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Heather Humphreys, Jim Gavin’s white trousers and the sash my husband didn’t wear
Episode 285
When Mary Lou McDonald announced a ‘game changing’ candidate many eyes looked to Joe Brolly. But was he ever in the running and would Dion have voted for him?
On Free State today, Dion and Joe look at…
Published on 3 months ago
Never too old - Finding Ireland, and yourself, in hurling
Episode 284
What happens when a man tries to take up hurling at 41?
What does he learn about himself and Ireland’s relationship with its fabled national game.
On Free State today, Second Captains co-host Ciaran Mu…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Leo Varadkar, United Irishman.
Episode 283
At the age of 45, Leo Varadkar decided to resign as Taoiseach. Many people wondered why.
In an extraordinarily frank interview on Free State today, Leo Varadkar talks about how finding peace in his pe…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Charlie Kirk: The Death of an American Hero
Episode 282
Who was Charlie Kirk and what had he got to do with Ireland?
On a heated episode of Free State, Dion and Joe argue about how to respond to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Is it right simply to commiserate…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The Ascent of Man: How Diarmuid Lyng made sense of the world
Episode 281
Diarmuid Lyng led the life many believe is the dream.
But it wasn’t his dream.
On Free State today he talks about how there has to be another way. How there has to be a version of ourselves outside the…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Our Man in Washington: Niall Stanage on Epstein, Trump and Down football
Episode 280
What is it like to cover the Donald Trump White House?
How should the media engage with the presidency in a time of crisis?
On Free State today, Niall Stanage talks to Joe and Dion about his time in Am…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
FBI Informant-The Shocking Truth about Donald J Trump
Episode 279
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson declared last week that Donald Trump had been an FBI informant working to take down Jeffrey Epstein. He subsequently said he might have got it…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Four Green Fields: The Climate Crisis, Culture Wars and Myths
Episode 278
Ireland is a rural country. We believe that the values that sustain us are values that have been shaped by our struggle for land and our struggles on the land.
But as the climate emergency reaches a p…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Age of Deportation-How England’s political class embraced the hate movement
Episode 277
When Nigel Farage arrived in Washington this week, a US congressman Jamie Raskin spoke the truth about this snake oil salesman.
In Britain the worst of Farage’s impulses are now indulged.
On Free Stat…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Jim Gavin for President
Episode 276
Why does Jim Gavin want to be president?
What does a man in the prime of his life with a record of success and achievement gain from going to the Aras?
On Free State today Joe explains what makes his …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago