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Recession Incoming
Season 1 Episode 80
Ivan reads the economic tea leaves and blames government pessimism for falling consumer confidence in spending, the disaster of the falling number of new home building starts, why a principled positi…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Lou Can (win the Presidency)
Season 1 Episode 79
Matt and Ivan have a spirited debate about the chances of Mary Lou McDonald appealing to enough voters to win the Presidency, they assess what the other parties can do in response. But before that, J…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
No Such Thing As A Free College Education
Season 1 Episode 78
A lengthy debate on who should pay for third-level education and who gets the benefit. Ivan takes issue with Matt for enjoying the hospitality of the US Embassy, why insurance awards may be going up …
Published on 5 months ago
Trump Blows Up his Critics
Season 1 Episode 77
Ivan praises the political impact of Trump's Iran moves: Matt disagrees. Also, Dublin Airport update, the do-nothing government, the expansion of the Civil service, union boss Owen Reidy gets in touc…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
PTP America | Bonus special - Trump's War and Peace
Season 1
In a Path to Power special, Matt is joined by veteran US-based Irish journalist Marion McKeone to discuss Donald Trump's gamble with his MAGA base by attacking Iran, why MAGA doesn't want American wa…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Will Trump Pull the Trigger?
Season 1 Episode 76
Israel and Iran: Where Ireland and the EU stand, and where Trump stands with his MAGA base. How real is the National Economic Dialogue? Is Paul Murphy the Irish Greta Thunberg? Scandals and further i…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Rent Pressure Moans
Season 1 Episode 75
After a detour to the Ballymena riots, Ivan and Matt return to the ongoing housing crisis and the government's Rent Pressure Zones initiative. The death of Evan Fitzgerald and the controversy over th…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
What does this Government actually control?
Season 1 Episode 74
A discussion on whether the bail laws need to be changed, the further revelation undermining Children's Health Ireland, top civil servants with different interpretations of what can be done, more cri…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
The AI Tsunami
Season 1 Episode 73
Ivan and Matt report on their travels and what they have learnt about AI and its impact on society, the Irish-American view of the world, the latest on Trump's tariffs, and why Irish Water is more im…
Published on 6 months ago
Renting and Raving
Season 1 Episode 72
Where we are going with Rent Pressure Zones, the Mayo-led boycott of second-home owners, what really happened in 2024's election voting, room to improve for TD's offices (and who wants a 'La-Z-Boy' c…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago