Podcast Episodes

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 breakdown? If not, why not?

On Free State today, Joe and Di…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days 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 account after his death. Sharif was a journalist with…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days 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 salvation.

His book is a story of addiction and recovery,…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day 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 fight in Dublin except the men who made it possible.

O…

Published on 1 month 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 those on the other side and what helps people become …

Published on 1 month 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 changes brought about by the long hot summer of 197…

Published on 1 month ago

They’re behind you! How the mass murder industry is trying to spook Ireland into wasting billions on weapons of war.

Episode 261

Have you locked yourself in a panic room? Have you got your tinned foods and toilet rolls in for when the Russians invade? If not, why are you so complacent? Why don’t you understand the threats Irel…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Superman unleashed. Can anyone stop David Clifford & another Golden Years?

Episode 260

After Sunday's All Ireland final proved yet again why David Clifford is Superman in shorts, Joe wonders can any team stop a new Golden Years style reign for the Kerry footballers? On Free State today…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

A War Correspondent in Gaza

Episode 259

As a young reporter Phoebe Greenwood worked as a war correspondent in Gaza. She inhabited the world of fixers where journalists stayed at the Al Deira hotel and Israeli government spokespeople provid…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Can Donegal beat David Clifford? Or are 15 mortal men enough against the God of football?

Episode 258

How do you stop a genius? How does a genius thrive? 

David Clifford is the greatest Gaelic football who has ever lived but will that be enough on its own to bring Kerry an All-Ireland?

On Free State to…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago