Gript Media Podcasts

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.

The Week That Really Was 109 - Campaign Roundup 1

With the election campaign underway, John and Sarah review the major issues of the first few days. Which appear to be Michael O'Leary, and whether the country wants new energy or change.

The Week That Really Was 108 - Orange Man Good

John gets a deserved spanking from Sarah over his Trump Derangement Syndrome, The US election gets thoroughly analysed, and a look forward at the very short three weeks campaign to come here in Ireland.

The Week That Really Was 107 - Trump v Harris: Karl Rove predicts the election

"I've never seen a race like this" - John McGuirk talks to legendary Republican strategist Karl Rove about what to expect tonight as the Harris/Trump votes come in, and what key counties to watch in Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

The Week That Really Was 106 - Small lies like these

John and Sarah discuss the new Cillian Murphy "Ireland was awful" movie and it's predictable acclaim; offer final thoughts on the Trump/Harris campaign, and discuss issues that won't come up in Ireland's general election:

The Week That Really Was 105 - All this stuff is normal

John and Sarah discuss the latest developments in sex ed, the passage of the hate crime bill, the government clearing the decks for an election, and why John has full blown Trump derangement syndrome, god love him.

The Week That Really Was 104 - Nonsenseland

With an election due to be called any day now, John and Sarah review the state of the opposition. Also: Councils ban Bibi, Roderic escapes scrutiny, and tragedy in Argentina.