Kaleigh and Alex are back on home turf again and diving in with an insider's perspective from the advance poll voting, and the issues of climate change, housing, and health care have dominated debates and of course exploring election hijinks new and old from the campaign trail. Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

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Canada - September 18, 2021

Kaleigh and Alex are together again for the first time in 18+ months (with a guest dog!) to talk about a pretty regular Norwegian election. There are still a number of big questions like economic disparity, climate change and rural-urban divide that come up even in a normal election. Other very regular topics covered include kiwi birds, the UN's role in global crisis, and magnets!

Norwegian Election - September 6, 2021

Sometimes a country's constitution needs a refresh or leaders want to make changes to it. But successful constitutional reforms are hard to make! Kaleigh and Alex dive into some of the challenges demonstrated by the now delayed Haitian constitutional referendum and also explore how countries around the world make constitutional changes. Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Haiti Referendum - July 4, 2021

Ethiopia's COVID-19 delayed election is delayed again. The fall of authoritarianism and the election of the continent of Africa's youngest prime minister in the country's 2018 election was seen internationally as an exciting opportunity for the country's democracy. But as Alex and Kaleigh explore the road to building democracy from authoritarianism is full of decades of injustice and regional conflicts that need to be addressed and that international observers and Nobel Peace Prizes sometimes ignore. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Ethiopia - May 25, 2021

Greenland is heading to the polls and you might not know it but the superpowers of the world are watching the outcome very closely. Tune in this month to learn with Alex and Kaleigh how Greenland's 56,000 person democracy has become the centre of the global supply chain of rare-earth metals, while also asking important questions about the country's sovereignty, Indigenous People's rights, and the environmental impacts of resource extraction on countries. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Greenland - April 6, 2020

In their first trip back to Europe in 2021, Alex and Kaleigh look to the Netherlands to explore how, despite a government-ending scandal, a pandemic can make for a surprisingly predictable election. And if you're looking for great places to hang out the hosts explain why graveyards and forests might be the happening spots to be. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

The Netherlands - 14 March, 2021

In this episode, we're asking questions about how we define coups d'état - or coups - and when exactly is a government overthrow defined as one. To answer Alex and Kaleigh explore coups in Thailand and Turkey, the history that led up to them and the complications and turmoil they left in their wake and discover the answer is never straightforward. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Coups d'état - January 25, 2021

2020 has been a big year! For the year-end review Alex and Kaleigh catch up on elections even they forgot they covered this year.  Together the hosts come up with their two biggest news stories (besides that pandemic thing) to watch in 2021 and reveal the elections coming up in the new year that Probably About Politics can't wait to cover (pandemic permitting). Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com 

2020 in Review - December 31, 2020

Did you know the Commonwealth of Nations is the second largest international organization of nations after the United Nations? Alex and Kaleigh break down who exactly is in the Royal family, the history of the Commonwealth and why all these former British colonies (and Mozambique) are apart of this international organization and what they do together. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

The Commonwealth - December 3, 2020

Next week citizens in the United States of America heads to the polls to vote for referendums, mayors, judges, the senate, the house of representatives... Oh and the President. Alex and Kaleigh dive into how long ballots, even longer voting lines, and a lot of confusing rules make it hard for Americans to vote and are going to make for a long election night. Don't worry we also have some great good news for you as well! Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

United States of America - October 20, 2020

Alex and Kaleigh return to Aotearoa (or New Zealand) where the incumbent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a rare and historic majority in the country's recent national elections. The hosts explore what that success might mean for the country and its popular prime minister over the course of the next four years. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

New Zealand - October 27, 2020

How has COVID-19 affected the practice of democracy and running elections? Alex and Kaleigh take a look at countries around the world who are balancing, in different ways, the COVID-19 public health measures with the democratic freedoms of their citizens from voting and campaigning to protest and demonstrations. Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Democracy in a Pandemic - October 16, 2019

What if the best way to improve our democracy was... getting rid of voting? Alex and Kaleigh are not proposing to be your dictators but exploring what the ancient Greeks considered to be true democracy - sortition. Join the hosts as they start thinking outside the box about how we can improve our democracies. Please Rate & Review! Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Sortition - September 7, 2020

For this mid-July episode, Alex and Kaleigh are checking in with each other and exploring what democracy in Singapore looks like after their 2020 general election. The hosts discuss the surprising distinct lack of technology in Singapore's election and the many contradictions in this country's democracy that have sparked a surprising push for change at the ballot box. In other news, Kaleigh dives into biodiversity and Colombian reconciliation and Alex talks about a song taking over the bird airwaves and came from out of Northern British Columbia. Please Rate & Review! Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

Singapore - July 20, 2020

Alex and Kaleigh have explored a lot of big policies that were made to meet big problems from the past over the last few months and for this episode, the hosts explore The Green New Deal - a big policy idea to meet the current global challenge of climate change. They answer all the hard-hitting questions that often remain unanswered in the news coverage of The Green New Deal like: What is the Green New Deal? What does it say? And is it even actually policy? Please Rate & Review! Keep up with Probably About Politics: Is there legislation or a topic in democracy that you want us to cover? Let us know! Instagram: @probpolitics Twitter: @probpolitics Email: probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com

The Green New Deal - June 26, 2020

Your favourite monthly* podcast Probably About Politics is back for a third season and it's hosts Alex and Kaleigh are feeling mid-graduate studies unsure about everything and ready to talk it out! Every episode hosts Alex and Kaleigh learn about new elections going on in the world, and in an attempt to keep connected, as friends living 1,431 kms apart (briefly 16,380 km apart), they've recorded a podcast to talk about it! *We overpromised and now we're trying to be more honest but we also have a newsletter now! bit.ly/2Rz13Xw

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