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The A Level Politics Show

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-de-souza/subscribe Welcome to The A Level Politics Show, your one-stop shop for revision. We focus on UK politics and US politics, and also look at political ideologies, including liberalism, socialism, conservatism and feminism. While this show is geared towards A Level Politics students, it will also appeal to anyone who is interested in current affairs. Enjoy! Oh, and if you do, try subscribing to The A Level Politics Show PLUS PLUS PLUS, which gives you TWO additional podcasts each month, and access to the full back catalogue. Click here to do so: https://anchor.fm/nick-de-souza/subscribe

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Ep. 172 How America voted - coalition of support for the Dems and GOP

Nov 10, 2024
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Ep. 169 State funding for UK parties? (Update)

Oct 9, 2024
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Ep. 166 Socialism and Collectivism

Sep 4, 2024
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Ep. 163 UK Party Success (Update)

Aug 3, 2024
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Ep. 160 Parliament - now representative? (Update)

Jul 10, 2024
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Ep. 156 Constitutional Reform - going backwards?

May 29, 2024
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Ep. 153 The US Supreme Court - an imperial institution?

May 1, 2024
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Ep. 150 Has the EU achieved its aims?

Apr 1, 2024
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Ep. 147 UK Executive powers (and limits)

Mar 6, 2024
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Ep. 144 US Pressure Groups and Democracy

Feb 3, 2024
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Ep. 141 Do smaller parties matter?

Jan 6, 2024
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Transcripts ARE GO!

Dec 30, 2023
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Ep. 138 Liberalism and human nature

Dec 6, 2023
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Ep. 135 Socialism and the state

Nov 8, 2023
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Ep. 132 Manifestos - do they matter?

Oct 4, 2023
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Ep. 129 Which form of direct democracy is the best?

Sep 3, 2023
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Ep. 126 Pressure Group Influence in the UK (update)

Aug 2, 2023
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Ep. 123 Participation crisis? Update

Jul 1, 2023
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Ep. 119 Executive Versus Parliament

Jun 1, 2023
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INTRODUCING E.G.4Me

May 21, 2023
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Ep. 115 UK Pressure Groups and democracy

May 1, 2023
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PLUS PLUS PLUS

Apr 4, 2023
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Ep. 112 Conservatives and Labour: which party is more divided?

Apr 2, 2023
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Ep. 109 Is Devolution Working?

Mar 2, 2023
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Ep. 106 Conservatism and the economy

Feb 1, 2023
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Ep. 102 Parliamentary Sovereignty after Brexit

Jan 3, 2023
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Ep. 99 Congressional Representation and the 2022 midterms

Dec 7, 2022
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Ep. 96 The Conservative Party (Update)

Nov 1, 2022
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Ep. 93 Prime Ministerial Power - an update

Oct 3, 2022
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Ep. 90 12 Mark Questions

Sep 1, 2022
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Ep. 87 How to answer ideologies questions

Aug 1, 2022
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Ep. 84 US constitution - does it still work?

Jul 1, 2022
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Ep. 81 Judicial Neutrality and Independence

Jun 1, 2022
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Ep. 73 Is Congress Broken?

Dec 8, 2021
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Ep. 72 The Conservative Party

Nov 17, 2021
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Ep. 70 UK Democracy - is it in deficit?

Sep 9, 2021
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Ep. 69 Comparative: GOP/Tories

Jul 21, 2021
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Ep. 66 US elections and democracy

May 12, 2021
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Ep. 65 Further constitutional reform?

Apr 8, 2021
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Ep. 64 The Republicans

Mar 24, 2021
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Ep. 62 Backbenchers

Feb 23, 2021
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Ep. 60 Devolution in England

Dec 9, 2020
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Ep. 59 How America voted

Nov 17, 2020
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Ep. 58 A brief look at the Liberal Democrats

Oct 26, 2020
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Ep. 54 Are political parties good for democracy?

Sep 2, 2020
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Ep. 51 Comparative: Congress and Parliament

Jul 1, 2020
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Ep. 50 Is Parliament representative?

Jun 24, 2020
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Ep. 49 Referendums

Jun 15, 2020
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Ep. 47 Is the prime minister effectively a president?

May 26, 2020
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Ep. 46 Does the UK have a two party system?

May 19, 2020
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Ep. 45 The Electoral College

May 11, 2020
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Ep. 42 How powerful is the UK Supreme Court?

Apr 5, 2020
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Ep. 41 Is Parliament still sovereign?

Mar 30, 2020
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Ep. 39 Congressional oversight

Feb 19, 2020
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Ep. 38 Parliamentary Scrutiny

Feb 9, 2020
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Ep. 37 Is the US Supreme Court a political rather than a judicial institution?

Jan 30, 2020
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Ep. 35 Devolution and democracy

Jan 8, 2020
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Ep. 34 Social factors and voting behaviour

Dec 18, 2019
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Ep. 33 An Imperial Presidency?

Dec 11, 2019
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Ep. 32 How representative is Congress?

Dec 4, 2019
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Ep. 31 Comparative: Devolution versus federalism

Nov 20, 2019
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Ep. 29 Electoral Reform

Nov 6, 2019
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Ep. 27 Labour: Has it returned to its ideological roots?

Oct 21, 2019
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Ep. 24 Partisanship in the US

Oct 5, 2019
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Ep. 23 Have the Tories abandoned One Nation Conservatism?

Sep 28, 2019
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Ep. 22 Are UK judges too powerful?

Sep 24, 2019
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Ep. 21 Comparative: Amending the US/UK constitutions

Sep 19, 2019
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Ep. 20 Pressure Groups in the UK

Sep 15, 2019
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Ep. 19 US Congress - is the Senate the more powerful chamber?

Sep 11, 2019
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Ep. 18 The Fixed Term Parliament Act

Sep 8, 2019
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Ep. 15 Socialism Means & Ends

Aug 27, 2019
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Ep. 13 UK democracy: Is it in deficit?

Aug 22, 2019
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Ep. 12 Feminism - a single doctrine?

Aug 18, 2019
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Ep. 11 US Federalism

Aug 14, 2019
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Ep. 10 A codified constitution, anyone?

Aug 13, 2019
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Ep. 9 Should the House of Lords be elected?

Aug 13, 2019
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Ep. 8 Political participation

Aug 11, 2019
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Ep. 6 Checks and balances in the US

Aug 6, 2019
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Ep. 3 Conservatism and society

Jul 30, 2019
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Ep.2 Prime ministerial power in the age of Boris

Jul 24, 2019
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Ep. 1 Liberalism and the state

Jul 23, 2019