North Korea. The poLit website for more content may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Follow Keith Preble on Twitter @poliscikeith and Charmaine Willis @futuredrwillis. 

In this episode I am joined by Ana-Maria Anghelescu from The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest to discuss Neoclassical Realism and European Foreign Policy. The poLit blog can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Follow Ana-Maria Anghelescu on Twitter @AnaAndreeaa. 

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Georg Löfflmann from The University of Warwick to discuss their research on Populism and Populist Foreign Policy. The poLit blog can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Dr. Georg Löfflmann can be contacted on Twitter @gloefflmann. 

In this episode I discuss some of the statistical likelihoods and outcomes of the 2021 May 6th English County Council, Scottish Assembly and Welsh Assembly elections from past data. The poLit blog and the essay detailing these trends can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2021/05/election-2021-horizon-scan-of-english.html  For more information, follow on Twitter @kieranjomeara. 

In this episode we are joined by Chloe Carroll from The University of Limerick to discuss their research on 'The Witch', Monsters, the work of Margaret Atwood, and contemporary Politics . The poLit blog can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Chloe Carroll can be contacted on Twitter @ChloeABCarroll.

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Francesco Belcastro from The University of Derby to discuss their work on Sport and its relation to Politics and International Relations, especially within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The poLit blog can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Dr. Belcastro can be contacted on Twitter @DrFrancescoBelc. 

In this episode we are joined by Sam Mace from The University of Leeds, currently writing their thesis entitled: 'Westphalian Sovereignty and The State of Exception Within Syria and Iraq'. We discuss the thought of the political thinker Carl Schmitt and how Schmitt's grasp of 'The State of Exception' can be applied to contemporary politics. The poLit website can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/. Sam Mace can be followed on Twitter @thoughtgenerate. 

In this episode we will explore Feminism as a tradition and not an ideology. The original blog post can be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will discuss the politics of ‘the street’ and unpack some thoughts as to what this means politically. Please visit the blog for more information: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will briefly explore Hannah Arendt’s concept of ‘Natality’. Please follow the blog with the original post at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In the episode we will discuss a topic by James Pearce-Molland, concerning whether Parliament has modernised and to what extent. Original Text: https://jpearcemolland.wixsite.com/mysite/post/has-parliament-moved-on-by-james-pearce-molland. The poLit site: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we are going to discuss the events of January the 6th 2021 and the storming of the US Capitol building. Check out the original article: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will discuss a few of the conflicts that could emerge in the coming year. For references, citations and more content, see the original post on the poLit site: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will discuss the first lecture delivered by Michel Foucault on the 7th January 1976 as part of his 'Society Must Be Defended' lecture series. For the blog post, see: http://www.thinkpolit.com/2021/01/society-must-be-defended-on-lecture-one.html.

In this episode we will discuss the concept of 'Macrosecuritisation' in relation to The United Nation's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Link to the blog: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode I talk about the difference between 'Humanism' and 'Posthumanism'. Has our technology fundamentally changed what it is to be human? Taken from the blog here: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will discuss the question 'What is sovereignty?' by thinking with Jean Bodin, Hugo Grotius, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Carl Schmitt, whilst contemplating Brexit. The original article can be found here: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

In this episode we will explore 'The Left', Neoliberalism, and the idea of the 'Chain of Equivalence'. This post can be found on the poLit blog: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.

This first episode will discuss the poLit blog and podcast generally, alongside engaging in our first political posit, focussing on Liberal Democracy and 'Chumocracy'. The poLit website may be found at: http://www.thinkpolit.com/.