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The Twilight Zone (An Imaginary World Where Ireland is At War)
Episode 52
What attracts people to conspiracy theories? In an uncertain world is it certainty or do they offer excitement missing in their lives? In today’s Fre…
2 years, 2 months ago
In Dublin's Fair City
Episode 51
How do we combat hate?
What happened in the Dublin Riots was driven by far right agitators but how do we fight their message?
Dion and Joe ask how sh…
2 years, 2 months ago
God save Ireland, said the heroes - Dublin Riots
Episode 50
Last Thursday, Joe Brolly was returning to the Stardust Inquest when he witnessed the events unfolding on Parnell Square.
On Free State today he talks…
2 years, 3 months ago
Derry Girls
Episode 49
Five Derry girls went to the Stardust nightclub. Only four came home.
How do people keep going when their lives change tragically in a moment? What is…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Thick Of It
Episode 48
What is more mind altering, a trip to Amsterdam or trying to track the lies and deception of the Tories in Britain?
On this week’s Free State, Joe has…
2 years, 3 months ago
Wounded Child No Surviving Family - Part 2
Episode 47
When did ‘ceasefire’ become a dirty word?
In the second podcast this week on the destruction of Gaza, Dion and Joe look at how language has been weapo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Wounded Child No Surviving Family (WCNSF)
Episode 46
Around the world people are marching in their millions for peace and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. On Free State, Joe and Dion have a difficult co…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Secret Life Of David Gough Part 2: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
Episode 45
David Gough felt sure he would live a life where love was denied to him. But a poem changed his life.
In part 2 of Free State, David Gough talks about…
2 years, 3 months ago
Blue Moon. The Secret Life Of David Gough
Episode 44
David Gough is the most famous and the best referee in Ireland.
He grew up in a religious and staunch GAA family and like everyone he wanted to fit in…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Unbearable Lightness Of Living. Michael Lewis talks life, love & the death of his beloved daughter Dixie Lee.
Episode 43
During the rise of Sam Bankman-Fried, Michael Lewis got closer to him than anybody else. But the fall of the crypto baby gave the Moneyball author a …
2 years, 3 months ago