Podcast Episodes

Israel-Hamas conflict takes all the attention at the EU leaders’ summit

Hugh Linehan is joined in studio by Jennifer Bray, while Pat Leahy is on the line from Brussels where he is covering the EU leaders’ summit. As Pat e…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Rory Stewart on Keir Starmer, Liz Truss and the 'unseriousness' of UK politics

Former MP, Tory leadership candidate, author and now host of the UK's biggest politics podcast The Rest is Politics, Rory Stewart is today's guest on…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Taking sides on Israel and Palestine, health money pit, flooding hits Cork

Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look at the week in Irish politics:

Foreign policy came to Dáil Éireann as Government and opposi…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Northern Ireland's 'Dirty Linen' and the long tail of trauma

From Banbridge, County Down, Irish Times Books Editor Martin Doyle grew up in the heart of the 'Linen Triangle', home of Northern Ireland's biggest i…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Michael Lewis on the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

Having already amassed a $26 billion fortune at 28, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's richest person under 30. He was als…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Horror in the Middle East, Budget aftermath, FFG

The horrific events this week in Israel and the Gaza Strip are the subject of part one of today's podcast. Harry McGee has been watching the conflict…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Deconstructing Budget 2024 - with Pearse Doherty

Budget 2024 was a missed opportunity to invest more in housing and tackle chronic problems in our health system, says Sinn Féin spokesperson for fina…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Howlin retires, Budget run-in, Starmer pours water on reunification

Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to look at the week in politics:

If past years are anything to go by, most of the Budget 2024 measures …

2 years, 4 months ago

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Will 'common sense' policies revive Rishi Sunak's Tories?

On today's podcast:

Jack Horgan-Jones on the darkening economic backdrop to next week's delivery of Budget 2024.

Mark Paul reports from the Conservativ…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Naomi Klein on conspiracies, climate and the 'personal brand'

Today’s guest is Canadian academic and author Naomi Klein. Klein shot to fame with her first book, No Logo, which offered an acute critique of how po…

2 years, 5 months ago

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