Podcast Episodes

The Recession that Isn't Happening

Season 2023 Episode 54

We explore why the world is not in a recession despite everything. The US economy simply refuses to buckle under the pressure of high interest rates. A key difference between 2008 and now is that tha…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

What's happening in Germany

Season 2023 Episode 53

Germany, Europe's most important economy, is at a turning point. It is now a massive industrial economy with no energy. For over one hundred years, Germany has managed this dilemma. But now without R…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Fiscal Incontinence!

Season 2023 Episode 52

What a scandal at the Irish national broadcaster tells us about how the country became the most expensive place to live in Europe. It's all about value for money and how the government's inability to…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

European evolution, train tales and the history of mathematics

Season 2023 Episode 51

From a train journey to Ishango bones we talk about Europe’s complicated relationship with Africa before turning our sights (and your ears) to Maths - and how Math has shaped society as we know it!

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

A Russian Revolution?

Season 2023 Episode 50

The whole world learned the name Prigozhin over the weekend as the warlord threatened Putin and plotted a course for Moscow. With this failed coup now behind us, let’s analyze what this means for the…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Searching for America with David Brooks

Season 2023 Episode 49

In this intimate conversation, we discuss America - from a political, personal & cultural point of view to understand this land where decisions and policies ripple across the world.

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Why modern cities need to look at the 19th century for inspiration

Season 2023 Episode 48

Urban living is nothing new, but some decades did it better than others! Let’s look at how people designed cities before the advent of cars and what we can be inspired by as we look ahead.

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

The Unionist strategy against Irish Unity: Poverty

Season 2023 Episode 47

Brexit was supposed to drive a wedge between the two jurisdictions of Ireland. In reality it has built a bridge: There's far more trade between the North and the South now. Demography is only going o…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

The Economics of Football seen through the eyes of Logan Roy

Season 2023 Episode 46

Love Football? Love Succession? You're gonna love this one in which we explain the economics of football as Logan Roy would explain it to Shiv, Kendal, Roman and Conor. The game's business model is c…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

The opioid crisis in America is coming to Europe

Season 2023 Episode 45

America has been fighting through a series of drug epidemics in the last few years, and those drugs are now poised to cross the pond. Today we take a look at what is going on and why Europe should be…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago