Episodes

Monday Aug 07, 2023
TRSI 364 - Enlightened centrism
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
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

Friday Aug 04, 2023
The Week That Really Was EP41 - City of (no) God
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
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?

Friday Jul 28, 2023
The Week That Really Was EP40 - Infertile Ground
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
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:

Friday Jul 21, 2023
The Week That Really Was EP39 - Capital Projects
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
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.

Friday Jul 14, 2023
The Week That Really Was EP38 - The Far Wrong
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
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.

Sunday Jul 09, 2023
TRSI 363 - Roving bands of pro-lifers being slowly chased by police
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
The hate crime bill has been pushed back after an unexpected backlash, but it's far from dead; RTE decide respectable people don't need to be asked to provide evidence; and the safe access zone bill begins its march through the Oireachtas.

Friday Jul 07, 2023
The Week That Really Was EP37 - Bring back the Old Leo
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
“Justin Trudeau with fancier socks” – That’s Keith Redmond’s verdict on Leo Varadkar as he joins John and Sarah to talk hate speech, Helen McEntee’s illiberalism, RTE’s implosion, and the public finances careening out of control:

Sunday Jul 02, 2023
TRSI 362 - At best it’s still pretty bad
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
A key plank of the Government's housing policy hasn't worked for the last 11 months, the end (maybe) of affirmative action in America; and the polls show both the government and RTE are in a spot of bother.

Friday Jun 30, 2023
The Week That Really Was EP36 - Anatomy of a scandal
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
RTÉ dominates this week’s podcast, as John and Sarah wonder whether the state broadcaster has even a shred of credibility left; Also: Is Dublin a crime-ridden dump, and who is to blame?

Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Public Morality and the Culture Wars
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Gary Kavanagh sat down with Bryan Fanning, Professor of Migration and Social Policy at UCD, to discuss the professor's latest book, Public Morality and the Culture Wars; immigration; LGBT rights; abortion; and coercive public morality.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BHSWHDNJ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

