Lands of Leviathan Podcast
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Lands of Leviathan Podcast
Our podcasts analyse concepts and theories from Political Science and International Relations using themes, trends and trivia in popular culture. Listen to two nerds discuss state reformation during a zombie apocalypse or how the Jedi Council would function in our international system. We aim to inf...
Recent Episodes
28 episodesEpisode 28 - Trump's Iron Throne vs Kim Jong Un's Ice Dragon
In this episode, we discuss the relationship between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un with reference to season 7 of Game of Thrones. In addition to compar...
Episode 27: Socialism, Communism and the Needs of the Many
In this episode, we continue our discussion on political ideologies by discussing Communism and Socialism. We have a lively debate regarding what Marx...
Episode 26 - The MAD Cold War of Ozymandias
In this very special episode, we are joined by their good friend and debating competitor, Kyle Tee. They discuss the concept of Mutually Assured Destr...
Episode 25 - Why Inequality is Our Biggest Problem
In this long-overdue episode, we discuss one of the greatest challenges that the world faces today: global economic inequality. While the world is get...
Episode 24 - Applying Ideologies to Affected Areas
Happy New Years everyone! This episode was recorded before the end of 2016 but It is the first launch in 2017. In this episode, we discuss how the pol...
Episode 23 - Conservative zombies vs Liberal vampires
In this episode, we discuss the basic assumptions and history of the two primary ideologies in the world today: conservatism and liberalism. The discu...
Episode 22 - Ideas behind Ideologies
In this episode, we discuss political ideologies as a set of ideas and how they evolved. This is a bit of a winding episode where we try to simplify w...
Episode 21 - Trump: The Inevitable Demagogue?
In this special episode, we discuss the recent crazy election of Donald Trump as President-Elect of the Unites States of America. We discuss how middl...
Episode 20 - Is Captain America's Civil War Greedy or Grief-ridden?
In this episode, we discuss the latest Captain America film "Civil War" and how the term differs from conflict and revolution in political science. Th...
Episode 19 - Why We Need to Seperate the Church and the Seven Kingdoms
In this episode, we discuss the separation of church and State through the lens of the Sixth Season of Game of Thrones. We thought that we would have...
Episode 18 - Is the Clash of Civilisations Inevitable
In this episode, we discuss the idea of the Clash of Civilisations and the End of History. We jump around through games like Age of Empires and the mo...
Episode 17 - Why Boris Johnson is the Count Dooku to Nigel Farage's Palpatine
In this episode, we discuss the the historical Brexit Vote. Through the lenses of Star Wars and Star Trek, we look at the separatists under Count Dook...
Episode 16 - With Great Power Comes the Responsibilty to Protect
In this episode, we discuss the international norm: Responsibility to Protect, a fascinating idea in International law. We look at this through the le...
Episode 15 - Absolute Ricktators
In this episode, we discuss the different types of authoritarian regimes we can find in popular culture. Using some political science tools like Oakes...
Episode 14 - A Colonial's Avatar
In this episode, we discuss the theme of Colonialism in James Cameron's blockbuster sci-fi flick: Avatar. The discussion includes some historical cont...
Episode 13 - The Daybreak of the Panama Papers
In this episode, we discuss The Panama Papers - Political and Corporate Corruption through the the lens of the movie Daybreakers. We debate the phenom...
Episode 12 - Tonight We Dine on Democracy!
In this episode, our first episode as part of the Agora Network, we discuss Democracy through the ages. From Ancient Greece to future systems of Elect...
Episode 11 - The Power-Freedom Matrix
In this episode, we discuss Freedom through the ages. From Ancient Greece to contemporary understandings. The discussion includes the great William Wa...
Episode 10 - An Economy To Live Long And Prosper w/Nishi Boppana
In this episode, we discuss the idea of the post-scarcity economy: one where all material goods are supplied infinitely. We use Star Trek to speculate...
Episode 9 - The Theocratic Zombie State
In this episode, we discuss the religious type of Zombies as we promised in our first episode. The discussion includes the religious types of zombies,...
Episode 8 - The Modernisation Of Mordor
In this episode, we discuss how Sauron plans to modernise the Orc race of Middle Earth. Was Sauron the Nelson Mandela to the Orcs? Or was he another H...
Episode 7 - A Jedi Threat To International Order
In this episode, we discuss what would happen in the real world if Jedi actually existed. The discussion included the implications for order and justi...
Episode 6 - A Song Of Power And Authority
In this episode, we discuss the origins of political power and authority. The discussion uses Game of Thrones to explain legitimacy in ruling and rebe...
Episode 5 - Occam's Lightsaber
In this episode, we use some conspiracy theories from popular films to introduce the critical thinking tool of Occam's Razor, referred to here as the...
Episode 4 - A Yodean Perspective Of Political Fear
In this episode, we discuss the Politics of Fear and how it works within and between people and politicians. We discuss the use of fear by people in c...
Episode 3 - Strategies Of Card Building
In this episode, we discuss Political Myths and how they are created through popular culture. The discussion includes Power Politics, Power Struggles,...
Episode 2 - Political Regimes: Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes
In this episode, we discuss the Political Regime types found in the Star Wars movies and classify them according to ideal types. The discussion includ...
Episode 1 - The State Of The Zombie Nation
In our first episode, we discuss the Zombie Apocalypse and its effects on real-world politics. From Western state reconstruction to Middle Eastern pol...