Gript Media Podcasts

The Week That Really Was 118 - Another year over

John and Sarah review the year by reviewing John's good and terrible predictions that he made in January. But before that: The lawyer who traded pictures for money on twitter, and the Taoiseach who traded Ceann Comhairles for power.

The Week That Really Was 117 - Saying no to Ho Ho Ho

John and Sarah discuss the exertions of porn star Lily Phillips, the merits of keeping kids in the dark about Santa Claus, the return of Katherine Zappone, the exit of Eoin Hayes, and some stuff about transgenders.

The Week That Really Was 116 - Five more years baby

John and Sarah review the election, look forward to five more years of Micheál Martin, look at the strength of "vote left transfer left", and also muse on the Toy Show, Hunter Biden, and the tragic case in New Ross.

The Week That Really Was 115 - Election Day Musings

John and Sarah attempt (poorly) to predict the election, and also discuss Dee Devlin's statement on Conor McGregor, Assisted Dying in the UK, and should dirty jokes from 17 years ago get you suspended?

The Week That Really Was 114 - Everything falls apart

John and Sarah bid farewell to a beloved colleague, and then turn their attention to the wheels falling off the Fine Gael bus. What went wrong - and could politicians across all parties get punished for an utterly insipid campaign?

TRSI 417 - We know not how late the hour is

On Michael Dwyer's death.

The Week That Really Was 113 - The McGregor Trial: A postmortem

John McGuirk is joined by Gript Media's Fatima Gunning, who sat through nearly all of the McGregor trial, and Laura Perrins, former criminal barrister, to talk through the evidence and verdict in the the civil case that captivated the nation.

The Week That Really Was 112 - Voting our way through WW3

John and Sarah talk the latest twists in Russia and Israel, Blindboy's new RTE documentary, and the latest twists in the very, very, very unexciting general election.

 

 

The Week That Really Was 111 - Campaign Roundup: The debate from hell

"Derek Blighe should have been in that debate" - John and Sarah discuss the RTÉ debate, and the campaign where all the parties agree and are having fake rows about nothing of importance.

The Week That Really Was 110 - No awards for us

John and Sarah bemoan their lack of recognition at the national media awards, review another boring few days in the greatest election of our age, Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, and why John is not a fan of Micheál Martin.