Understand Podcast
Alex Forsyth, political correspondent and host of Any Questions, and Adam Fleming, host of Newscast, unpick some of the key elements of the UK election.
Episodes to download
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10. What Happens on Election Day?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Election Day - from when the polls open, to forming a government
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9. How Does the Election Differ Across the UK?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
How does the political geography of the devolved nations differ
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8. What鈥檚 the Media鈥檚 Role in an Election?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Why does the media matter in an election campaign?
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7. What Can Polling Predict?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
What polls can tell us. And what they can鈥檛.
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6. How Important Are Marginal Seats?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
The significance of marginal seats, tactical voting and electoral pacts.
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5. How Do You Make Sure Voting Runs Smoothly?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Explaining voter ID, votes for Brits abroad and why we use pencils instead of pens.
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4. Why Do People Vote the Way They Do?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
What can we tell about how someone will vote from their age, gender and ethnicity?
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3. What Difference Does a Manifesto Make?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
How do manifestos get written and who are they actually for?
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2. How Are Candidates Selected?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Selecting the candidates to stand in an election
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1. How Do You Get the Campaign Right?—The UK Election
Mon 10 Jun 2024
The ins and outs of political campaigning.
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5. Becoming President—The US Election
Fri 5 Jan 2024
What can the president do when they are in office?
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2. The Campaign Trail—The US Election
Tue 2 Jan 2024
Part two of Justin Webb's guide to the 2024 US elections.
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1. Primaries, Caucuses and the National Conventions—The US Election
New Year's Day 2024
US election terminology explained with Justin Webb.
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5. The USA and Iran—Israel and the Palestinians
Fri 20 Oct 2023
What role have the USA and Iran played in the region?
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4. The Neighbours—Israel and the Palestinians
Thu 19 Oct 2023
How do Lebanon, Hezbollah, Egypt and Jordan view Israel and the Palestinians?
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3. Hamas—Israel and the Palestinians
Wed 18 Oct 2023
What is Hamas, what do they stand for and what do they want now?
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2. Israel—Israel and the Palestinians
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Explaining the context of the conflict. We look at what's shaped modern Israel.
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1. The Palestinians—Israel and the Palestinians
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Katya Adler and guests explain the history and context of the decades long conflict.
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10. Can We Control AI?—Tech and AI
Fri 14 Jul 2023
Is the AI genie out of the bottle or can we control it?
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8. The Algorithm—Tech and AI
Wed 12 Jul 2023
How does an algorithm work, and is it possible to beat it?
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7. Where is AI Working Already?—Tech and AI
Tue 11 Jul 2023
What organisations are already using AI in their systems, and how is it being used?
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4. Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Web 3.0—Tech and AI
Thu 6 Jul 2023
Is cryptocurrency dodgy? What is blockchain, and what have they got do do with Web 3.0?
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3. VR, AR and the Metaverse—Tech and AI
Wed 5 Jul 2023
What are Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and the Metaverse?
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2. The Cloud—Tech and AI
Tue 4 Jul 2023
The Cloud has drifted into all our lives, but what - and where - is it?
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1. How Do You Get Connected?—Tech and AI
Mon 3 Jul 2023
Wi-Fi, Broadband, 4G, 5G and now satellites. How do they connect us to the internet?
