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Hiraeth - Welsh Politics — 239 episodes

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Renewing Welsh democracy, half-a-loafers, and the best old people’s home in London

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The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales

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Christianity and Welsh Politics

4

Getting Wales back on track, with Prof. Mark Barry

5

Dáil or No Dáil - The Irish General Election 2024

6

Community Development in Wales - a devolution success?

7

The History and the Politics of the Welsh Not

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The Welsh Political and Media Landscape with Will Hayward

9

Wales and Net Zero

10

The US Presidential Election 2024

11

Hiraeth LIVE: Pint and Politics with Lee Waters MS

12

Welsh Conservatives turn from UK GE24 to Senedd26

13

Tata Steel, Party Conferences, and the rise of Reform UK in Wales

14

Plaid Cymru: From UK Election 2024 to Senedd 2026

15

Re-imagining Justice in Wales

16

So are we calling them 'Super Constituencies'?

17

A new era for the UK Government in Wales with Jo Stevens

18

UK General Election 2024 Results: Scotland analysis

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UK General Election 2024 Results: England analysis

20

What makes a good Minister & the two Labour Governments

21

UK General Election 2024 Results: Northern Ireland analysis

22

Succession - The Resignation Of Vaughan Gething

23

The Past, Present, and Future of the Conservative Party in Wales

24

UK General Election 2024 Results: Wales analysis

25

Place your bets: Hiraeth General Election Predictions

26

UK Election Special: Cllr William Powell (Liberal Democrats, Monmouthshire)

27

UK Election Special: Cllr Catherine Fookes (UK Labour, Monmouthshire)

28

UK Election Special: Oliver Lewis (Reform UK, Montgomery & Glyndŵr)

29

UK Election Special: Cllr Martyn Hogg (Wales Green Party, Clwyd North)

30

UK Election Special: Cllr Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru, Ynys Môn)

31

UK Election Special: Cllr Aled Thomas (Conservative, Ceredigion Preseli)

32

GE2024 - A manifest disappointment?

33

Danny Blanchflower on the the 2024 UK General Election Campaign

34

Who cares for the carers?

35

Felly, beth nesaf? So, what next?

36

Challenging the Welsh Government and NHS to improve cancer care

37

TUC at 50, devolution of workers' rights, racism in Welsh politics

38

BONUS POD: Too much news!

39

PCCs, English Local Elections, Senedd Expansion and the SNP

40

On a journey..... post-Brexit

41

Calling London... the Assembly and Mayoral Election

42

Why aren't we building better buildings?

43

Social Media: Tonic or Toxic?

44

Cleaning up Wales's rubbish problem

45

With a new First Minister, what next for Wales and Welsh Labour?

46

200th Hiraeth Welsh Politics Pod Special with Kate Rimmington

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The UK Covid Inquiry and Wales

48

The Labour leadership from the other side

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Carmen Ria Smith - The UK's youngest peer

50

Justice and Youth Justice for Wales

51

Wales Should Not Choose Nuclear Power

52

Dragons vs. Ospreys

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Wales Should Choose Nuclear Power

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Senedd Reform: A Parliament fit for Chartists?

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Is it Good or Bad News for Wales?

56

A decade improving Welsh policy

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Mark Drakeford Says Goodbye

58

Poor Government and 'Budgetary Moments'

59

Problems with the old Welsh water works

60

Senedd takeover, Gaza, Budget, & Mini-EU

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Culture eats strategy for breakfast w/Sam Rowlands MS

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The future of the Future Generations Act

63

Petitions, Conferences, Senedd Reform, and Chwarae Teg

64

Learning is for life

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"Westminster is mercilessly interesting" with Liz Saville Roberts MP

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Pod Cymraeg! Beth yw ots gennyf i am Blaid Cymru?

67

Brexit and Welsh Farming

68

Hiraeth Live: This is My Truth - Aneurin Bevan in his own words

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Leading Plaid Cymru with Rhun ap Iorwerth

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The Welsh NHS: 75 not out

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Britain's Bad Economics

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Just not cricket - political chaos and sporting pain

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Representing Rural Wales in Westminster: Ben Lake MP

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The North-East and The Borderlands

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The Regeneration Game: Up The Town!

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Plaid Cymru & the Prosiect Pawb report

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The Welsh Benefits System

78

Welsh Conservatives and conservatives in Wales

79

Reporting on Wales: Sarah Dickins and Mark Hutchings

80

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Buses, and Barnett Consequentials

81

SNP Leadership, Welsh Conferences, Budget, Betsi, & Broadhead

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Broadcasting in Wales: The Sound of Progress?

83

Clear Red Water: The battle of the 'One Wales' conference

84

Rugby, Tourism Tax, Roads, and Unionism in Wales with Tom Giffard MS

85

The London Welsh and Soft Power

86

The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie

87

A man of Gwent: John Griffiths MS

88

Strikes, Solidarity, and Social Partnership

89

Trade Unions and Welsh Society with Mick Lynch of the RMT

90

Powering Towards Net Zero

91

New Year, Old Problems

92

Hiraeth Live - The Gordon Brown & Welsh Constitutional Commission's visions for a future UK

93

The Independence Debate: What is Happening in Scotland & Wales?

94

The Welsh Criminal Justice System: On the Jagged Edge

95

Llanelli's Conservative MP: Sir Robert Buckland

96

Vaughan Gething MS on trade unionism, Covid-19, Brexit, and devolution

97

Exploring the Politics and Political Parties of Ireland

98

William, the last Prince of Wales?

99

Welsh Football and Soft Power

100

Jeremy Miles MS on Education, Brexit, UK Government and Justice in Wales

101

A New Political Map for Wales

102

The month that broke the UK and that the UK went broke

103

Kirsty Williams: Creating the Senedd, Coalition Governments and the Constitution

104

Plaid Cymru, the Cooperation Agreement, & UK Government Chaos

105

Why are the Welsh Government's tax powers under-used and under-powered?

106

Re-imagining the British union: Confederalism

107

Wales: The Sick Man of Britain?

108

A week is a long time in politics...

109

Merry Trussmas!? What does the new UK Government mean for Wales?

110

Wrestling with Welsh Politics - Dr Dai Moon

111

Should Wales Leave the UK? Independent Nation with Will Hayward

112

Welsh Government's Plans for Agriculture and the Environment

113

Prof. Danny Blanchflower on Brexit, the UK economy, & Scots/Welsh independence

114

Luke Fletcher MS on rejoining the single market, cost of living and working with Labour

115

Hefin David MS on electoral reform, coalitions and referendums

116

Inside Labour Conference on Senedd Reform

117

What is Welsh Government's Social Partnership Bill?

118

By-elections, Strikes, Senedd Reform, and Brexit

119

Wales's Rail Travails

120

Senedd Reform: D'Hondt Leave Me This Way

121

Welsh Conservative Conference, Partygate & Senedd Reform

122

Better Imperialists? Wales and Empire

123

Reporting on Wales

124

Jim Griffiths: First Secretary of State for Wales

125

Local Government Campaign, NI election & Welsh Gov News

126

La grande élection: The 2022 French Presidential Contest

127

Northern Ireland & Brexit: A Troubled Constitutional Future

128

Monmouthshire & Wales: Richard John

129

Springtime for Conferences, Jubilee Books and Buses

130

Wales: Neither Unionist nor Nationalist?

131

Low Incomes and Housing: A double crisis

132

Welsh [Plural]: Essays on the future of Wales

133

Local democracy, a federal Wales & levelling up

134

Smacking ban, Basic Income & a bigger Senedd

135

Local Gov Reform: A Welsh Political Third Rail

136

Local Government Elections 2022: Huw Thomas

137

Jacob Morris, Golwg & Guto Harri

138

Rugby, Politics & Welsh Identity

139

January Blues and Sue Grays

140

Hiraeth Pod Trailer 2022

141

Byraeth - Broadcasting in Wales

142

Will public service broadcasting survive in Wales?

143

Politics in Northern Ireland with Matthew O'Toole MLA

144

Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Social Justice: Welsh Infrastructure

145

Welsh & UK elections diverge

146

The Hiraeth Christmas Stocking Filler

147

A Child's Christmas (in poverty) in Wales

148

Can Christmas survive the circular economy?

149

Demoted to Wales: Starmer's November Reign

150

Scottish Politics is Gridlocked

151

A Welsh Government deal but at what Price for Plaid Cymru?

152

Welsh Labour & Plaid Cymru: The best of both?

153

Is 'Levelling Up' more than a slogan?

154

Quids Game: The 2021 UK Spending Review & Wales

155

Remotely Desirable? Is home working here to stay?

156

Wales and COP26

157

BAME History and the Welsh Curriculum

158

The Boris Show

159

Welsh Media, Lockdown Wales & Independence

160

Can things only get better?

161

Common Ground in the capital city

162

The Welsh Way: Neoliberalism & Wales

163

The Long Shadow of Mining

164

Pushing the Boundaries of Wales

165

Hiraeth & Golau on the Summer of WalesCast

166

The Welsh Election Study, Independence & Covid Response

167

The National Media Landscape

168

Faith and Politics in Wales

169

The Future of Rural Wales

170

Like a Bat Out of Hay: The Summer Recess Questions

171

The Trouble with Northern Ireland and Brexit

172

Reforming the Union and Governing Wales

173

Wales and Climate Change

174

Voices from a Leave Nation: Robert Griffiths

175

Voices from a Leave Nation: Rachel Trezise

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Voices from a Leave Nation: Siôn Tomos Owen

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Sam Kurtz MS on Welsh Conservativism, the union & rural affairs

178

Fortress Wales with Theo Davies-Lewis

179

Wales: Independent Football Nation

180

Mabon ap Gwynfor MS on the election, Plaid Cymru & the housing crisis

181

UBI, FYI

182

Hiraeth is One

183

The Sixth Senedd

184

Stephen Bush on the British Labour Parties

185

Wales Moves Forward

186

A little birdy told us something about the election

187

#Senedd2021 Policy Challenge: Health

188

#Senedd2021 Manifestology

189

Leading the Welsh Liberal Democrats

190

Leading the Wales Green Party

191

The Doorstep and the Digital of the Senedd Campaign

192

#Senedd21 Policy Challenge: Education

193

The Andrew RT Davies Interview

194

The Adam Price Interview

195

#Senedd21 - Youth Engagement & Votes at 16

196

The Mark Drakeford Interview

197

The Rise of Englishness

198

#Senedd21 Policy Challenge - Housing

199

Welsh and Scottish Poll Analysis

200

#Senedd21 Policy Challenge: Transport

201

Is there a left case for Welsh independence?

202

#Senedd21 Policy Challenge: The Economy

203

#Senedd21 - Elections and Electoral Reform

204

Dafydd Wigley - A Decade in the Lords

205

#Senedd21 Policy Challenge: The Environment

206

Tough Times for Unionists and the Union in Wales

207

Delyth Jewell

208

Wales and the Media

209

The Gang Review 2020 (but forget to mention Wrexham)

210

Welsh Labour's debate on the UK's future

211

The Future of England

212

Lee Waters on COVID-19, the media, and independence

213

US Election: What did we learn from Biden's win?

214

Independence from England

215

The Wales Green Party backs Independence

216

The Hiraeth Pod Trailer

217

Firebreak Friday

218

Leaving the Senedd: David Melding

219

Leaving the Senedd: Carwyn Jones

220

Leaving the Senedd: Bethan Sayed

221

Making or breaking the UK's internal market?

222

The Tourism Trap?

223

US Election 2020: The Welsh American View

224

National-federal-socialism - an impossible aim?

225

Bridges vs. Automatic Facial Recognition

226

Is federalism the solution for the UK's divisions?

227

The Welsh national movement and socialism are not compatible

228

The Welsh national movement and socialism are compatible

229

Senedd 2021 - The series finale

230

Senedd 2021 - Independence: If not now, when?

231

Senedd 2021 - The policies not the politics

232

Senedd 2021 - Challenges for the smaller parties

233

Senedd 2021 - Liberal Democrats, Greens and Communists

234

Senedd 2021 - Can the Welsh Conservatives win?

235

Senedd 2021 - The Welsh Conservatives

236

Senedd 2021 - Unpicking Plaid's Prospects

237

Senedd 2021 - Plaid Cymru

238

Senedd 2021 - Welsh Labour's Prospects

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Senedd 2021 - Welsh Labour