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Which came first the music or the mayhem? Musician Keith Donald on Van Morrison, Moving Hearts and drink
Episode 272
First there was the music. Keith Donald was always looking to escape.
Music offered the first exit. Then came drink.
Keith Donald was abused as a chil…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Lord of the Áras? Is Michael Flatley about to make an áras of himself?
Episode 271
Why does Michael Flatley want to be president? Why would anyone want him to be president?
On Free State today, Joe and Dion reluctantly engaged with t…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Vladimir Putin & the antidote to Donald Trump (TINY HANDS, SO TINY) and terrible hair (NOT HIS OWN).
Episode 270
Volodymyr Zelensky put on suit for his meeting with Donald Trump in the White House. During his row with Trump and JD Vance last February, a reporter…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Would you vote for an AI politician?
Episode 269
Would you vote for an AI politician or Simon Harris? Or a robot or Donald Trump?
Thomas R Weaver’s dystopian fiction Artificial Wisdom: A Novel imagin…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
With Batman saving Gotham, only Conor McGregor can save Ireland
Episode 268
When you go out to get a pint of milk, do you bring your essential survival kit in case of attack from rampaging gangs or immediate societal breakdow…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Mo Salah, Bono and how language became the spearhead of a genocide
Episode 267
“If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.” These words were published on Anas Al-Sharif’s X acc…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Replacing the shit with something better. Tim McGabhann on his journey from addiction to salvation.
Episode 266
‘I probably need to start with the s***,’ Tim MacGabhann writes in his memoir.
On Free State today, Tim MacGabhann talks about the shit and the salvat…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
When Ali met Ireland
Episode 265
When Muhammad Ali visited Ireland in 1972, the country was a different place.
Nobody believed the greatest sportsman the world has ever seen would fig…
10 months ago
Through a Glass Darkly. The sobering of Dion Fanning
Episode 263
As Dion celebrates a personal milestone, on Free State today Joe and Dion look at how to live without drink.
They consider how dark it can get for tho…
10 months ago
A summer on the brink
Episode 262
In the summer of 1976, the world was a different place.
In Ireland and Britain, it was a summer of a heatwave. But were there cultural and political c…
10 months ago