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How behavioural science informs the pandemic response - with Pete Lunn
In today’s episode, Hugh talks to Pete Lunn, a behavioural economist with the Economic and Social Research Institute. Lunn is also part of the behavi…
6 years, 2 months ago
US Politics special with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Today Hugh speaks to Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer with New York-based conservative magazine National Review. Dougherty is also the auth…
6 years, 2 months ago
Coronavirus: are we losing control?
Health editor Paul Cullen joins Hugh, Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones to talk about an eventful week in Ireland's Covid-19 battle. Does the outbr…
6 years, 2 months ago
Lifting the lid on paid-for politics - with Peter Geoghegan
Hugh talks to journalist Peter Geoghegan about the murky world of political think-tanks and pressure groups that he writes about in a new book, Democ…
6 years, 2 months ago
Remembering John Hume - with Claire Hanna
SDLP MP for South Belfast Claire Hanna joins Hugh to look back on the life and legacy of John Hume, who died on Sunday.
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6 years, 2 months ago
Government stumbles toward the recess
It's been another extraordinary week for the new government and a very uncomfortable one for Micheal Martin and some of his ministers, as stumbles ov…
6 years, 3 months ago
Repost: Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project)talks to Hugh about his new book 'The Fifth Risk'. The book concerns the Trump Ad…
6 years, 3 months ago
Green list confusion, EU recovery deal and the impending stimulus package
In today’s episode Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy and the newest member of the politics team, Jack Horgan-Jones to dissect the events of this week, incl…
6 years, 3 months ago
How damaged is Micheál Martin's leadership? (Live at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival)
This week The Irish Times ran its "Summer Nights" online festival, featuring conversations with guests like Samantha Power, Anne Enright, Imelda May,…
6 years, 3 months ago
US politics: is Trump toast? With Fintan O'Toole and Suzanne Lynch
President Donald Trump is clearly behind in the polls, but is it too late for him to claw it back? What kind of campaigns will he and his rival Joe B…
6 years, 3 months ago