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Omar El Akkad author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This on how the west failed Gaza
Episode 225
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this." On October 25 2…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Revolutionary Road. Women’s Liberation Movement Founder Rosita Sweetman on divorcing her family and why Kneecap were right
Episode 224
Rosita Sweetman wanted to change the world. Like many of her generation, she was inspired by the civil rights movement in the US. She became a founder of the women’s liberation movement in Ireland. S…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing - Kneecap and Britain's Periodical Fits of Morality
Episode 223
"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality,” a man once said,
When it has come to the pursuit of Kneecap, the ridiculousness has extended far …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Kneecap, Louis Theroux and how the truth became Anti-Semitic
Episode 222
Micheál Martin has called on Kneecap ‘to urgently clarify’ their views on Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as killing Tory MPs. Why? How is society served by the Taoiseach involving himself in this confe…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Killing Fields: How the GAA survived the British murder machine... and flourished
Episode 221
"Each of the entries included in the book has the same ending.” Peadar Thompson wrote those haunting words in his introduction to Lost Gaels, the story of GAA members killed in Ireland during the Tro…
Published on 8 months ago
No Pope of Rome, no bilingual signs, no border poll. Pope Francis’s death and Micheál Martin’s impossible demand.
Episode 220
When Pope Francis’s death was announced by the Vatican this week, the world found the words to pay tribute.
From Kings to Prime Ministers to Presidents, everyone reached for the most appropriate tribu…
Published on 8 months ago
High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again
Episode 219
Eamonn Sweeney’s life changed on a June day in the year 2000.
He was a sportswriter enjoying the traditional rhythm of the GAA summer as he arrived at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.
Suddenly he was h…
Published on 8 months ago
This Machine Kills Fascists - Historian Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the return of the far right
Episode 218
The history of the far right in Ireland is long and dark. From the Blueshirts and Eoin O’Duffy to the Nazi collaborator Sean Russell and the return in modern times.
On today’s Free State, historian P…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Arise Sir Rory and Joe Brolly says sorry
Episode 217
Are you still talking about Rory McIlroy? Joe has reflected on his comments on Tuesday’s episode and Dion believes his views have changed. Have they? Joe also looks at the uniformity of the celebrati…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Rory McIlroy. Glory is forever, winning is closure.
Episode 216
Rory McIlrory ended his quest for the Masters on Sunday night. It was sporting drama which gripped the nation. Well, nearly all the nation. On Free State today Joe wonders if golf really can produce …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago