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Saudi the Kingmaker: Gaza, Trump & a New Middle East with Andrew Maxwell
Season 2025 Episode 85
Live from Christchurch, literally tomorrow, we bring on Andrew Maxwell, fresh off stage in Riyadh, to ground-truth the social shift you won’t see in think-tank PDFs: 8k-seat comedy arenas, mixed audi…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Behavioural Budget: How Tax Shapes Us
Season 2025 Episode 84
We promise this isn’t another boring budget breakdown! This week, we’re asking a bigger question: what if taxation isn’t really about raising money, but about changing behaviour? With Ireland awash i…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Art of Creation with The Edge - Part Two
Season 2025 Episode 83
We’re back with The Edge for part two of our conversation. This time, on the creative mind itself, we talk about what connects the artist and the entrepreneur: the instinct to imagine something that …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Art of Creation with The Edge
Season 2025 Episode 82
Live from the basement, we sit down with The Edge, the musician who wanted to be a scientist, to talk about the spark that connects rock bands and startups. From U2’s early ambition to his work with …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
What is Radical Politics?
Season 2025 Episode 81
We like to think of the centre as steady, sensible, and grounded, but what if the “centre” is actually the most radical place in politics right now? The real fault line in modern politics isn’t about…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Culture Wars in the West, Alliances in the East
Season 2025 Episode 80
While the West burns itself out on culture wars, the East is quietly stitching together something bigger. This is the age of geo-economics, where oil, factories, and sheer population size matter more…
Published on 3 months ago
Who Owns the Flag? From the American Revolution to Charlie Kirk
Season 2025 Episode 79
We’re in New York this week, celebrating my mam’s 90th birthday and launching The History of Money in the U.S., but the backdrop is America’s deepening culture war. With the 250th anniversary of the …
Published on 3 months ago
The Economics of Golf
Season 2025 Episode 78
What does golf tell us about money, power, and the way economies work? From billion-dollar sponsorship deals to the rise of LIV Golf, from Tiger Woods to Trump’s golf courses, the fairways of golf ar…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
From Cod to Culture: What Inishmore Teaches Us About the Experience Economy
Season 2025 Episode 77
Between 250,000-300,000 tourists land on the island every year, 2,500 a day in summer, and yet it still feels authentic, alive, and deeply Irish. In this episode, we ask: how do remote places like In…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Could the GAA Solve Ireland’s Housing Crisis?
Season 2025 Episode 76
What if the solution to Ireland’s housing crisis has been sitting on our doorstep all along? We dive into the Danish model of cooperative housing, where 7% of Danes live in co-ops, and a full third o…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago