Podcast Episodes

Roger Casement And The Temple Of Doom Part 1

Episode 96

When Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison in 1916, he died an Irish hero and a traitor to the British Empire.

On Banna Strand in 2016, President Higgins described Casement as “not just a gr…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Jimmy’s Winning Matches (Again)

Episode 95

What drives Jim McGuinness? Why does he inspire such devotion and how does he command such loyalty?

On Free State, Joe explains his own complicated relationship with Jim McGuinness.

In a world where GA…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Anyone For the Last Few Choc Ices? The Life and Turbulent Times of Christy Moore. Part 3

Episode 94

Christy Moore has been a giant in Irish life. In the final part of the Free State special he talks to Joe and Dion about the songs and the people who have guided him along the way.

He plays the songs …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

They Never Came Home. The Life and Turbulent Times of Christy Moore. Part 2

Episode 93

When the Stardust Families were on their own, Christy Moore stood with them. 

On Part 2 of the Free State Special, Christy Moore remembers the dark days of the tragedy in 1981. When Christy found hims…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Don’t Forget your shovel if you want to go to Tulsk. The life and turbulent times of Christy Moore. Part 1

Episode 92

Christy Moore has been the voice of the nation for more than fifty years.

Christy has been on the side of the underdog, called out the establishment and has never taken a backward step. In the first p…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

United Ireland or Bust? Part 2

Episode 91

When it comes to a united Ireland, economists might know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Except they’re not even sure of the price. On Free State, Dion and Joe consider the report w…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

United Ireland or Bust? Till debt do us part.

Episode 90

Ireland’s new Taoiseach Simon Harris says he belongs to a generation more familiar with Berlin and Paris than Belfast or Derry. To the Irish citizens of Belfast and Derry, it may have been a surprise…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Jurgen Klopp, Mickey Harte and the real glory in the GAA

Episode 89

The power of the GAA is best seen when the people who are its lifeblood support a cause. The sense of a community united for the greater good is what makes the GAA different and special. On Free Stat…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

The GAA & The Wall Of Love. Birth, life, death, funeral expenses & why an English statistics professor was “blown away”

Episode 88

The Late Late Show special on the GAA demonstrated what makes the association special. The people and the communities are where the real glory is found in the GAA, not in the fleeting fame of All-Ire…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Trading My Soul: Part 2

Episode 87

They were “young, dumb and full of c**”. The ambitious young men who became traders in the city of London would have been drug dealers if they grew up where Gary Stevenson grew up. And the drug deale…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago