Politically Sober: Students' Views On Issues
Politically Sober: Students' Views On Issues
Politically Sober
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: [email protected] Website: https://politicallysober.weebly.com/
What is Canadian Conservatism? Is it doomed?
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  
Mar 21, 2021
57 min
The Tamil Genocide
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.           
Sep 18, 2020
36 min
COVID19, Racism, and police
  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
Jul 18, 2020
1 hr 7 min
Is it really as simple as capitalism vs socialism?!?!
  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.
Jul 3, 2020
1 hr
Moving to Canada as a student: an experience
  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
Jun 15, 2020
46 min
Islamophobia
  In this episode we talked about islamophobia, whether criticism of Islam should be considered islamophobia, media bias, hate speech vs free speech, and more              
May 25, 2020
51 min
Gap year and Feminism
  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.   
Apr 30, 2020
51 min
Mental health (ft. Sophrosyne Mental Health )
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
Mar 17, 2020
50 min
Youth Activism (ft. the 37th Rector of Queen's)
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.
Feb 21, 2020
1 hr 2 min
Coronavirus
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
Feb 10, 2020
39 min
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