Gript Media Podcasts

The Week That Really Was 12 - The health service - a black hole for money

CORMAC LUCEY joins John and David to discuss the unfixable Irish health service, the resignation of Damien English, and the "shift in the national mood" over immigration.

TRSI 343 - An exceptionally literal title

Matt Cooper has decided the country can now talk about immigration; murder rates are up, but maybe it's just better reporting; and a long ramble on eugenics and Buck v Bell.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhdPmu2dEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTduy7Qkvk8
https://www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opinion/matt-cooper-refugees-and-immigrants-need-more-than-our-good-intentions/

The week that really was 11 - The death of a pope, plus 50 years in the EU

David Quinn and leading EU critic, former diplomat, Ray Bassett, discuss the 50^th anniversary of Irish membership of the EU, plus the chasm between Pope Benedict’s harsh image in the media and the humble, courteous, gentle person he really was.  Gary Kavanagh of Gript Media stands in for John McGuirk this week.

The week that really was 10 - The Great Rathkeale Christmas Bash

As Christmas approaches, John and David run, or in John's case rant, through the final stories of the year, from the climate bill, to the twitter files, and the hangover to end them all in Rathkeale.

TRSI 342 - A glorious new dawn

We welcome a new day as Leo's time comes again; and Michael has some thoughts on alcohol.

 

http://calculusmadeeasy.org/

The week that really was 9 - De-Amplifying the News

In Episode Nine, John and David look at how twitter's practice of "de amplifying" some news is replicated wholesale in the Irish media - from Brussels corruption scandals, to Leo Varadkar, to the East Wall protests.

TRSI 341 - Man-made horrors beyond your comprehension

This week it's sucide reporting, euthanasia in Canada meets lifestyle marketing, and just death generally.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSp8IyaKCs0
https://gript.ie/upcoming-ncca-report-deeply-flawed/

The week that really was 08 - Animal Hard

Peadar Toíbín joins John and David to discuss post covid excess deaths, immigration, hate speech, the anniversary of the free state, and the "animal hard" job of leading a new party.

TRSI 340 - Trust in the process

The coverage of the East Wall protests; the rise of the far right is now a literary genre of its own; and the simplification of COVID.

 

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-68-what-exactly-are-antifa/

https://gript.ie/over-100000-in-public-money-to-be-given-to-anonymous-far-left-group/

https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2022/12/03/covid-policy-opponents-wilfully-misconstrued-science-glynn-says/

https://www.thejournal.ie/is-the-esb-building-in-east-wall-housing-economic-migrants-or-asylum-seekers-5936149-Dec2022/

The week that really was 07 - And I will always love EU

Jason O'Mahony joins John and David to discuss Ireland's love affair with all things EU, and what it might take for a new party to break Irish politics wide open.