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Arise Knocknagoshel - Why Sport has to be about community
Episode 311
Sport is what sustains so many of us through the winter. Ireland is a sporting country but what does that mean?
On Free State today, we ask if Ireland…
3 months ago
Colin Davidson - ‘There were moments of trauma in my childhood'
Episode 310
Colin Davidson is one of Ireland’s great artists.
In a raw and powerful conversation, he joins us on Free State today to talk about a childhood that s…
3 months ago
How fortunate it is to be Irish
Episode 309
What are the things that matter in this world? What do we mean by the common good?
On Free State today Joe talks about the extraordinary beauty and gr…
3 months, 1 week ago
Troy Parrott and the joy of living in the now
Episode 308
Troy Parrott has transformed the mood of the nation.
On Free State today we ask why the player and the Ireland team have had the impact they had?
What…
3 months, 1 week ago
How Ben Dunne bought and sold Ireland
Episode 307
‘Thanks a million, big fella.’ Charlie Haughey’s words to Ben Dunne summed up how Ireland worked for many.
But who was Ben Dunne and what were the com…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Legend of the Monday Club
Episode 306
What is the difference between nostalgia and lamenting the loss of something special?
Have we become a society that places too much emphasis on propri…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Trump & Israel made the BBC great again
Episode 305
Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars.
On Free State today we ask what is driving this campaign against the BBC?
Many studie…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
‘I know a lot of people think Nigel Farage is an extremist. I don’t’
Episode 304
Iain Dale knows he is walking on perilous terrain.
Dale is one of Britain’s best known broadcasters and podcasters but his new book is about Ireland, …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York. Why is corporate America so terrified of a 34 year old Muslim?
Episode 303
In numbers not seen for half a century, New Yorkers went out and voted for Zohran Mamdani as their new mayor.
Mamdani becomes New York’s first Muslim …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Simon Harris, Elon Musk & the Stranger Danger Delusion
Episode 302
On Halloween night, a fire broke out an IPAS centre in Drogheda. Four children, including a 20-day-old baby, were among those rescued from the top fl…
3 months, 3 weeks ago