Why do countries exist

A dive into every country's history and why they exist. I also do episodes on political parties throughout the world or just talking about stuff that interests me!email:whydocountriesexist@gmail.comRequest/feedback form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5m6cVniic8zkY13UZmUAxwLTNuVdBEkYqHmQCvvyAkGcUSg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Why do countries exist is a history podcast hosted by Ryan O'Hara, with 206 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ryan O'Hara hosts Why do countries exist, a history show with 206 episodes published.

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  Why do countries exist

  Estonian Political Parties

  Aug 18, 202636 min

  A look at Estonian Political Parties Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 Background and political structure 1:00 Estonian Reform Party 3:56 Estonia 200 (E200) 8:44 Estonian people's Conservative Party (EKRE) 12:11 Social Democratic Party (SDE) 18:00 Fatherland (Isamaa) 22:06 Estonian Centre party 26:04 Parempoolsed (Right-wingers) 31:20 Other parties 32:48 Outro 34:14

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  Icelandic Political Parties

  Jul 18, 202638 min

  A look at Icelandic Political parties Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 Background and political structure 1:09 Social Democratic Alliance 4:18 Reform 9:41 People's Party 12:59 - Independence Party 16:27 Centre Party 20:38 Progressive Party 23:59 Socialist Party 27:50 - Pirate party 30:05 Left-Green Movement 31:52 Other parties 34:10 Outro 35:37

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  Episode 55: The History of Dominicia

  Jun 23, 202628 min

  A look at the history of Dominica Just Arii's cocoa tea: https://youtu.be/S2KXuE0lk7w?si=YqNPpfUhUNzU7iI- Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/sources-for-the-dominica-episode Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 Country profile 1:15 Pre-colonial history 4:28 Neutral and French Dominica 6:05 British colony 8:35 Independence, instability and coups 15:28 Current history and politics 19:25 Conclusion, outro and sources 26:02

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  Sources for the Dominica Episode

  Jun 23, 2026—

  Thomas Atwood's history of Dominica Division of Culture's page on Kokoy Dom 767, biographies on the prime ministers of Dominica Bryan Edwards the history, civil and commercial of the British colonies in the west indies Geography nows video on Dominica Jazby's video The Neo-nazi plan to take Dominica Almira Lewis' video Dominica a Political History Wikipedia

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  Where Does Washington Fit?

  May 27, 20261h 13m

  A look at Washington State's history and seeing how it is or isn't presented in larger national histories. Email: whydocountriesexist@gmail.com Website: https://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/Whydocountriesexist797 Paypal: paypal.me/whydocountriesexist Feedback and request forum: https://forms.gle/H5hG9zcZbFPBAz8t7 Intro 0:00 American histories 1:40 Native Americans 4:24 Colonial and Settler Washington 14:25 Statehood 26:57 New deal and world war 2 36:32 Modern history 41:59 What does our sources say about Washington? 53:04 Cascadia 1:02:36 Where does Washington fit? 1:06:29 Outro and conclusion 1:11:05

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