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The Disappeared. From 1920 to 1998. How the memory of the murdered has become a game of whataboutery.
Episode 193
The last episode of Free State ended with Joe and Dion arguing while guest Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc kept the peace. Today, they continue the conversation…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Restless Dead: How the Irish establishment turned the good old IRA into a propaganda opportunity with historian Padraig Óg O’Ruairc
Episode 192
The story of the disappeared in Irish history is long and murky. Why are some of the tales wrapped up in myth and others part of the barbaric recent …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Shamrock My Father Wore - For God, Ulster & Elon. How the Irish far right embraced loyal Ulster.
Episode 191
As Elon Musk and Donald Trump take control in America, what is the consequence of resistance? Musk campaigns against the unelected bureaucrats even t…
1 year, 3 months ago
America’s War Game: How the Super Bowl Became a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
Episode 190
On Sunday evening, Donald Trump became the first sitting American president to attend the Superbowl. His attendance, in the eyes of many, sealed the …
1 year, 3 months ago
Conquering Hill 16. Paddy Cullen & the Dublin revolution
Episode 189
There are times when, as a great writer said, the past beats inside us like a second heart.
The death of Paddy Cullen was, for so many people, one of …
1 year, 4 months ago
Assassinating Peter Robinson: How an IRA hired hitman almost took out the DUP hardliner. With Unionist historian Aaron Edwards.
Episode 188
In 1981, the FBI raided the New York apartment of a 27-year-old Englishman who they believed had been commissioned by the Provisional IRA to murder a…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Decline of the Loyal Family. How Ulster Protestants were sold out by their leaders. With Unionist historian Aaron Edwards.
Episode 187
CS Lewis wrote that there would be no better to place to live than Northern Ireland ‘if only I could deport the Ulstermen’. On Free State today Joe a…
1 year, 4 months ago
Joseph O’Connor: Free State Special
Episode 186
What were the challenges in being part of the resistance to the Nazis? What was the peculiar torment for women who took on the Reich? On a Free State…
1 year, 4 months ago
Is there a world after Gaza?
Episode 185
When President Donald Trump said he wanted to ‘clean out’ Gaza, where was the condemnation from world leaders? People might dismiss it as just anothe…
1 year, 4 months ago
Poitín for dogs, cows and Gaelic football. The launch of Starship Gavin & the alcoholic Alsatian
Episode 184
What does giving poitín to a cow who has just calved have to do with the new rules in Gaelic football? On Free State today, Joe explains how Jim Gavi…
1 year, 4 months ago