Gript Media Podcasts

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.

TRSI 366 - Smugness comes before the fall

This week we discuss the financial troubles of two titans of the property sector, the Peter McVerry Trust and Evergrande.

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The Week That Really Was EP43 - Seducing the Queen of Lydia.

According to the government democracy is where the government pays billions of dollars to one side and jails the other.

TRSI 365 - It’s certainly not financial advice, although you probably need some

Let's have a closer look at SF's new housing submission; the PR problem of tourists being brutalised by criminals; and financial literacy in the Irish population.

 

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/08/09/edge-of-misogyny-in-criticism-of-helen-mcentee-is-unmistakable/

https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2023/EOB_PRS_submission1.pdf

The Week That Really Was EP42 - Mad as hell and not going to take it any more

In the sorry absence of Sarah Ryan, John is joined by NIAMH UI BHRIAN to discuss Gerard Craughwell’s one-man crusade against Gender Self-ID, Helen McEntee as the victim of misogyny, and the prospects for the new Farmer’s Alliance.

TRSI 364 - Enlightened centrism

Gary has returned from his travels and climate change is the agenda for this week.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPwfICdqXQ

The Week That Really Was EP41 - City of (no) God

In this week’s episode, Sarah tells John all about the Lizzo banana scandal, which leads to a chat about the unfashionability of normal boring old sex, and a question: Has the fall of traditional religion and the rise of a new religiosity led to a fall in contentment?

The Week That Really Was EP40 - Infertile Ground

John and Sarah talk about the issues of the week, ranging from gold heists to climate worries, crime, and Sinead O’Connor. But also, as the Government introduces free IVF for some couples, the growing challenge of infertility:

The Week That Really Was EP39 - Capital Projects

In this week’s episode, the story of a missing American woman leads John and Sarah into a chat about gender quotas, victimhood, the state of Dublin, the Children’s Hospital and how the media can’t stop terrifying the population with scary stories of crisis.

The Week That Really Was EP38 - The Far Wrong

John and Sarah are joined by William Campbell of the @hereshowpodcast to tell them – as respectfully as possible – why they’re wrong about most things, and why Ireland is in fact one of the most successful countries in the world.