Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was 79 - The Elephant in the Room
April 26, 2024 09:09 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBSarah Ryan explains to John McGuirk why she has decided to manage Niall Boylan's EU election campaign. Also, they talk about events at the Oireachtas committee on immigration, Helen McEntee's bad week, and are smartphones the new "microchipping"?
TRSI 392 - And you thought we'd forgotten
April 22, 2024 11:47 - 57 minutes - 59.2 MBClaims that boys are having anti-women content thrown at them by algorithms aren't all that solid; and what do the FOI documents released by the Department of Justice tell us about the recent referendums?
The Week That Really Was 78 - The Cass Report, with Helen Joyce
April 19, 2024 07:58 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBBestselling author, Journalist, and now campaigner Helen Joyce joins John and Sarah to explain the contents of the Cass Review into the treatment of "transgender" children, and the wider implications of transgender ideology on western society.
TRSI 391 - It's not about morality, it's about power
April 14, 2024 12:29 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBHarris manages to appear weak less than a week into the job; SF's internal issues; and Ireland tries its hand at some serious geopolitics. https://twitter.com/johnkvallis/status/1779303075364442585 https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-frances-fitzgerald-and-a-fear-of-the-civil-service-saved-helen-mcentees-job/a2056415841.html
The Week That Really Was 77 - Satan Lives
April 12, 2024 09:35 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBJohn and Sarah discuss Simon Harris's cowardly reshuffle, the desired return of Kate O'Connell to frontline politics, the Cass Review, and the state of abortion politics, stateside.
TRSI 390 - Horses and sparrows
April 07, 2024 12:53 - 50 minutes - 51.2 MBThe urge to lower taxes and brutalise criminals; new polling; and the feasibility of a HSE for asylum seekers.
The Week That Really Was 76 - Two stuttering wafflers who say nothing
April 05, 2024 08:20 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBJohn and Sarah talk JK Rowling's defiance of the Scottish Government, The Government's incestuous relationships with journovisors, the costs of a United Ireland, Sinn Fein's loss of "middle finger status", and checking in on Trump v Biden.
TRSI 389 - You're going to be left holding either the bag or the knife
April 02, 2024 12:28 - 32 minutes - 33.8 MBWith FG struggling to get independents to sign up to support the coronation of Simon Harris all it would take is a few Fianna Fail TD to end his reign before it begins.
The Week That Really Was 75 - Identity Crisis
March 29, 2024 08:58 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBJohn and Sarah discuss how the week-long debate on the Hate Speech Bill underlines the identity crisis facing Ireland's politicians; The possibly permanent loss of Sinn Fein's mojo; and why Assisted Suicide absolutely is a slippery slope, and one that cannot be escaped.
TRSI 388 - The Coronation Broadcast
March 24, 2024 13:38 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBA show discussing the imminent coronation of that shadow in the shape of a man that some know as Simon Harris.
The Week That Really Was 74 - The Harris ascendancy
March 22, 2024 09:51 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBThe fall of the House of Varadkar is set to leave the country in the hands of Simon Harris, at 37, the youngest Taoiseach Ireland has ever had. John and Sarah talk through Varadkar's legacy, and are divided on the prospects for Harris as leader.
TRSI 387 - Cows are nice
March 18, 2024 13:17 - 49 minutes - 50.1 MBMigrants in tents meet the inevitable consequences of our actions; the Government's sleight of hand on the care amendment; and Gary is saved by a computer meltdown. https://gript.ie/exclusive-ministers-clearly-advised-to-avoid-a-concrete-obligation-in-care-referendum/
The Week That Really Was 73 - Tent City
March 15, 2024 11:13 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBJohn and Sarah discuss the tent city on Mount Street and the collapse of Irish immigration policy, as well as the Taoiseach's comments on Saint Patrick, Dylan Mulvaney's hot new music video, and the sudden decline of the Late Late Show.
TRSI 386 - The NGOs can only hurt you if you believe in them
March 10, 2024 13:45 - 57 minutes - 58.3 MBThe worst referendum defeat in the history of the Irish state; the real power of the NGOs is the false belief that they're representative organisations; and did Ministers lie to the public about the legal advice they had recieved. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/03/09/future-constitutional-changes-now-less-likely-after-overwhelming-rejection-of-family-and-care-amendments/
The Week That Really Was 72 - You're not alone
March 10, 2024 13:26 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBIn a special reaction episode, John and Sarah analyse the Government's crushing defeat in the referendums on the 39th and 40th amendments. Their takeaway? "A lot of people who felt very alone now know that they're not the ones in the minority at all".
The Week That Really Was 71 - Driven two Spirits
March 08, 2024 08:39 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBJohn and Sarah discuss the Government's new sex education reforms, including the new gingerbread person. Also: Final referendum predictions, Sinn Fein's continuing woes, and the Government, if it will do nothing else for us, will at least kill us off before the end.
TRSI 385 -Real Silence
March 03, 2024 14:20 - 1 hour - 66 MBThe end of two pointless referendums draws near, but there's still enough time left for people to embarrass themselves; and the arguments against marriage are poisonous. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/03/02/brianna-parkins-fairy-tales-about-marriage-are-a-way-for-rich-people-to-feel-as-if-they-deserve-their-charmed-lives/
The Week That Really Was 70 - Double Standards
March 01, 2024 09:55 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MBJohn and Sarah talk about an epidemic of double standards in Ireland: The lack of any concern about the attack on Carol Nolan's office, as opposed to the horror at the NWCI receiving mean tweets. Also: FF's selection mess, crazy cat killing women, and the perils of canvassing.
TRSI 384 - Marketing and HR are where most criminal enterprises fall down
February 25, 2024 13:13 - 49 minutes - 53.2 MBA reminder that smokers are the real heroes; the unimportance of democratic norms; and more polls.
The Week That Really Was 69 - The Taoiseach takes flight
February 23, 2024 08:24 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBJohn and Sarah recap an eventful week, from the Taoiseach's flight and fight attitude to Gript, the continuing chaos of the referendum campaigns, a sausage festival in Belfast, and the competing scandals in a Limerick hospital.
The Week That Really Was 68 - Verifiable lies and boiled tits
February 16, 2024 08:37 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBIn this week's edition, John and Sarah discuss being male, pale, and stale, per an FG MEP, as well as the mounting Children's hospital disaster, Simon Harris's latest bright idea, and Michael McDowell's palpable fury over Government misinformation in the referendum campaign.
TRSI 383 - A certified hood classic
February 11, 2024 13:03 - 57 minutes - 59 MBThe semi-state formerly known as the NWCI; and we finally have detailed polling on immigration - turns out people have some concerns.
The Week That Really Was 67 - Expensive women and fast czars
February 09, 2024 09:03 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBJohn and Sarah discuss the funding of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, which Sarah insists doesn’t represent her. Also: The Sinn Fein polling slump is real, Euthanasia breaks new frontiers in Holland, and Joe Biden is now talking to the dead.
TRSI 382 - The blame game is now a semi-professional sport
February 05, 2024 13:46 - 54 minutes - 57.4 MBPolls show public willingness to consider voting for anti-immigrant parties and candidates is substantially up, support for the referendums is substantially down, and SF continue to fall.
The Week That Really Was 66 - Crime and no punishment
February 02, 2024 09:27 - 1 hour - 93 MBJohn and Sarah review some of the sentences from the Irish courts in January, and conclude that it’s a good time to be a criminal in Ireland. Also: Is politics putting women off dating, and are Sinn Fein in serious decline?
The Week That Really Was 65 - A carnival of nonsense
January 26, 2024 08:56 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBA dumb new RTÉ funding plan, a stupid controversy over the Oscars, confusion from the electoral commission, and a covid enquiry that won’t blame anybody: The week was a carnival of nonsense, says Sarah Ryan, and John finds it hard to disagree.
TRSI 381 - Malcolm Byrne reminds us he can still throw a punch
January 21, 2024 13:30 - 48 minutes - 51.1 MBThe Business Post reports that COVID-era debt warehousing is going to be extended; Garda made 0 criminal checks against EURODAC between 2015 and the start of 2023; and Malcolm Byrne seems unhappy with Gript. Fianna Fail candidate feels 'shame and regret' over 'striking out' at female friend at college | Independent.ie
The Week That Really Was 64 - The things you’re supposed to think
January 19, 2024 10:06 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBJohn and Sarah discuss Javier Millei and the World Economic Forum, and how Argentina’s President is confounding expectations. Also, Roderic O’Gorman and Throuples, Roscrea’s community hotel, and Jordan Petersen’s re-education.
TRSI 380 - Politics as golf
January 14, 2024 13:18 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBThe argument for the new referendums seems to be that we need to change the constitution so that the courts can figure out what it was we actually voted on; we suggust putting the referendums before two important elections was perhaps not wise; and polling indicates that over 70% of the country are now anti-immigration extremists.
The Week That Really Was 63 - Unvetted
January 12, 2024 10:15 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBJohn and Sarah discuss the latest developments in Ireland’s widening immigration debate, including the vexxed question of whether it’s justified to be worried about “unvetted migrant men”. Also: a heated debate about whether historic sex crime trials can ever be fair.
TRSI 379 - Here we go again
January 07, 2024 13:17 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBThe referendum to remove women from the constitution has a kicker for carers; a Dutch study shows immigrants are not all born, financially, equal; and SF want to bring Dublin house prices to 300,000 - a level not seen since the crash. https://demo-demo.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Borderless_Welfare_State-2.pdf https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2024/2024-01-03_bill-digest-thirty-ninth-amendment-of-the-constitution-the-family-bill-2023_en.pdf
The Week That Really Was 62 - New Year, Same old us
January 05, 2024 10:33 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBJohn and Sarah discuss how Ozempic has made new years resolutions moot for both of them, and also, share their predictions for the year ahead, featuring plenty of misery for the Irish Government.
TRSI 378 - Merry Christmas, yet again
December 24, 2023 13:07 - 54 minutes - 55.4 MBThis week we take aim at the real enemy - peace. https://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/editorial-earth-is-too-small-and-life-too-short-for-anything-but-the-pursuit-of-peace/a1684588158.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110726184747/http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/Referenda/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad%2C1894%2Cen.pdf https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-care-women-referendum-6256546-Dec2023/
The Week That Really Was 61 - Reviewing the Year
December 22, 2023 08:30 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MB“The hate speech bill was when the tide began to turn” – Sarah and John look back on a year that may be remembered, in decades to come, as one of the most politically eventful in Irish history.
The Week That Really Was 60 - Unspoken Qualms
December 15, 2023 11:49 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBWith surrogacy on the political agenda this week, John and Sarah have a frank discussion about the issues involved, and why they both have deep concerns about surrogacy for money. But first: Aodhan O’Riordain’s flip-flops, and a very predictable last minute COP deal.
TRSI 377 - We’ll know it when you see it
December 10, 2023 13:09 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBNew polling shows the danger of the immigration debate for SF, the Fiscal Advisory Council continues to scream into the void; and a Dail debate on immigration takes a turn for the nasty. https://www.kildarestreet.com/debates/?id=2023-12-06a.39
The Week That Really Was 59 - The mental load
December 08, 2023 12:50 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBJohn and Sarah discuss Helen McEntee’s very broad definition of “far right”, why they’re both voting NO twice on March 8th, and why men are so useless at domestic chores. Also: Paschal Donohoe’s future, and the increase in domestic violence.
The Week That Really Was 58 - Oh look, an elephant
December 01, 2023 12:01 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBJohn and Sarah discuss the week that really was, including the background to Gript’s deleted story, and the wider ongoing coverage and cultural concerns around events in Dublin over the past week.
TRSI 376 - A solo run
November 26, 2023 13:26 - 28 minutes - 30.7 MBSo let's talk about how people are talking about the riots. https://gript.ie/mr-martins-pathetic-puska-answer/ https://gript.ie/in-silencing-ryan-casey-the-media-abandons-all-pretence/
The Week That Really Was 57 - Dublin on fire
November 24, 2023 13:47 - 1 hour - 103 MB“They cannot figure out that it is not the “far right” fuelling anti-immigration sentiment in Ireland, it is anti-immigration sentiment fuelling the “far right”. John and Sarah discuss yesterday’s events, and the week that led up to them.
TRSI 375 - One day the sarcasm well will run dry, but today is not that day
November 19, 2023 12:46 - 38 minutes - 38.9 MBIn praise of the political courage of Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar; solving the Israel-Hamas affair; and an unhinged rant on energy subsidies.
The Week That Really Was 56 - Were they stoned when they wrote it
November 17, 2023 10:06 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBJohn and Sarah discuss RTE’s doom documentary from the future, the broadcaster’s big bailout, Tubridy’s new gig, and why Sarah thinks the new Independent Ireland party is going places.
The Week That Really Was 55 - Justice served
November 10, 2023 11:02 - 53 minutes - 74 MBJUSTICE SERVED: John and Sarah react to the Ashling Murphy murder trial verdict, and discuss other legal matters of the week: Was Maria Bailey vindicated? Is Chris Andrews TD right to sue a journalist? And is Russia trying to rig Irish elections?
The Week That Really Was 54 - The ongoing covid hangover
November 03, 2023 09:35 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBBusinesses suffering, marriages failed, faith in vaccines undermined: John and Sarah discuss the ongoing hangover from lockdown, the reasons nobody will accept any blame, and the lack of an enquiry. Also, how kids should play.
The Week That Really Was 53 - The Far Correct
October 27, 2023 09:17 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBOn Immigration, it turns out that the far right was… the far correct? John and Sarah are joined this week by Laura Perrins of @theconwom to discuss that, as well as conflicting UK/Irish narratives on Gaza, and whether Mary McAleese would make a good priest.
TRSI 374 - This podcast has no name as Michael isn’t proud of his work
October 22, 2023 12:26 - 43 minutes - 43.1 MBBeLongTo and their private meetings with civil servants; the Far Right Observatory visits the Oireachtas; disinformation; and the president has no strings on him. https://gript.ie/belongto-rep-revenue-staff-webinar/
The Week That Really Was 52 - Hit me Paddy one more time
October 20, 2023 09:44 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBThis week’s podcast covers Paddy Cosgrave’s sudden fall from grace, the disturbing revelations in Britney Spears’ new book, and asks: What’s become of us that we want to teach Irish children that they’re privileged for being white, or male, or Irish?
TRSI 373 - An action can be evil but not sinful
October 15, 2023 11:58 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBAnswering the age old question "War, what is it good for?" The answer is probably not absolutely nothing.
The Week That Really Was 51 - Hatikvah
October 13, 2023 12:06 - 51 minutes - 29.1 MBThe budget and the war: Two topics dominate this week’s podcast, after a very depressing week. Do Irish politicians lack imagination? And is there any prospect at all of peace in the Middle East? John and Sarah discuss:
TRSI 372 - Like a child or a small dog
October 08, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 51.2 MBRoderick O'Gorman is finding it difficult to answer questions; the merging of the NGOs and Irish politics; and with the budget approaching polling shows most Irish households can't afford to cover a €1,000 emergency. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/07/almost-half-of-irish-adults-could-not-cover-the-cost-of-an-unexpected-expense-of-1000-survey-finds/