The PoliticalButterfly Effect
Description
Did a drunken headbutt cause Brexit? Did the salty, yeasty sandwich spread Bovril keep Britain out of the Euro? Did the Black Panthers spur modern gun policy in America? And did a doomed West End musical about Leonardo Da Vinci shape Australia’s Turn The Boats Around immigration policy? Rather than just shrugging like the rest of us, in these pocket-sized 15 minute episodes for BBC Radio 4, The Guardian Media Editor Jim Waterson zooms in on the Sliding Doors moments that shaped our political epoch.
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Episodes
Season 1
- 01
- 02.09.2019
Did a drunken headbutt cause Brexit?
- 02
- 03.09.2019
Did the Black Panthers change the NRA?
- 03
- 04.09.2019
Did an engine failure fuel the climate crisis?
- 04
- 05.09.2019
Did Bovril keep us out of the euro?
- 05
- 06.09.2019
Did your holiday photos spread global chaos?
Season 2
- 01
- 27.12.2021
Did Mr Blobby upend local politics in Lancashire?
- 02
- 28.12.2021
Did the Vietnam War Break America's Food System?
- 03
- 29.12.2021
Did a handwritten note make Theresa May Prime Minister?
- 04
- 30.12.2021
Did one man from Iraq make Norway rich?
- 05
- 08.02.2022
Did a doomed West End musical shape Australia's immigration policy?
