Observations
Hosted by Joshua Paisley and Lily Russell-Jones · Democracy Volunteers
3.7from 3 ratings
- 80
- Episodes
- 67
- Transcribed
- 3
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 341K
- YouTube views
About Observations
The Democracy Volunteers Podcast brings you insightful coverage of elections—past, present, local, national, and international. Our team of experts dives into the stories behind the ballots, speaking with candidates, campaigners, organisers and winners to uncover the narratives you won’t hear anywhere else. Tune in for a deeper look at the elections that shape our world. Our podcast seeks to inform our listeners about the world of elections and election observation. We are nonpartisan, and so is it. We interview behind elections and democracy. Subscribe today or just listen in.
- Publisher
- Democracy Volunteers
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
67 of 80 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Elections across the world: Morocco
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Elections across the world: Morocco
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was called the Gen Z demonstrations in Morocco. Some people saw this as a kind of a worldwide phenomenon. There were similar demonstrations in Madagascar. But that was a set of demonstrations that were provoked by in Agadea, which is in the southern part of the country. The hospital there, there were a number of women that had died in childbirth. I think it was eight. And people eventually, this provoked a set of demonstrations where people were saying, on the one hand, Morocco is about to welcome the African Nations Cup. It's produced huge infrastructure, huge stadiums. Yet on the other hand, it can't deliver basic health care to its citizens. […]
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- James Sloam
- Joanna Lillis
- Alexander Keyssar
- Nicole Beardsworth
- Shane Singh
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- YouTube views
- 340,972
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
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- 3.7 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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- 91
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- 0
- YouTube
- 86
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Who hosts Observations?
Joshua Paisley and Lily Russell-Jones host the show. Published by Democracy Volunteers.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Observations take guests?
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