Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFintan O’Toole talks Princeton, the Presidency and the politics of self-pity
It’s time for a second helping of the great writer, thinker and commentator, Fintan O’Toole. Fintan has spent a lot time in the United States, inclu…
10 months ago
Gavan Reilly – stories from inside White House Oval Office
Political reporter Gavan Reilly has been in the Oval Office twice – the first time was during Donald Trump’s first term as US President, and the seco…
10 months ago
Fintan O’Toole on why Trump is a fascist comedian and the far right are idiots
Fintan has been one of the top thinkers, writers, and speakers in Ireland for as long as I can remember. He has so much to say about so many things a…
10 months, 1 week ago
Gavan Reilly reveals the secrets of Leinster House
As the saying now goes, what happens in Leinster House…ends up in Gavan Reilly’s new book, ‘The Secret Life of Leinster House: what you really need t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Dave Hannigan – an Irishman in Trump’s America
A couple of weeks ago Dave Hannigan joined me to share the fascinating story of how a Kerry man called Butty Sugrue managed to convince the one and o…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Willa White - from a prison cell to selling out the Gaiety
He joined me here on the podcast a couple of years ago but he’s such a brilliant character and so much has happened in his life since we last met, th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Lisa Harding on leaving acting, finding writing, and remembering those crazy college years
Lisa Harding and I go way back, right back to Trinity College Dublin in the early 90s where we both did our degrees and became very involved in actin…
11 months ago
The mad story of the Kerryman who brought Muhammad Ali to Ireland
Picture the scene – its 1972, Ireland is a very different place to what it is today, the country is very monocultural and feels isolated out on the …
11 months, 1 week ago
Going full Cork with Reggie, Blackrock Road
As a big fan of all things Cork, I was delighted a couple of years back to come across a fantastic ‘pure-cork’ comedy character called Reggie from th…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Dermot Whelan - why do we all feel so busy and wrecked all the time?
(…and what we can do about it). Dermot Whelan and I worked together in Today FM for many years, until he made the decision to leave the Dermot and Da…
11 months, 3 weeks ago