In an historic week for relations in the Middle-East, which saw Israel launch a ground invasion of Lebanon and Iran fire hundreds of missile towards the Israeli capital, The Political Cyclists gather to discuss the impact that war in the region is having on the American election. The US is widely seen as the most influential foreign policy actor in this conflict (outside of the immediate protagonists) and so the Harris vs Trump contest has taken on added importance. Emily Tamkin reports back from a fraught DC, while Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton probe the international perspective.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of The Political Cycle on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/antony-blinken-americas-strategy-renewal-leadership-new-worldhttps://jcpa.org/survey-among-american-jews-over-51-support-for-bidens-decision-to-withhold-arms-shipments-to-israel/https://x.com/mattmfm/status/1841320867260780721?s=46&t=jJ5eM-RWyqDVjmNWjWq6jAhttps://x.com/DavidWright_7/status/1841334476904743325https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reeves-may-regret-her-faith-in-bidenomics-7c2dhr5qxhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/01/ta-nehisi-coates-tony-dokoupil-cbs-israel-palestinians/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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere 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-expansionhttps://www.himalmag.com/politics/president-election-2024-jvp-npp-unp-sjb-wickremesinghe-rajapaksa-dissanayakehttps://www.himalmag.com/politics/sri-lanka-ranil-wickremesinghe-mahinda-gotabaya-rajapaksa-politics-economy-crisis-2024-electionSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took to the stage for the first – and, increasingly likely, the only – Presidential debate. In it, Trump propounded a conspiracy theory about Haitian migrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. What was going on there? And why does the Trump campaign want to keep talking about immigration in this campaign? Emily Tamkin gives the full debate low-down, while Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat look at the similarities across Europe and Asia.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of The Political Cycle on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/17/charlotte-owen-sexist-gossip-lords-journalistshttps://goodauthority.org/news/misinformation-ohio-cat-rumors-targets-minorities-haiti-india-pakistan/https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/09/14/haitian-springfield-residents-say-they-dont-feel-safe/75228724007/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09/14/trump-immigrants-haitian-venezuelan-springfield-aurora/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402382.2024.2396775#abstractSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of The Political Cycle, with Emily Tamkin away and American politics on hold until last night's debate (more on that next week), we've decided to peddle over to France where Emmanuel Macron has named Michel Barnier as his new Prime Minister. Barnier is well known to British audiences as the EU's chief negotiator on Brexit, but what does his appointment as PM mean for the political instability in France? To discuss this, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton are joined from Washington DC by Tara Varma, Visiting Fellow at The Brookings Institution.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of The Political Cycle on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://ip-quarterly.com/en/european-plan-trump-and-harrishttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/08/keir-starmer-michel-barnier-brexit-eu-ukhttps://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/faulty-selection-lack-of-skills-showpiece-israeli-job-scheme-for-indians-begins-to-unravel-9559073/#google_vignetteSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, for the first time since the Second World War, elections in Germany provided significant victories for the far-right. In Thuringia, candidate Björn Höcke of the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) hailed an "historic victory". But what does this mean for German and European politics? And what broader trends might we look at in terms of increasing far-right success at the ballot box? To discuss this – and with Tom Hamilton on holiday – the Cyclists are joined from Berlin by Rachel Rizzo, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of The Political Cycle on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/01/success-far-right-afd-shows-east-west-germany-drifting-further-aparthttps://vsquare.org/czech-filip-tureks-fans-european-parlament-social-media/https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/06/final-verdict-tobias-buck/?itid=ap_emilytamkinhttps://harpervoyagerbooks.co.uk/products/babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution-rf-kuang-9780008501839/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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the weeks since the announcement that Joe Biden would no longer be the Democratic candidate in the 2024 Presidential election, the narrative has shifted from one of senile intransigence to graceful benevolence. As Biden appeared – tearful – on-stage at the DNC, Emily Tamkin asks whether the reframing of this decision to hand the baton to Kamala Harris could be a masterstroke? And could it also, she asks Rohan Venkat, offer Prime Minister Narendra Modi a prototype for how to secure your legacy when the time comes?You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recent polling shows that the Democrat's shiny new candidate – Kamala Harris – is ahead in almost all the swing states. Meanwhile, the British far-right, who seemed so potent last week, have bee repelled by anti-fascist campaigners and the criminal justice system. Is the tide beginning to turn in favour of reasoned debate? Emily Tamkin and Tom Hamilton report back, while Rohan Venkat, back from vacation, picks up on the turbulence in Bangladesh.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/13/kamala-harris-surge-polls/https://time.com/7009317/reintroduction-of-kamala-harris/https://forward.com/opinion/643803/elon-musk-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories/https://newrepublic.com/article/184754/donald-trump-freaked-out-harris-walz-attackshttps://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-shock-effects-of-south-asian-tumult/article68521412.ecehttps://www.ft.com/content/5eb5cfc3-9800-4b72-972d-0fd157ae4766Subscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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?You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://unherd.com/2024/08/will-the-rioters-attack-my-carers/https://politi.co/3WT8o8hhttps://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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/28/kamala-harris-trump-weirdhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/05/kamala-harris-isnt-going-backhttps://www.thenewsminute.com/podcasts/whats-your-ism-ep-14-feat-shivasundar-on-the-hindu-lefthttps://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/who-was-and-is-hindu-left-23347703Subscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://newrepublic.com/article/184082/donald-trump-weaker-kamala-harrishttps://www.himalmag.com/politics/ck-raut-madhesh-janamat-aim-independent-federalism-nepalhttps://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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/trump-shot-jd-vance-violent-rhetoric-criticism-slovakia.htmlhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/j-d-vance-licked-donald-trumps-boots-long-before-vp-pick.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/how-reeves-plans-to-copy-early-osborne-qwqn7dbkzhttps://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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://electionschris.substack.com/p/the-coalitionable-inoffensive-labourhttps://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/07/08/comment-dit-on-false-hope-en-francais-00166886https://muse.jhu.edu/article/930426Subscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/30/trump-loyalists-deep-state-blacklist-american-accountability-foundationhttps://open.substack.com/pub/imightbewrong/p/dont-worry-i-got-advice-about-preserving?r=bgxr&utm_medium=ioshttps://x.com/AsimAli6/status/1803365505815683075Subscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe 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.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of The Election Tricycle we're talking to Art Goldhammer to talk about what's going on in France's parliamentary elections. Was Macron "totally insane" to call this surprise election? Who, on both the Left and the Right, is a danger to the President? How has the far-Right – particularly the National Rally – evolved over time? And how is Emmanuel Macron personally rated amongst the French public?You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/24/five-hours-a-day-on-facebook-how-voters-are-keeping-up-with-the-electionhttps://www.thedial.world/issue-17/giorgia-meloni-lawsuits-italy-arthttps://www.statnews.com/2024/06/24/texas-abortion-law-jama-pediatrics-study-increased-infant-deaths/https://time.com/6991254/macron-bardella-le-pen-far-right-left-election/ https://scroll.in/article/1069251/excluded-by-the-bjp-shunned-by-the-opposition-indian-muslims-and-the-crisis-of-non-belonginghttps://newrepublic.com/article/182556/macron-france-election-far-rightAnd here's Art's blog: https://tocqueville21.com/Blog/art-goldhammer/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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Lulu Goad.For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zgLkchB1Uhw1qrXnKwKJthttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-winning-coalition-political-sandcastle-ukip-keir-starmer-mlkq8zdbphttps://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-heavy-courts-biden-title-ix-rulehttps://x.com/sharanidli/status/1801035539434332538https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/06/11/bjp-tally-didnt-dip-only-due-to-minorities-but-blaming-them-is-both-easy-and-strategicSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Lulu Goad.For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trike makes a brief detour this week, over to mainland Europe where EU elections have rocked the continent. A strong showing from the far and hard right has led President Macron to call a snap election in France. So what's really going on in Europe? To discuss this, the podcast is joined by Zselyke Csaky from the Centre for European Reform, who guides Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat through the currents of a continent. Oh, and there's also some discussion of Rishi Sunak bailing on D-Day commemorations.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/06/20/a-life-of-contradictions-b-r-ambedkar/?utm_source=Twitterhttps://pfdatablog.com/blog/how-does-the-public-feel-about-a-tory-wipe-outhttps://x.com/GeorginaEWright/status/1800080371939442986https://www.cer.eu/insights/what-will-eu-election-results-mean-europehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/11/europe-eu-election-vladimir-putin-china?CMP=share_btn_urlSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Lulu Goad.For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A week is a long time in politics, or so they say. And this has been one looooong week. But at the end of it, The Tricyclists are united by a sense of welcome surprise, with Narendra Modi and the BJP humbled in the Indian elections, with their majority slashed and coalition required. Meanwhile in New York a court has found former President, and current candidate, Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts during his so-called "hush money" trial. And in the UK, the election campaign has begun in earnest, with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clashing in the first televised debate, and Nigel Farage making a surprise return in Clacton. As ever, Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat put their ludicrously capacious minds together to confer on these issues.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://scroll.in/article/1067962/constitution-cows-ration-why-dalits-in-up-want-to-vote-out-the-bjphttps://scroll.in/article/1068384/modi-pulled-bahujan-voters-to-the-bjp-many-are-now-drifting-awayhttps://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/god-has-sent-me-convinced-that-my-energy-is-not-biological-prime-minister-narendra-modi-430606-2024-05-23https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/31/rishi-sunak-comeback-general-election-uk-conservatives/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-president-jewish-first-woman-rcna155179Subscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Lulu Goad.For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.netHere 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-placehttps://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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Ewan CameronFor sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Rohan away and Tom – *cough* – busy (until the Premium section), Emily is joined by Karishma Mehrotra, south Asia correspondent for the Washington Post. They'll be discussing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch to women voters, demographic difference between Indian and American electorates, and the way that Indian-American voters lean in the US.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll-economy-recession-bidenhttps://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-washington-post-2https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-presidential-elections-2020-donald-trump-joe-biden-kamala-harris-6617252/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/15/india-advertising-amul-girl/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/election-2020-indian-americans-favor-democrats-but-trump-is-making-inroads?embedded-checkout=trueSubscribe 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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Ewan CameronFor sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The shape of an economy is inevitably a big vote-mover in an election, and 2024 is no different. In India, the stock market has slumped during the election period, while, in the UK, the country's has formally left recession territory. But do these facts impact elections? And how has the economic revival under Joe Biden been perceived by American voters? Are people plugged into the minutiae of economic policy, or are they governed more by "vibes" when they arrive at the ballot box? As ever Tom Hamilton, Emily Tamkin and Rohan Venkat convene to discuss.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:Emily recommends “Angela Alsobrooks won a messy Senate primary. Now she takes on Larry Hogan" by Brakkton Booker, Ally Mutnick and Peder Schaefer in Politico.Rohan recommends “‘Modi’s emotional interview with Times Now’s Sushant and Navika" on Newslaundry.Tom recommends "The McSweeney Project: Starmer's campaign director has gone to war on Blairism" by Tom McTague on UnHerd.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 VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Ewan CameronFor sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.