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2024:40 The Opium Wars
Season 2024 Episode 40
In this episode, we dive into the harrowing impact of the opioid epidemic in North America, recounting firsthand observations of addiction's toll in cities like Ottawa, Quebec, and Vancouver. How did…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
2024:39 Letter from America with Evan Solomon
Season 2024 Episode 39
As we delve into America in this pivotal election year, grappling with its geopolitical challenges, culture wars, and internal conflicts, Evan Solomon makes a crucial point: discussing America as a m…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
2024:38 Rich in Poor Houses
Season 2024 Episode 38
Why do wealthy people live in houses originally built for the less affluent? Despite vast improvements in living standards over the years — lower infant mortality rates, faster access to life-saving …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
2024:37 The Rwanda-isation of Ireland
Season 2024 Episode 37
The Tories are seeking revenge for Brexit by exploiting immigration policy. Having been out-foxed, out-thought and out-gunned by Dublin on Brexit negotiations, they are extracting a price- that price…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
2024:36 Cod & Chips: The Story of Irish/Italians
Season 2024 Episode 36
Last week, the football team I play with went on a trip to Italian organised by one of our lads Camilio Borza a member of the Irish Italian tribe. In the the vibrant tapestry of Irish history, few im…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
2024:35 The Political Fallout of Housing
Season 2024 Episode 35
This podcast delves into the intricate interplay of politics and housing, a phenomenon not unique to Ireland but deeply emblematic there. It examines how the control, or lack thereof, of housing can …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
2024:34 Istanbul: The Centre of our World
Season 2024 Episode 34
In part two of our mini-series on Turkey, we delve deeper into the electrifying economic history of Istanbul, from the Byzantine to the Ottoman empires and up to today. We explore how these empires s…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
2024:33 The Future is Turkish!
Season 2024 Episode 33
This is the first of 2 podcasts on Turkey following a quick visit to Istanbul where the inflation rate is currently at 69% annually, and the currency, the Lira, is on a devaluation spiral, but might …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
2024:32 Humanomics
Season 2024 Episode 32
The majority of my tribe, economists have been getting it wrong for decades, if you go back and look at economic research from the seventies, nobody is talking about coming inequality. Yet inequality…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
2024:31 What Elon's travails tell us about the New Cold War?
Season 2024 Episode 31
Elon Musk is to 2024 what Howard Roark was to 1943. In Ayn Rand's book Fountainhead, her hero Roark was brilliant, single-minded and flawed. Musk is a modern day Roark and yet despite his remarkable …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago