Politically Sober
News & Politics Podcasts
Sick of Toxic Politics? Interested in learning about the future generation's views on politics? Well this is the podcast for you! Here we interview a variety of different students with a diverse range of opinions, all in a friendly and easy going environment. If you have any questions, concerns or if you want to come on the show, email: politicallysober@gmail.com Website: https://politicallysober.weebly.com/
Location:
Canada
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
Sick of Toxic Politics? Interested in learning about the future generation's views on politics? Well this is the podcast for you! Here we interview a variety of different students with a diverse range of opinions, all in a friendly and easy going environment. If you have any questions, concerns or if you want to come on the show, email: politicallysober@gmail.com Website: https://politicallysober.weebly.com/
Language:
English
Contact:
12894005203
Email:
ridhah@mcmaster.ca
Episodes
An upcoming automation apocalypse? Utopia?
9/3/2021
So today we will be talking about automation, a first hand account on its emergence, sentiments towards it, How the government should get involved with UBI etc., acceleration of automation and COVID , and more.
Duration:02:32:22
Ideologies, pandemic, religion
6/29/2021
In this episode we talked about life asserting ideologies and life negating ideologies in the context of the pandemic, values in a post-religious world, secularization, the middle east, and many more juicy topics
Duration:01:23:41
What is Canadian Conservatism? Is it doomed?
3/20/2021
This time we get an insider scoop from a campus conservative exec on the history of canadian conservatism, the power struggles within the party, it's appeal to the youth, how the party compares to the rest, and whether it is doomed for failure in the coming years
Duration:00:58:16
The Tamil Genocide
9/18/2020
We talked to a guest about quite of an unknown topic: the Tamil genocide that occurred in Sri Lanka in 2009. We talked about the grim event itself, how to get governments to care about similar future events through the alignment of interests, the power of social media today in the context of other events, and a lot more.
Duration:00:36:26
COVID19, Racism, and police
7/18/2020
In this topical episode: we talked about the failure of the COVID19 pandemic response, the causes of disparity between races, how racism can be combated, how a broken police system can be remedied, and much more. Recorded during June 2020
Duration:01:24:17
Is it really as simple as capitalism vs socialism?!?!
7/2/2020
In this episode, we talked to a student about capitalism vs socialism, the generational divide on belief in capitalism/socialism, various nuances of belief, UBI, and free college.
Duration:01:15:39
Moving to Canada as a student: an experience
6/15/2020
This time we talked to a student about their experience moving to Canada a few years ago from India. We talked about common difficulties of moving, the media, differing cultural perspectives, and more
Duration:01:07:17
Islamophobia
5/25/2020
In this episode we talked about islamophobia, whether criticism of Islam should be considered islamophobia, media bias, hate speech vs free speech, and more
Duration:01:14:51
Gap year and Feminism
4/30/2020
In this episode, we talked with a student about the benefits of taking a gap year, the stigma around it, and what quarantine has been revealing about the nature of work and school in our modern age. We also talked about the disunity of feminism as a movement, the need for feminism to appeal to all, and much more.
Duration:01:11:09
Mental health (ft. Sophrosyne Mental Health )
3/17/2020
Note: this was recorded 3 weeks ago
A great conversation with a student who started a mental health organization. We talked about the stigma around mental health, individuality in relation to mental health, politics and mental health, etc.
Here is a link to their website:
https://linktr.ee/sophrosynementalhealth
Instagram!
@sophrosynementalhealth
Duration:01:16:10
Youth Activism (ft. the 37th Rector of Queen's)
2/21/2020
We talked to a student who is the 37th rector of queens and who worked at the parliament of Canada. It was a very interesting conversation where we talked about student advocacy, political apathy, and just generally talking about our guest and his experiences.
Duration:01:15:15
Coronavirus
2/10/2020
Note: This did not age well, but it is interesting to see the mindset during the time
We talk about the overexaggration of the virus, the memes, and the exploitation of the public's attention
Duration:00:28:43
Free speech and hate speech
1/3/2020
In this episode, we talked about this hot topic and its relation to universities. We talked about the whether or not hate speech should be censored, other ways hate speech can be diminshed other than the law, the Don Cherry firing and a variety of other topics
Duration:01:39:34
Feminism
12/23/2019
We're back with the last episode of 2019! We talked to a student about the problems feminism faces today, how the movement should help men, what it represents, and alot more. A hot topic! But a discussion that is as sober as can be.
Duration:00:52:28
Time to Depolarize! The need for productive political discussions (ft.Depolarize)
11/24/2019
In this episode, we talk to 2 students from the US who started an initiative meant to bring about productive political discussions. We talked about the failure of current discourse and how the Depolarize project is meant to help out with individual political discussions throughout the world.
Follow their instagram!
@letsdepolarize
Duration:01:13:28
Environmentalism and Climate Change (ft. McMaster Green Roots)
11/10/2019
Today we spoke to 2 students who are a part of an environmentally-focused club called McMaster Green Roots. We discussed the need for climate policy in universities, what many disregard concerning the environment, and more.
Duration:01:05:47
Religion, Student life, and Science
11/2/2019
We're back with another episode! This time with 2 students who are a part of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. We discussed various things related to how they, as individuals, reconciled between science and religion, religion and student mental health, and much more.
Duration:00:43:36
Climate Change
9/21/2019
In this episode, we discuss Climate Change misinformation, Climate Change denial, the upcoming election, political polarization, the need to take action, and a variety of different topics with another student.
Duration:00:47:34
Group vs Individual Identity
9/3/2019
In this interview we talk about group identities, such as the black identity, lgbtq identity, or any other ethnic/cultural identity, and their positive and negative relation to the broader society and individual identity.
Duration:00:37:01
PC Culture and Art
8/19/2019
We're back! In the longest interview to date, we talked about PC culture and its positive and negative affect on creative thought and art with students from Long Beach California!
Duration:01:35:27