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The Political Cycle
Podot
70 episodes
5 months ago

The Political Cycle is a weekly show that looks at the similarities and differences in global politics. Our hosts – based out of the US, UK and India – are joined by top political journalists and researchers from around the world to cross-pollinate and cross-examine different political cultures and systems.


Join Emily Tamkin, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton as they explore three very different, but interlocking, political systems.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Political Cycle is a weekly show that looks at the similarities and differences in global politics. Our hosts – based out of the US, UK and India – are joined by top political journalists and researchers from around the world to cross-pollinate and cross-examine different political cultures and systems.


Join Emily Tamkin, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton as they explore three very different, but interlocking, political systems.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show more...
Politics
News,
Government
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Deep States and Blobs: Who really runs the world?
The Political Cycle
34 minutes 46 seconds
8 months ago
Deep States and Blobs: Who really runs the world?

Elon Musk and his DOGE squad continue their crusade against government bodies, slashing departments and firing federal employees. This, apparently, is done in the name of stripping things back, maximising efficiency and getting rid of the dark forces that obstruct government productivity. 


But where did the idea of federal employees as a powerful force come from? And does it exist elsewhere in the world? Rohan Venkat, Emily Tamkin and Tom Hamilton discuss how countries view their own civil servants and federal employees.


Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:


  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
  • https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/january/everyone-has-their-reasons
  • https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-doge-firing-federal-employees-ivy-league-jobs.html
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/health/food-safety-trump-fda-cutbacks-deadly-outbreaks.html (if only they’d published this before we recorded!)


Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:


  • ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to an ad-free version of the show)
  • India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat
  • Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton


The Political Tricycle is a Podot podcast.

It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.

Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.

For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com

To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Political Cycle

The Political Cycle is a weekly show that looks at the similarities and differences in global politics. Our hosts – based out of the US, UK and India – are joined by top political journalists and researchers from around the world to cross-pollinate and cross-examine different political cultures and systems.


Join Emily Tamkin, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton as they explore three very different, but interlocking, political systems.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.