Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again! - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week's episode takes a special deep-dive into Italian politics in the week it got a new Prime Minister, and discusses just what makes Italy so seemingly politically unstable. It also includes analysis of the election results in Catalonia and Kosovo, as well as a review of the second Donald Trump impeachment trial that resulted in him being acquitted 57-43 by the US Senate. 

As Mario Draghi becomes Italy's seventh Prime Minister in 10 years, Sam and Chern look at the events that led to this moment and why Guiseppe Conte ultimately failed to retain his position. The episode also looks more widely at the Italian political system, discussing how the electoral system, the party environment and the political ethos in the country makes premierships more likely to fail. What does a Draghi government represent? How long can it survive? Does the changing electoral system foster unstable governing coalitions? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast. 

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