The Election Tricycle

The Election Tricycle is a weekly show looking at the 2024 elections in the USA, India and the UK. Join Emily Tamkin, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton as they explore three very different, but interlocking, political systems.


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Posted: Thursday, 26 September

Sri Lanka's Realignment: has AKD changed the political power balance of South Asia?

This week we're turning our attention (with Tom off to Liverpool for the Labour party's first conference in power) to Sri Lanka. Raisa Wickrematunge, deputy editor of Himal Southasian magazine, joins Rohan and Emily to discuss this month's election and how Anura Kumara Dissanayake (aka AKD) has re-aligned Sir Lanka's political compass. What has happened to the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to allow this outsider to romp home? And what should global politics watchers make of his party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, whose symbol is a hammer and sickle? For this, and more, hop on the Political Cycle as we take a trip to South Asia. You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of The Political Cycle on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://forward.com/opinion/655944/mark-robinson-dropping-out-north-carolina/ https://scroll.in/article/1073452/modi-leads-adani-follows-is-indias-diplomacy-in-lockstep-with-a-private-firms-global-expansion https://www.himalmag.com/politics/president-election-2024-jvp-npp-unp-sjb-wickremesinghe-rajapaksa-dissanayake https://www.himalmag.com/politics/sri-lanka-ranil-wickremesinghe-mahinda-gotabaya-rajapaksa-politics-economy-crisis-2024-election Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM 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
Posted: Thursday, 8 August

Disunited Kingdom: how are right-wing forces stoking disorder and dissent around the world?

They call it 'midsummer madness', the fit of rash and often violent behaviour that seems to strike in the long, hot days. In the UK, right-wing thuggery has descended on a number of cities following the tragic murder of three young girls. What is motivating these riots? And who is stoking the flames of this racially-motivated disorder? Tom Hamilton reports back from a broiling, roiling London. Meanwhile, on the campaign trail in the US, Emily Tamkin talks us through Kamala Harris's VP pick: Tim Walz. Who is he? And what will he bring to the Harris campaign? Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://unherd.com/2024/08/will-the-rioters-attack-my-carers/ https://politi.co/3WT8o8h https://forward.com/opinion/641244/tim-walz-jewish-voters-abortion-ivf-gender-affirming-care/ Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election 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
Posted: Friday, 2 August

Let's Get Weird: is a return to normalcy the new fault-line in US politics?

Are Donald Trump and JD Vance quite a weird political combo? That's the attack line coming out of Kamala Harris's camp, as the Democrats gear up for their new candidate's campaign. Emily Tamkin discusses the changing landscape in the US election scene, while Rohan Venkat reports back on Rahul Gandhi's attempts to cast aspersions about the Hindu credentials of the BJP. You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/28/kamala-harris-trump-weird https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/05/kamala-harris-isnt-going-back https://www.thenewsminute.com/podcasts/whats-your-ism-ep-14-feat-shivasundar-on-the-hindu-left https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/who-was-and-is-hindu-left-23347703 Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron. For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Thursday, 25 July

Biden's Bow: where does the President's departure leave the US election?

After months of growing pressure, Joe Biden has finally ditched his bid for a second term in the Oval Office, paving the way for his VP, Kamala Harris, to lead the Democratic ticket. But who really is Harris, the former California senator? What challenges will she face in the campaign crucible? And what does Team Trump make of all this toing and froing? Emily Tamkin reports on an historic week in American politics, while Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat provide the perspective from the rest of the world. You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://newrepublic.com/article/184082/donald-trump-weaker-kamala-harris https://www.himalmag.com/politics/ck-raut-madhesh-janamat-aim-independent-federalism-nepal https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-campaign-biden-dropping-out/679183/ Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron. For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Thursday, 18 July

Shots Heard Around the World: how political violence shapes elections across the continents

When secret service agents ushered Donald Trump offstage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, there was much confusion as to what had actually happened. The events, as they came to light over the next few hours, reshaped the narrative of the election, with Trump surviving a very real assassination attempt. Reshaped, sure, but has it changed the course of the election? Emily Tamkin reports on the fallout, as the RNC gathers in Milwaukee and Trump picks marine/lawyer/venture capitalist/author/politician JD Vance as his Vice-President pick. Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat contribute thoughts on the ways that political violence has changed the course of democratic moments in both the UK and India. You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/trump-shot-jd-vance-violent-rhetoric-criticism-slovakia.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/j-d-vance-licked-donald-trumps-boots-long-before-vp-pick.html https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/how-reeves-plans-to-copy-early-osborne-qwqn7dbkz https://x.com/BShrayana/status/1813410942589526497/photo/1 Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron.
Posted: Friday, 12 July

The Lukewarm Landslide: Labour romps to victory but are there cracks in the voter coalition?

A new day has dawned in the UK, with Keir Starmer's Labour romping to a landslide victory in the General Election, ending 14 years of Tory rule. Tom Hamilton – himself a former Labour advisor – talks Emily Tamkin and Rohan Venkat through the results, the rise of Reform, and the other big stories of the night. Did the landslide result paper over some cracks in the Labour party's performance? And what can the government do now, with a British state that is in desperate need of some stimulation... You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://electionschris.substack.com/p/the-coalitionable-inoffensive-labour https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/07/08/comment-dit-on-false-hope-en-francais-00166886 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/930426 Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron. For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Thursday, 4 July

Sloppy Joe: has Biden's debate performance handed the impetus to Trump?

It's the morning after the night before (well, a few nights before) and America is still reeling from the first Presidential debate. The earliest TV debate in history ended in renewed fears about Joe Biden's competence to continue as US President – let alone as the Democrat candidate. Emily Tamkin leads us through the fallout to both the debate and the Supreme Court's verdict on Donald Trump's partial immunity from prosecution, while Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat marvel at the eccentricity of American politics. (Oh and then there's the small matter of the UK election this week, but we'll largely come to that next time out with Tom). You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/30/trump-loyalists-deep-state-blacklist-american-accountability-foundation https://open.substack.com/pub/imightbewrong/p/dont-worry-i-got-advice-about-preserving?r=bgxr&utm_medium=ios https://x.com/AsimAli6/status/1803365505815683075 Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron. For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Monday, 24 June

Party Favors: Are smaller parties getting their shot in India and the UK?

Rohan takes us to the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Indian parliament – to look at how the fallout from the general election is impacting the vote there. A new Speaker will be elected at the end of June, but will the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) secure the post? In London, Tom talks us through the impact that Nigel Farage and his Reform party is having in reshaping the landscape of the British Right, while, in the US, Emily looks at how – and why – the Right gets away with characterising its politics as "common sense". You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zgLkchB1Uhw1qrXnKwKJt https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-winning-coalition-political-sandcastle-ukip-keir-starmer-mlkq8zdbp https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-heavy-courts-biden-title-ix-rule https://x.com/sharanidli/status/1801035539434332538 https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/06/11/bjp-tally-didnt-dip-only-due-to-minorities-but-blaming-them-is-both-easy-and-strategic Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Friday, 31 May

Snap! The UK is heading to the polls on July 4th

Shortly after we recorded last week, on a drizzly Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the long-awaited UK General Election would take place in July. So, this week Emily Tamkin is quizzing Tom Hamilton – a former strategist for the Labour party, who are heading for a huge victory – about what's going on over in the UK, and whether the electoral calculus is really as simple as it looks. You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/in-the-bronx-donald-trump-goes-to-his-hateful-happy-place https://thecritic.co.uk/author/robert-hutton/ Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Thursday, 2 May, 2024

The Students are Revolting! How youth protests do, and don't, intersect with the national conversation

On this week's episode of The Election Tricycle, we're looking at the wave of student protests – from New York to LA – which are sweeping America. Is this something that will come into play once election season begins in earnest? Are universities also hubs of revolutionary thought in India? Meanwhile, in the UK, Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousef, has imploded, sending the country into crisis. What next for Scotland, the SNP and the question of independence? You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.net Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks: ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show) India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Thursday, 18 April, 2024

Premium Trike: Digital Campaigning 101

This week, the Tricycleers are joined by Matthew McGregor, CEO or 38 Degrees and veteran of digital campaigns in the UK and the US. How has digital campaigning evolved over the years? Are the right better at using these tools than the left? How impactful is cash on digital results, or can organic results be produced with even the tightest of budgets? As ever, Tom, Emily and Rohan are your guides through the maze, looking at the similarities and difference in these three election cycles.
Posted: Friday, 5 April, 2024

Trike Premium: Tech and Elections. Could social media and AI imperil democracy?

On this week's episode of The Election Tricycle, with Emily on holiday (or "vacation", as she calls it), we're looking at the interaction of elections and technology. To discuss this, we're joined by Yashraj Sharma, an India-based reporter who has written about YouTube, social media and AI, especially in the context of the upcoming elections in India. Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton pick his brain and also chip in with their own observations about what could prove to be a turning point in the history of democracy. The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
Posted: Thursday, 28 March, 2024

Premium Trike: How do the Indian elections actually work?

With only a few weeks remaining before India goes to the polls, we thought it was a good moment to get Tom and Emily to interrogate Rohan about how the elections actually work in India. What is the structure of the voting? How does such a large, unwieldy electorate go to the polls and maintain the integrity of the vote? How long will it take for a result to reveal itself? And what parallels are there in the British and American electoral systems? The Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast. It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat. Executive Producer: Nick Hilton. Producer: Ewan Cameron For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.com To watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS
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