502: German Federal Election 2021

Rob and Tom are joined by Lucas Bender to discuss the 2021 German Election and what we have to expect from the coalition talks to come…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:25] Headlines: Fuel Crisis!?

• [6:12] Headlines: Winter Of Discontent

• [16:14] Introducing Lucas

• [18:08] Main Story: German Election 2021

• [23:33] Election Night & The Parties

• [29:24] The Results

• [45:33] Olaf Scholz

• [54:00] Alterntive Für Deutschland

• [1:03:47] Demographic Shifts

• [1:14:38] Who Will Form The Next Government?

• [1:21:12] Traffic Light Coalition?

• [1:33:27] Outro

• [1:35:44] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• German Political Parties EXPLAINED

• Being a Woman in German Politics Still Isn’t Easy

• 2017 to 2021 Electoral Map

• Demographic Changes

• 16 years in 16 words: the sayings that sum up Merkel’s Germany

• German elections: Defeated Merkel heir Laschet prepared to resign

• German Election: Seat Breakdown

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Opinion Polls Germany 2021 by Gbuvn under CC by SA 4.0

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S07: Unparliamentary Mayhem

Tom and Rob are joined by CK and Wade for a cross-over special: Unparliamentary Mayhem! Pitting two fictional characters chosen by their guests in a fictional debate for who would make a better World Leader: Trump or Merkel?

TOPICS

• [0:00]: Intro

• [2:47] The Rules

• [6:29] Now All Of China Knows You’re Here

• [16:57] Mickey Mouse

• [26:16] Taking Sides

• [28:50] Opening Statements

  • [30:32] Shan Yu For Trump

  • [31:43] Mickey For Merkel

  • [33:40] Relationships With China

  • [36:02] Thoughts On Walls

  • [37:55] Conflicts And Poverty

  • [39:53] A Woman For World Leader?

  • [42:54] Armies

  • [45:22] Protecting The Oceans

  • [46:14] How A World Leader Will Affect Sovereignty

• [47:40] Closing Statement From Shan Yu

• [48:52] Closing Statement For Mickey

• [49:57] Deliberations

• [55:28] The Winner Is

• [58:31] Outro

• [1:05:29] Bonus: Failed Intros

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SHOWNOTES

• Shan Yu

• Mickey Mouse

• Unraveled: Understanding Kingdom Hearts (and every other story)

• Donald J Trump

• Angela Merkel

• Scissors GIF

• Rock GIF

• Avalanche GIF

• Mish Mash Mayhem

DISCUSS

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ATTRIBUTION

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Photoshop based on Trump 2020 logo unofficial (Public Domain) and Angela Merkel CDU (CC by SA 3.0 DE)

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