Podcast Episodes

The Roman Catholic Breeders Association

Episode 9

Birds do it, bees do it, but nobody does it like northern catholics, even the educated ones. Once again the demographic changes in the north have been framed in terms of a trope that Catholics are ou…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The Lonely Passion of Patrick Gilroy

Episode 8

Before Dublin became the greatest Gaelic football team ever seen, they were the best known failures in Irish sport. Pat Gilroy was the manager who turned Dublin around. He joins Joe and Dion to talk …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The Trouble With Supremacists

Episode 7

What unites the US Republican Party, Brexiteers and the DUP? This week, Joe and Dion look at the magical thinking that has replaced reason among those who once believed they were born to rule in Wash…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Curb Your Enthusiasm Father

Episode 6

If you were offered a lift on Air Force One would you take it? Joe talks to Dion about his time with Joe Biden in Ireland and the extraordinary empathy shown by the president when visiting end of lif…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra? - Part 2

Episode 5

In the second part of Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra, Dion and Joe wonder what being honest about history really means and if Ireland wants to be Austria or Germany. Joe talks about Martin McGuinness and how m…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra?

Episode 4

When the Irish women’s football team qualified for the World Cup, their achievement was overshadowed by a video of them singing ‘Ooh Aah, Up the Ra’. In this week’s episode Dion and Joe talk about wh…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Nigerian Prince

Episode 3

Charles Anyaegbunam had a privileged upbringing in Nigeria as a Nigerian prince. His first meeting with Joe Brolly took place either during an escapade around Ireland or an escapade around Florida. H…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Optimism Muscle

Episode 2

Do you know where to find your optimism muscle? In this week’s episode Joe and Dion look at how the 21st century has become a factory and why a banal uniformity has invaded so many areas of life, inc…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Smile Or Die

Episode 1

Everybody wants to be happy but what if simply wanting to be happy is as crazy as simply wanting to live on Mars? In the first episode Dion and Joe examine how vulnerable people have been exploited b…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

This is Free State Podcast

Free State is a podcast for the curious that stimulates, provokes, challenges and entertains, while never taking itself too seriously. Free State covers topics from sport to politics, love to loss, t…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago