Why do countries exist

About Why do countries exist

A dive into every country's history and why they exist. I also do episodes on political parties throughout the world or just talking about stuff that interests me! email:whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Request/feedback form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5m6cVniic8zkY13UZmUAxwLTNuVdBEkYqHmQCvvyAkGcUSg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Publisher

Ryan O'Hara

Category

history · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 May 2020

Latest episode

18 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

133 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Estonian Political Parties

   A look at Estonian Political Parties Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 Background and political structure 1:00 Estonian Reform Party 3:56 Estonia 200 (E200) 8:44 Estonian people's Conservative Party (EKRE) 12:11 Social Democratic Party (SDE) 18:00 Fatherland (Isamaa) 22:06 Estonian Centre party 26:04 Parempoolsed (Right-wingers) 31:20 Other parties 32:48 Outro 34:14

2. 

   18 Jul 2026

   Icelandic Political Parties

   A look at Icelandic Political parties Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 Background and political structure 1:09 Social Democratic Alliance 4:18 Reform 9:41 People's Party 12:59 - Independence Party 16:27 Centre Party 20:38 Progressive Party 23:59 Socialist Party 27:50 - Pirate party 30:05 Left-Green Movement 31:52 Other parties 34:10 Outro 35:37

3. 

   23 Jun 2026

   Episode 55: The History of Dominicia

   A look at the history of Dominica Just Arii's cocoa tea: https://youtu.be/S2KXuE0lk7w?si=YqNPpfUhUNzU7iI- Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/sources-for-the-dominica-episode Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 Country profile 1:15 Pre-colonial history 4:28 Neutral and French Dominica 6:05 British colony 8:35 Independence, instability and coups 15:28 Current history and politics 19:25 Conclusion, outro and sources 26:02

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YouTube views

165,642

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100

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Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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