Gript Media Podcasts

The Week That Really Was EP49 - Carlow Teachers redux

Does the case of the “racist gymnast coach” resemble the Carlow Teachers scandal? John and Sarah discuss that, the Laurence Fox scandal, and the latest opinion poll in this week’s episode.

TRSI 370 - Even Jesse Owens got his medals

A state funded charity tells teachers to lie to parents; there's apparently a very thin line between an honest mistake and gross racial prejudice; and the measurement of tax.

 

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1705255758978269390

The Week That Really Was EP48 - Giving Both Barrels to the Brand

Short version blurb: Sometimes a little whataboutery goes a long way: John and Sarah compare the reaction to the “blithering idiocy” on Kildare Street, to the silence over the left-wing extremism on display in Dublin just last Saturday.

The Week That Really Was EP47 - Anger and Rage

Paul Murphy’s doxxing disgrace, RTE’s 80k photographer, Micheal Martin’s infection warning, and dumb new speed limits: It was a week to raise the hackles of the most placid person. John and Sarah are no exceptions:

 

Available on Spotify & iTunes

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kOPNDrvsxqXv8uicOotvP

iTunes
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-week-that-really-was/id1653091194?uo=4

TRSI 369 - (Fiscally) Harder, Better, Faster

IBEC calls for taxes to increase; the Fiscal Advisory Council is deeply unhappy; and calls for a reduction in speed limits are both ill-conceived and unneeded.

https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pre-Budget-Statement-2024-..pdf
https://www.rsa.ie/news-events/news/details/2023/01/01/13-rise-in-road-deaths-recorded-in-2022

The Week That Really Was EP46 - Up the Ra, Down with Cars

John and Sarah discuss a packed week in Stradbally which started with Up the Ra chants at the Electric Picnic and ends with Ukrainians about to move into the site on an emergency basis. Also: Speed limits, American Mommy bloggers going to jail, and why Sarah’s a tough parent herself.

TRSI 368 - In which Michael says ’booty’

Grade inflation; the Electoral Commission and the 'right not to be misinformed'; and you've got to admire the sheer balls on the ICCL.

 

https://app.tickettailor.com/event/ev_2888507

The Week That Really Was EP45 - Did the earth move for you?

Having survived an earthquake in Greece, and listened to three hours of Andrew Tate on her holidays, Sarah returns to an Ireland transformed by new constituency boundaries, and the dramatic fall from grace of singer Roisin Murphy.

TRSI 367 - A statement murder

Man makes tragic mistake of getting on a plane in Russian airspace; the Pareto Principle for habitual criminals; and grade inflation.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQNULEudss

The Week That Really Was EP44 - More deadly than the male

John is joined by Irish writer Conor Fitzgerald (@fitzfromdublin) to discuss the question of whether Ireland, and western society at large, is increasingly divided politically along gender lines, and why cultural institutions sometimes seem to hate their own audiences.