This is Election, the weekly Cambridge politics podcast, which tackles the biggest questions from new angles. Last season it asked the questions no-one else did in the run up to the UK's General Election: in Season II, it's going international. 

From January until April, Election will look at the US Presidential election and other elections around the world, exploring the current state of democracy and the many challenges it faces in 2016. 

It will continue to take the temperature of British politics, after last year's remarkable election and the even more remarkable events that followed. Can Corbyn hold the Labour Party together? Will Britain be leaving the EU? Where is opposition to the government going to come from? 

With David Runciman, Helen Thompson, Finbarr Livesey and Chris Brooke, plus new voices and a new series of guests, Election promises insights from the worlds of science, history, philosophy and beyond. 

A new episode every Thursday morning: please join us for the most interesting politics conversation out there.

http://www.cam.ac.uk/election


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From the University of Cambridge comes ELECTION, our weekly Politics Podcast; asking the questions that no one else is in the run-up to the British General Election with the greatest minds inside and outside the political arena. 

Can democracy adapt to our strained political system? Who (if anyone) will ‘win’ in 2015? What can the lessons of the past teach us about the future? 

Professor David Runciman interviews and puts these questions to philosophers, historians, scientists, and political thinkers – with enlightening results – in a weekly podcast series coming from his office in the Department of Politics and International Studies. 

More information at http://www.cam.ac.uk/election

S01-EP05 - Clare Jackson on the United Kingdom, Scotland & the politics of memory

S01-EP04 - John Naughton on Facebook in Politics, Edward Snowden, & Surveillance

S01-EP03 - Martin Jacques on the global perspective, Britain’s decline, & China’s rise

S01-EP02 - Martin Rees on surviving this century, scientists in politics, and 2015

S01-EP01 - Maurice Glasman on democracy, creative destruction and Wolf Hall

Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, will speak about ‘Holocaust Denial: A Flat Earth Theory or a Clear and Present Danger?’

Holocaust denial, the attempt to deny that the Third Reich engaged in the annihilation of approximately six million Jews, has been depicted as a serious threat to historical truth. Others have dismissed it as the equivalent of the theory that the earth is flat, i.e. absurd, illogical, and unworthy of serious consideration. In this presentation Professor Lipstadt will explore these two contradictory perspectives on Holocaust denial. In addition, she will explore the difference between “hardcore” or traditional Holocaust denial and the more recent phenomenon of “soft core” denial. 

Holocaust Denial: A Flat Earth Theory or a Clear and Present Danger?

El-P, legendary hip-hop producer and half of the celebrated rap duo Run the Jewels, and acclaimed new singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, musician and filmmaker Boots (Beyoncé, FKA twigs, Run the Jewels), sat down and recorded a Talkhouse Music Podcast while they were on tour, backstage at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They talked about lots of things: their jazz-musician dads, the creative value of sampling, drugs and music, the internet’s fascination with cats, their doomsday scenarios and whether iconic film director Stanley Kubrick predicted the iPhone. We also find out how Boots got his nickname — and the answer will amaze you.

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Boots with El-P

It's Monday so it's time for another episode of Special Delivery!!! We cover the controversy surrounding the Flash & Arrow crossover and we wonder why Hollywood loves them some white Egyptians. Plus the mid season finale of Empire leaves Benhameen underwhelmed, Agents Of Shield might be the best comic book show out right now, and Chico wonders will The Leftovers get a third season after the ending of the second one. Plus much more including our thoughts on The Wiz & the film Creed! You need to see both if you haven't is the short answer.

Legends Of 70 Percent White Egyptians

Is Donald Trump or Ted Cruz the real ideologue?  What would Brexit mean for the future of the UK?  And why is Cambridge so different from Peterborough?  We talk the EU referendum with Jeremy Cliffe, who writes the hugely influential Bagehot column on British politics for the Economist, and he tells us what divides the Eurosceptics from the rest: it's not what you think.  Plus the panel catch up on the news from the US as we track developments in the endlessly fascinating and occasionally terrifying race to the White House.

S02-EP08 Jeremy Cliffe of the Economist on Brexit, future of the UK and fate of David Cameron.

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