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Foreign aid needs aid
Adam, Finn and Maddie break down one of the most commonly scapegoated issues in politics, foreign aid. We discuss: what it is, why it's so important and why cutting it is – generally – bad.
*Be warned of minor audio issues.
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Rookie Politics is all about making politics more understandable. Every week join our team as we dive deep into a political issue you should care about.
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Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Madeleine Gwynne Hughes and Finn Lawrence Knight. Thanks to the rest of our team, Emma Leach and Matt Hollenbeck. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk)). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is a Push! Media production.
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31 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
Recap: Türkiye's democratic crisis, Chancellor's Spring statement and snap elections
Rookie Recap Week of 24th March
Matt, Maddie and Adam break down Türkiye's democratic crisis, the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeve's Spring statement and the snap election news out of Canada and Australia.
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Rookie Politics is all about making politics more understandable. Every week join our team as we dive deep into a political issue you should care about.
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Disclaimer: The Podcast Artwork is AI Generated by Adobe Firefly
Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright and Matt Hollenbeck. Thanks to the rest of our team, Emma Leach, Finn Lawrence Knight and Madeline Gwynne Hughes. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk)). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is a Push! Media production.
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27 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
Can you trust the news?
'The news' isn't necessarily 'the facts'
The media is the way we consume news, political and otherwise, but can you trust it? Adam, Matt and Finn break down what bias is, the differences between the newspapers and TV news, the importance of media literacy and whether or not you can trust us!
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Welcome to Rookie Politics, accessible politics for the underdog. We break down the issues you should care about.
Rookie Politics is all about making politics more understandable. Every week join our team as we dive deep into a political issue you should care about.
Subscribe to the Rookie Politics PT (https://rookiepolitics.substack.com/) to get accessible politics delivered to your inbox for free, every Thursday!
Follow Rookie Politics wherever you get your podcasts!
Follow us on Instagram (@rookie_politics)
Disclaimer: The Podcast Artwork is AI Generated by Adobe Firefly
Rookie Politics is written and hosted by Adam Wright, Madeleine Gwynne Hughes and Finn Lawrence Knight. Thanks to the rest of our team, Emma Leach and Matt Hollenbeck. Intro Music: Sport Rock Workout by Infraction ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1IWkhrKfk)). Post production by Adam Wright. Rookie Politics is a Push! Media production.
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Inside a recent episode
What is Foreign Aid?*
Published 3 Apr 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] No, it's not that. That's a very, very reduction in its complexity. Yeah, but basically it is, as Adam mentioned in the introduction, spending overseas, the governments do, to improve the quote -unquote development of other countries. And this term development really is quite sort of ambiguous. […]
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