Podcast Episodes

‘Oh Lord, it’s so Harte to be humble.’ Part 1

Episode 106

Who will Mickey Harte blame next? Was it inevitable that it would fall apart at Derry? On Free State today, Joe and Dion talk about the fall and fall of Mickey Harte. Joe explains why Harte is an int…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The unbearable agony of Palestine. Part 2. With Gideon Levy

Episode 105

Gideon Levy says he is an Israeli patriot. But he is a patriot in a land where truth is seen as treason. In Part 2 of his Free State interview, Gideon Levy provides a frightening insight into Israel …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The unbearable agony of Palestine. Part 1. With Gideon Levy

Episode 104

When Gideon Levy was a teenager growing up in Israel he was devoted to the ‘nationalistic religious orgy’ in the country. Today, as a journalist working for Haaretz, he has been described as the ‘mos…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Big Bad Bill. The greatest captain of them all. Captain Class Part 4.

Episode 103

As a young man, he fled the racism of Louisiana. His father could take no more: violence or exile was the next step. He began what at first was an unpromising basketball career before becoming the mo…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Are Leinster cursed or just losers? What causes great teams to become serial failures? Captain Class Part 3

Episode 102

When Leinster missed a drop goal in the final seconds of the European final were they just unlucky? Or were they, like Mayo, missing chances or losing three finals in a row because something fundamen…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Roy Keane Conundrum - The Captain Class Part 2

Episode 101

Roy Keane drove Manchester United and Ireland on through the force of his personality. He was the most important player in Alex Ferguson’s side but was he a man apart or the invisible essence of the …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Captain Class Part 1

Episode 100

What is it that unites the greatest teams in sport?

What is the factor that ensures a team remains successful over a prolonged period?

When the American journalist Sam Walker began to study the greates…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Winners & Losers

Episode 99

The Ulster final was a study in winning and losing. A perfect example of the question everyone in sport has wrestled with for generations: what makes one team win and another team lose?

What makes one…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Superman. An American football story. Joe Klecko, quarter back killer

Episode 98

Joe Klecko always had mayhem on his mind. Klecko, the legendary defensive linemen for the New York Jets, is regarded as the strongest man in the history of American Football.

When Joe Klecko was induc…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Roger Casement Part 2. The Mission.

Episode 97

Roger Casement’s executioner described him as ‘the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute’. In part 2 of a special Free State on Casement, his biographer Roland Philipps explains the doomed…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago