Shallow Dive

Alex Waygood and Murray Jones•alexwaygood.com

A podcast discussing politics and policy, presented by Alex Waygood and Murray Jones. Music used in this podcast is by the freesound.org user Sub-d, and is licensed under a Creative Commons 0 license freesound.org/people/Sub-d/.

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CORONAVIRUS PANIC EPISODE

It could be put off no longer: we finally talk about coronavirus (and other things...) --- The UK is attempting a novel and controversial strategy to combat the coronavirus, putting behavioural science front and centre The US has not been testing enough people , so nobody knows how big its outbreak is. Andrew Cuomo has been criticised for using prison labour to produce hand sanitiser cheaply for residents of New York State. Will we have a global recession? Nobody really knows . One thing’s for s...

Mar 11, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 7

#6: Refugees, Mali & Old Man Joe

Turkey is encouraging refugees to head to Greece and the EU aren’t happy. Meanwhile climate change is only going to make the problem worse, on a global scale. Also British troops are heading to Mali. -- Turkey turns a blind eye as refugees head for border . The EU’s morality is facing a severe test when it comes to refugees. Greece aren’t helping. It’s all part of a geopolitical balancing act regarding Turkey's intervention in Syria, on the opposite side to Russia. Turkey-US relations have been ...

Mar 05, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6

#5: India, NIMBYs, bedbugs and Biden

India is struck with ethnic violence , France is overrun with bedbugs, and we ask: are local councils preventing action on climate change? --- Further reading: 32 people died in Delhi as mobs attacked majority-Muslim areas of the city, following protests around a new law discriminating against Muslims. How the protests escalated . The law reformed India’s refugee policy , long one of the world’s harshest. The law is accused of delegitimising Muslim citizenship in India. India has also suffered a...

Feb 27, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5

#4: Immigration Talking Points

The government brings out its plan for a points-based immigration system, the Democratic Party holds yet another debate in its quest to find a nominee to take on Donald Trump, and we ask: is every billionaire a policy failure? --- Further reading: UCU university strikes . The government has unveiled its new plans for post-Brexit immigration . The Economist’s analysis of the effects of the new plans . The plan will be “points-based” but will be tougher than Australia’s . There are probably fewer ...

Feb 20, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4

#3: Justice, Badgers, and the BBC

The rule of law is under attack everywhere, it seems, but Ecuador. Plus Donald Trump’s many questions about badgers, and we ask: should the licence fee be scrapped? ---  Further reading: Sajid Javid is out, after a cabinet reshuffle that was more dramatic than many expected. The Roger Stone fiasco . Roger Stone’s role in the Mueller investigation, explained . Roger Stone threatened to kidnap Randy Credico’s dog . Plans to reform judicial review in the UK. Poland’s ominous plans to undermine...

Feb 13, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 3

#2: Chaos in Iowa, and the case for regulating Facebook

The Iowa Caucuses descended into chaos, Russian police have been convicted of busting their own drug den, and we ask: should the government step in to save Facebook from itself? --- Further reading: The Iowa caucuses were utter chaos . Doing well in Iowa is important, but only if you can get media attention out of it . Pete Buttigieg: who he is . Buttigieg controversially fired South Bend’s first African-American police chief. Buttigieg’s town-regeneration project has also come under criticism f...

Feb 06, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2

#1: Huawei, & the case for open borders

The government decides to allow Huawei into the UK’s 5G infrastructure, a rare sighting of a Bolivian glass frog, and we ask: are open borders the way to go? --- Further Reading: Johnson’s controversial decision to allow Huawei in.  The Huawei move is unpopular with his own party. British foreign policy , caught in an awkward place between the US and China.  Context to US concerns over Huawei. Huawei: a security issue? Or a trade issue?   5G technology, explained. The Chinese are ...

Jan 30, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1