Hysnaps Political Investigations
By: Paul Golder
Language: en
Categories: Government, History
A series looking at various elements of Uk Politics, from an evidence based and mainly unbiased standpoint.I am a Humanist Punk who relies on facts and evidence to help me understand the world. As such I look at various topics that interest me to better understand them and wish to share the outcomes of these investigations with others. I have been running a blog for last 5 years, as part of my recovery from a mental health episode,, which has at times concerntrated on Online gaming, Music, Mental Health Issues, Tabletop Gaming and politics, it is the political thinkings that...
Episodes
Lets Rethink Government Debt
Jan 10, 2026A discussion looking at my series of posts covering the various ways of reducing government debt, what works and what doesn't.
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Duration: 00:16:19Let's Rethink Free Speech: Self Censorship
Jan 08, 2026Podcast 4 in my series looking at Free Speech in the Uk. This time I'm looking at the unintended consequences of the way our Laws have developed - and how they led to self-censorship
Duration: 00:13:10Lets Rethink Population Growth
Jan 08, 2026A look at why UK population growth has flatlined. What has caused this and potentially how we can fix it.
This is an AI generated discussion based of a blog post I created.
To see the original post visit my blog.
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Duration: 00:15:37What Fuels Political Polarization
Jan 07, 2026An Ai Discussion based on my blog post which used evidence to look at the causes of Political Polarization, and the impact Education funding has on it.
The Quiet Erosion: What Fuels Political Divide
The Money Trail: Education Spending
Duration: 00:14:06Why Labelling Impacts Politics
Jan 05, 2026This is an AI generated discussion of my post looking at why labelling a political belief or issue negatively can cause more issues.
Why Calling Leftism a Cancer Misses the Point
Duration: 00:07:23Is Communism Caused by Inequality
Jan 04, 2026An AI generated discussion of my Blog Post looking at how inequality causes changes in political attitudes.
Poverty Politics
Duration: 00:15:14Let's Rethink Health Services: A look at the UK's NHS
Jan 03, 2026AI Generated overview of my blog post series which looked at the NHS in the UK and compared it with other countries services, to see if we could learn anything that would help us improve how we run it.
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Duration: 00:09:03Lets Rethink Education: Who Really Pays for UK Faith Schools?
Jan 01, 2026AI generated summary of my Blog post about faith schools in the UK. The system reflects historical entrenchment.
For more information click here for the original Blog post.
Duration: 00:09:34Lets Rethink Education: The Cost and Case for Universal Private-Level Funding
Jan 01, 2026An AI generated - detailed analysis explores what it would take to fund UK state schools at private-school levels—an extra £110–130bn annually, plus £30–40bn in capital upgrades. Matching Nordic nations, this investment would shrink class sizes, restore buildings, boost teacher pay, and improve outcomes. Though raising taxes and requiring political will, the long-term economic and social returns far outweigh the short-run costs, moving the UK from being at the bottom level of education funding upto the best performing.
Link to blogs that back this up - Lets Rethink Education - Episodes 1 to 7
Duration: 00:11:56The Longevity Burden: Why Longer Lives Are Straining Social Care
Dec 31, 2025An AI generated podcast looking at my blog post The Longevity Burden: Why Longer Lives Are Straining Social Care
Duration: 00:04:34The Infinite Horizon: When Living Longer Becomes a Debt to the Future
Dec 31, 2025An Ai Generated conversation discussing the information in my Blog Post The Infinite Horizon: When Living Longer Becomes a Debt to the Future
Duration: 00:04:29Lets Rethink Fines: Shouldn’t We Base them on how much you have?
Dec 31, 2025An AI generated "discussion" based on my look at making fines fairer for all, and how this could help the UK.
Link to original blog post
Duration: 00:09:55Why Reform isn't MAGA
Dec 31, 2025An AI Generated discussion about my blog post that looks at why Reform isn't MAGA, and how an unexpected political analyst can help us understand this.
Link to Original Blog Post
Duration: 00:14:33Did Trotsky Forecast the MAGA movement?
Dec 30, 2025This is an AI generated discussion of my Blog post looking at whether Trotsky's political theories around the rise of Fascism, penned in the 1930's have a relevance to the current USA political scene..
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Duration: 00:14:51A review of the blog series - Impact of Education Funding on Political Attitudes.
Dec 30, 2025This is an AI generated (yep stating this up front)- discussion review of a blog series I did in 2025 regarding the impact of educational spending on the radicalisation of political views. Despite the american accents the majority of the series focuses on the UK and Europe, if you'd like to review the full blogs please visit - Hysnaps Politics - Impact of Education on Political Atttitudes.
This is my first attempt at producing a POD cast to support by blog, and my first usage of AI to do this - I would appreciate your thoughts and...
Duration: 00:14:06