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Here’s How 173 – Hidden Faces
March 21, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBMathew Creighton is associate professor of sociology at UCD. ***** I’ve been on a low-information diet. I suppose I’m someone who is generally pretty well-informed but sometimes that can get a bit too much, so a few months ago I just tuned out, deleted all my news apps, Twitter – while it still had the […]
HH172 – Never Mind the Bullocks
March 07, 2024 05:00 - 57 minutes - 84.6 MBAndrew Wright is a fourth generation dairy farmer near Omagh in Co Tyrone, with a big following on Tiktok. We talked about this video he published. ***** In the world of what used to be called PR, these days they call themselves other things, information management or whatever. PR has PR’d itself. In the world […]
Here’s How 171 – Tilting at Monoliths
February 08, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBDavid Maddox is the political editor of Express Online. ***** Kevin and myself always appreciate feedback from listeners, we try to reply when we can, but Aengus Ryan send in a sound file, which is great cos I can include it in the podcast. I think this is an important question, and I think that […]
Here’s How 170 – Nobody Tells Us What to Do
January 18, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 43.3 MBPádraig Mac Lochlainn is Sinn Féin’s chief whip. *****
Here’s How 169 – Gift of the Gab
December 21, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBMario Rosenstock is a comedian and impressionist, and creator of TodayFM’s Gift Grub. ***** Here’s something about the Chinese economy. China’s ‘investment’ in real estate makes Ireland’s property obsession seem breezy and carefree. Just before our crash, 12 per cent of our economy was house-building. Even if Chinese GDP figures are true, then their reliance […]
Here’s How 168 – Mark of Empire
December 07, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBBen Habib is one of the deputy leaders of Reform UK, the new name for The Brexit Party founded by Nigel Farage. I misspoke during the interview, I wrongly said that Reginald Dyer, the butcher of Amritsar, was Jewish. I should have said that Edwin Montagu, the Liberal MP and Secretary for India, who did […]
Here’s How 167 – Holes in the Net
November 23, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 57 MBAubrey McCarthy is the founder and chairman of Tiglin, a charity that provides services to homeless people. ***** I listen to podcasts quite a bit in arrears. I’m not too worried about being current, I suppose, and I was just listening to a David McWilliams podcast from August, he was talking about the banks, not […]
Here’s How 166 – Tsar Wars
November 02, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 78.8 MBJames Ker-Lindsay is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on conflict, peace and security in South East Europe (Western Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus), European Union enlargement, and secession and recognition in international politics. ***** Donald Trump is going to jail. That’s a whole big story in itself, the reason why Donald […]
HH165 – A Step into the Dark
September 07, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBJanie Lazar is the chair of End of Life Ireland. ***** Some people have said some things about my level of political insight, thanks to them, even if I don’treally think it’s that impressive most of the time. Actually, whatever level of insight that I do have, Ithink is just down to two habits. One […]
HH164 – Uncivil Liberties
August 24, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 71.8 MBJosie Appleton is the director of the Manifesto Club. ***** You might think that you’re not familiar with the CE symbol, but you probably are, I’m sure you’ve seen it thousands of times. I can’t show you a picture of it in audio format, but the symbol is two semi-circles, the first one making a […]
Here’s How 163 – Guilty Speech
August 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBPauline O’Reilly is the Green Party spokesperson on Education and Higher Education and Senator and the cathaoirleach of the Green Party. ***** I heard Mark O’Halloran on an old episode the Mario Rosenstock Podcast recently, he talked very articulately about how the housing crisis affects him, how he as a man in his 50s has […]
Here’s How 162 – Gravy Trains and Spin Cycles
July 20, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBRepeats on podcasts don’t always make a lot of sense, but if you are subscribed, you’ll know that I put up a podcast from 2019 into the feed again last week; the podcast was an investigation into RTÉ and their relationship with the AA which supplied them with AA Roadwatch, the erstwhile traffic news segments. […]
Here’s How 161 – Once Again for Those at the Back
July 13, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 72 MBI think that it’s about time to hear this edition of the podcast from 2019 again. Dr Michael Foley is professor emeritus at the school of media at TU Dublin – formerly DIT – also a member of the NUJ’s Ethics Council, and has been invited by the International federation of Journalists and UNESCO to […]
Here’s How 160 – Heading South
July 06, 2023 04:00 - 58 minutes - 82.8 MBUki Goñi is a historian, journalist and author who has lived in the United States, Ireland, and Argentina. ***** Sometimes it helps to draw a parallel between two events in the news, but two big recent stories – in Ireland, the scandal of RTÉ lying about Ryan Tubridy’s salary, and internationally the over-before-it-began apparent coup […]
Here’s How 159 – War and Peace
June 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBJames Ker-Lindsay is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on conflict, peace and security in South East Europe (Western Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus), European Union enlargement, and secession and recognition in international politics. He has created many Youtube videos explaining his subject. ***** The Financial Times recently made a […]
Here's How 158 – Up with this sort of thing Part II
May 19, 2023 06:57 - 1 hour - 114 MBFreda Wallace is the cohost of the Gender Nebulous podcast. Statistics of the sharp rise in the number of referrals to the Tavistock clinic, and their age distribution are here, and here. False claims that puberty blockers, given to children to delay typical-age puberty are 'completely reversable' are incredibly common, and have been made by the taxpayer-funded […]
Here’s How 158 – Up with this sort of thing Part II
May 19, 2023 06:57 - 1 hour - 114 MBFreda Wallace is the cohost of the Gender Nebulous podcast. Statistics of the sharp rise in the number of referrals to the Tavistock clinic, and their age distribution are here, and here. False claims that puberty blockers, given to children to delay typical-age puberty are ‘completely reversable’ are incredibly common, and have been made by the taxpayer-funded […]
Here’s How 157 – Up with this sort of thing Part I
May 18, 2023 10:31 - 54 minutes - 105 MBFreda Wallace is the cohost of the Gender Nebulous podcast. ***** I want to comment on a rant that was previously posted on this podcast. The rant in question was posted with episode 120 Levelling the Field and the topic was Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol or MUP. MUP, long-time listeners may recall, prohibits the […]
Here's How 157 – Up with this sort of thing Part I
May 18, 2023 10:31 - 54 minutes - 105 MBFreda Wallace is the cohost of the Gender Nebulous podcast. ***** I want to comment on a rant that was previously posted on this podcast. The rant in question was posted with episode 120 Levelling the Field and the topic was Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol or MUP. MUP, long-time listeners may recall, prohibits the […]
Here’s How 156 – Down with this sort of thing
April 27, 2023 07:59 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBGraham Linehan, now back on twitter, is the creator of numerous famous TV shows including Father Ted. *****
Here's How 156 – Down with this sort of thing
April 27, 2023 07:59 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBGraham Linehan, now back on twitter, is the creator of numerous famous TV shows including Father Ted. *****
Here’s How 155 – Computer says Tá
April 06, 2023 08:19 - 28 minutes - 52.6 MBAnnabel Fenwick Elliott is a British freelance journalist who previously worked for the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. ***** It might have been Tomorrow’s World, that science programme from the BBC from my dim and distant childhood, where they demonstrated an early chatbot, although I think it wasn’t called that. You typed in some […]
Here's How 155 – Computer says Tá
April 06, 2023 08:19 - 28 minutes - 52.6 MBAnnabel Fenwick Elliott is a British freelance journalist who previously worked for the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. ***** It might have been Tomorrow’s World, that science programme from the BBC from my dim and distant childhood, where they demonstrated an early chatbot, although I think it wasn’t called that. You typed in some […]
Here's How 154 – Faithful Translations
March 23, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 102 MBDan McClellan is a public scholar of the Bible and religion and author of the book YHWH's Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach. ***** I don’t much talk about Jordan Peterson, I don’t think that he is as interesting a character as the internet makes out, certainly not as interesting as he thinks he is himself. […]
Here’s How 154 – Faithful Translations
March 23, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 102 MBDan McClellan is a public scholar of the Bible and religion and author of the book YHWH’s Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach. ***** I don’t much talk about Jordan Peterson, I don’t think that he is as interesting a character as the internet makes out, certainly not as interesting as he thinks he is himself. […]
Here’s How 153 – Tax Reform
March 09, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 85.5 MBGraham Neary is a financial commentator who has been a fund manager and analyst in the London financial markets. ***** The transport minister, Eamon Ryan who is also leader of the Green Party, it has been announced will set up an inter-departmental group to make sure the transport sector meets its emissions reduction targets. Related […]
Here's How 153 – Tax Reform
March 09, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 85.5 MBGraham Neary is a financial commentator who has been a fund manager and analyst in the London financial markets. ***** The transport minister, Eamon Ryan who is also leader of the Green Party, it has been announced will set up an inter-departmental group to make sure the transport sector meets its emissions reduction targets. Related […]
Here's How 152 – We Are Still Here
February 16, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 83.6 MBDafydd Iwan is the former president of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. ***** Bertie Ahern, we are told, had been readmitted, to Fianna Fáil. It might be better to use the term rehabilitated. Fianna Fáil activists gave him a standing ovation at an event recently, it was to mark the 25th anniversary of the […]
Here’s How 152 – We Are Still Here
February 16, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 83.6 MBDafydd Iwan is the former president of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. ***** Bertie Ahern, we are told, had been readmitted, to Fianna Fáil. It might be better to use the term rehabilitated. Fianna Fáil activists gave him a standing ovation at an event recently, it was to mark the 25th anniversary of the […]
Here’s How 151 – Never Mind the Ballots
February 02, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 104 MBJohn Rentoul is the chief political commentator for the Independent. ***** I’m pessimistic. I’m not naturally a pessimistic person, but I’m pessimistic. Maybe I’m getting older, maybe I’m entering the ‘the whole world is going to hell’ phase of my life, maybe I’m right to be pessimistic, maybe I’m not paying attention to the right […]
Here's How 151 – Never Mind the Ballots
February 02, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 104 MBJohn Rentoul is the chief political commentator for the Independent. ***** I’m pessimistic. I'm not naturally a pessimistic person, but I'm pessimistic. Maybe I'm getting older, maybe I’m entering the ‘the whole world is going to hell’ phase of my life, maybe I'm right to be pessimistic, maybe I'm not paying attention to the right […]
Here’s How 150 – I Wanna Be Anarchy
January 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBJesse Spafford is a research fellow at Trinity College Dublin working on the project REAL – Rights and Egalitarianism. His research is focused on ethics and political philosophy with particular attention paid to debates between libertarians, socialists, and anarchists over the moral status of the market and the state. ***** I was talking to someone […]
Here's How 150 – I Wanna Be Anarchy
January 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBJesse Spafford is a research fellow at Trinity College Dublin working on the project REAL - Rights and Egalitarianism. His research is focused on ethics and political philosophy with particular attention paid to debates between libertarians, socialists, and anarchists over the moral status of the market and the state. ***** I was talking to someone […]
Here's How 149 – Schrodinger's Cake
January 05, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBBrooks Newmark was a British Conservative Party MP for the constituency of Braintree and is now a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford. ***** I’ve got a proposal for tax reform. The idea is to make tax easier and simpler to understand, simpler for the government to collect, thereby lower costs which would lower […]
Here’s How 149 – Schrodinger’s Cake
January 05, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBBrooks Newmark was a British Conservative Party MP for the constituency of Braintree and is now a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford. ***** I’ve got a proposal for tax reform. The idea is to make tax easier and simpler to understand, simpler for the government to collect, thereby lower costs which would lower […]
Here’s How 148 – Labouring Forward
December 22, 2022 13:24 - 1 hour - 98.1 MBBrendan is the Labour Party TD for Wexford, and former party leader. ***** So, we’re talking about a war. We’re talking about a war where a huge, nuclear-armed superpower, attacks a territory to its south that this formerly-communist superpower views not as a real country, it views but as an integral part of its own […]
Here's How 148 – Labouring Forward
December 22, 2022 13:24 - 1 hour - 98.1 MBBrendan is the Labour Party TD for Wexford, and former party leader. ***** So, we’re talking about a war. We’re talking about a war where a huge, nuclear-armed superpower, attacks a territory to its south that this formerly-communist superpower views not as a real country, it views but as an integral part of its own […]
Here's How 147 – Makey-up Nonsensical Propaganda
December 08, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBEoin Ó Murchú was the political editor for Raidió na Gaeltachta. *****
Here’s How 147 – Makey-up Nonsensical Propaganda
December 08, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBEoin Ó Murchú was the political editor for Raidió na Gaeltachta. *****
Here’s How 146 – Another Calm Discussion
November 11, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBAoife Gallagher is a research analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author.
Here's How 146 – Another Calm Discussion
November 11, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBAoife Gallagher is a research analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author.
Here’s How 145 – A Calm Discussion
October 13, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 78.8 MBAoife Gallagher is a research analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author. *****
Here's How 145 – A Calm Discussion
October 13, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 78.8 MBAoife Gallagher is a research analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author. *****
Here’s How 144 – Stuck in the Middle with you
September 29, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBKellie Armstrong an Alliance party MLA for the Strangford constituency. ***** I saw a load of comments from commentators online, from talking heads on radio and TV, from people on Twitter, that the mobilisation ordered by Putin last week to try to shore up his invasion of Ukraine was stupid. It was stupid to try […]
Here's How 144 – Stuck in the Middle with you
September 29, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBKellie Armstrong an Alliance party MLA for the Strangford constituency. ***** I saw a load of comments from commentators online, from talking heads on radio and TV, from people on Twitter, that the mobilisation ordered by Putin last week to try to shore up his invasion of Ukraine was stupid. It was stupid to try […]
Here's How 143 – Question Time
September 15, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 75.6 MBIt's Q&A time! Thank you to everyone who sent in a question!
Here’s How 143 – Question Time
September 15, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 75.6 MBIt’s Q&A time! Thank you to everyone who sent in a question!
Here's How 142 – Both Sides Now
September 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBJoel Keys is a Belfast Loyalist activist and prolific tweeter. ***** I discovered a big discrepancy. Well, I didn’t so much discover it as notice it. And it isn't really isn't a big discrepancy, it is an enormous discrepancy. A gigantic discrepancy. A sort of a so-big-you-could-see-it-from-space. discrepancy This is the discrepancy. Have a look […]
Here’s How 142 – Both Sides Now
September 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBJoel Keys is a Belfast Loyalist activist and prolific tweeter. ***** I discovered a big discrepancy. Well, I didn’t so much discover it as notice it. And it isn’t really isn’t a big discrepancy, it is an enormous discrepancy. A gigantic discrepancy. A sort of a so-big-you-could-see-it-from-space. discrepancy This is the discrepancy. Have a look […]
Here’s How 141 – Defender of the Faiths
August 18, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 134 MBMarc Coleman is a business consultant, former broadcaster and journalist. He is currently working on a book on the persistence of western democracy. ***** ‘Magical thinking’ is a great phrase that I learnt years ago, it’s a concept that’s useful to understand someone’s thought processes, maybe even your own. If you know what it is, […]