Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 354 - If it’s important maybe it’s important that we get it right

Plans to put labelling requirements on wine could see producers refuse to sell in Ireland; a Government report gives the wrong results and has to be redone to get the right one; and the CSO's new report on sexual violence has some unusual results.

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/3793/1/The%20SAVI%20Report_%20Sexual%20Abuse%20and%20Violence%20in%20Ireland.%20Executive.pdf

The Week That Really Was EP26 - Life in the wilderness

Kevin Myers joins John and Sarah to talk about what it is like to be cancelled, the culture of fear in Ireland, and why he remains trenchantly opposed to Sinn Fein.

TRSI 353 - Apologetics for a barking dog

Germany shuts down its last nuclear reactors as the green movement cheers; a bad week for journalism; and the government has a new, almost certainly unconstitutional, way of dealing with those filthy people trying to make money in the property market.

The Week That Really Was EP25 - Knick Knack, Paddywhack, read for Joe a poem

John and Sarah discuss the Biden visit and our national love of being loved, as well as reviewing the state of the parties after THAT poll last weekend.

TRSI 352 - The observer effect of political polling

A reminder of the futility of our complaints; modern day book burnings akin to the Nazis, or so they say; and the latest opinion poll.

https://gript.ie/significant-methodological-issues-with-recent-study-on-non-religious-teachers-fears/

The Week That Really Was EP24 - Off their heads

John and Sarah discuss what possessed the state to promote a sexually explicit book in schools, the fall of Nicola Sturgeon - and since the world has gone mad, are joined by Mr. Sarah Ryan - Keith Redmond - to discuss legalising drugs.

The Week That Really Was EP23 - How to punch yourself in the face

Joined by financial analyst KARL DEETER, John and Sarah discuss how a Newstalk host ended up punching himself, not Katie Harrington - and why Government Housing policy so consistently backfires.

TRSI 351 - Goya, not Blake

Gript gets its knuckles rapped in a Journal fact-check; the Indo puts the knife into the TD formally known as a member of the Green Party; and Gary asks how many babies Labour politicians would eat in exchange for a ministerial pension.

https://www.thejournal.ie/what-did-varadkar-say-about-transgender-prisoners-6027642-Mar2023/

The Week That Really Was EP22 - In a Barbie world

John and Sarah talk through the massive public reaction to the Barbie Kardashian story, ask what's the problem with Martin Nolan, and talk the politics of the eviction ban.

The Week That Really Was EP20 - Paddy’s Day PolyAmory

As St. Patrick's Day dawns, John and Sarah discuss the evolution of the Late Late Show from consensus breaker to preacher's pulpit, the President's latest intervention, and the attraction of polyamory