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The Sleepwalkers-John Kampfner on how western democracy will fail
Episode 392
John Kampfner doesn’t believe there is a better way, he believes there is only one way for western democracies to survive.
On Free State today he talk…
14 hours ago
Love Island and the Sorrowful Mystery of Frank McGuigan
Episode 391
Have you been watching Love Island? As part of his deep research for the podcast, Dion has and on today’s Free State he shares his concerns about Fit…
2 days, 22 hours ago
Radical Forgiveness: How a Palestinian and an Israeli want to bring peace to their lands
Episode 390
Aziz Abu Sarah’s older brother Tayseer was like a father to him. Azis was ten years old when his brother died after he had been tortured and beaten i…
4 days, 22 hours ago
Love in the Time of War
Episode 389
Sally Hayden is a fearless journalist. She has covered war and conflict around the world. She lives in Lebanon where, early in her new book, she note…
1 week ago
The Rise and Fall of Sinn Fein
Episode 388
What do Sinn Fein stand for? What do they believe? And do the other left wing parties believe they believe it?
On Free State Joe and Dion look at the …
1 week, 2 days ago
Seven Psalms, Paul Simon and the end of Kerry football
Episode 387
What do great art and great sport have in common? Why do the moments that transport us to another dimension in sport and art have such power?
On Free …
1 week, 4 days ago
The Sound of Silence: Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries
Episode 386
On today’s Free State, Dion talks to Louise Brangan about The Fallen, her book about the Magdalene Laundries and what they tell us about Ireland, the…
2 weeks ago
Imminent extinction? Never mind, there’s always Love Island
Episode 385
Do you feel like lower value human capital or do you believe you should be on Love Island?
Who declares who is of value and who isn’t? Will the futur…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
I hear you’re a racist now, Bertie?
Episode 384
Bertie Ahern says he rejects ‘racism in all its forms’. So what is it if not racism when a former Taoiseach says ‘we can’t be taking in people from C…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
What’s Another Year? Israel and the Eurovision
Episode 383
When Israel’s contestant in the Eurovision appeared on stage in Vienna on Tuesday night, a lone voice shouted ‘stop, stop the genocide.’ The Israeli …
3 weeks, 2 days ago