Gript Media Podcasts

Sunday Reflection 32 - The parable of the wedding feast

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Matthew 22:1-14, the Parable of the Wedding Feast.

TRSI 148 - We're not saying you should make DMT in your kitchen, we're just saying you could

A reminder that you shouldn't plot to kidnap an elected representative, no matter how tempting it is; polling indicates the public want COVID-19 restrictions; a world without private cars ; and the unnecessary passing of the Dying with Dignity Act.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/future-of-people-driving-around-country-in-private-cars-is-fantasy-built-on-cheap-oil-1.4376109
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/irish-times-poll-majority-of-people-believe-pandemic-will-get-worse-1.4376070
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1008/1170186-microsoft-excel-covid-cases-uk-government-mistakes/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40061816.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQMMPFtoG4

TRSI 147 - Green politicians with children just aren't dedicated to the cause

A town in Cork wants to change traffic regulations in order to show how inclusive they are; Gardai apparently fear "far-right violence"; the Irish Heart Foundation has gotten itself confused again, and the Saudis have some unkind words for their Palestinian friends.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40060616.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40059962.html
https://irishheart.ie/news/budget-2021-the-irish-heart-foundation-calls-for-new-tax-on-e-cigarettes/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-palestinians-israel.html

TRSI 146 - Is a stuck clock still right twice a day if it's a digital clock?

Getting the foot in the door for assisted suicide; a Green Party Senator says openly what the Green Party thinks internally; the Leaving Cert grading continues its graceless descent into fiasco; and American immigration takes a hard line on membership of a Communist Party.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzMahrucH04&t
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20201002-PartyMembership.pdf

TRSI 145 - From the Archive: Interview with Coleman Hughes

Gary sat down with Coleman Hughes, a columnist at Quillette whose work has been featured everywhere from the New York Times to the Spectator, to discuss the ethics and morality of abortion and an article Coleman wrote in which he explained why he is himself pro-choice and what the pro-choice movement needs to change to become more effective.

Since the interview Coleman has gone on to become a fellow with the Manhattan Institute, and has spoken in front of a House Judiciary Subcommittee against the paying of reparations to descendants of black slaves.

https://quillette.com/2019/05/21/rethinking-abortion-advocacy/

TRSI 144 - A great podcast will fall

Richard Dawkins cancelled by a group that just wants everyone to feel loved and comfortable; Barbie Kardashian enjoys a women's prison; the best riot police in Europe; and we ask if the Oracle of Delphi was the world's first Big 4 consultant. 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/david-mcwilliams-the-better-the-economy-does-the-more-covid-19-spreads-1.4363635

You Can Cook Too 45 - The dinner party itself

Patricia talks you through how to hold a dinner party. This episode look at the party itself, after you've chosen your guests, prepared the food, and are in the home stretch.

TRSI 143 - Just because they say it doesn't mean they believe it

The Republicans have their Supreme Court pick all lined up, some financial intrigue in the Vatican, and what exactly is a Barbie Kardashian and where may one find it?

 

https://gript.ie/photo-barbie-kardashian-irelands-homicidal-girl/

https://www.courts.ie/viewer/pdf/e363c19e-6e79-4e35-a3fe-d5e8dee785fe/2019_IECA_109_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

TRSI 142 - Do we know how lethal COVID-19 actually is?

The Government death figures for COVID-19, and the case fatality ratio, are clearly inflated, but do we have any idea how lethal COVID-19 actually is? Is it true that in certain age groups it is about as lethal as a bad flu? Some new figures on the infection fatality ratio from the CDC may shed some light on those questions.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/dr-martin-feeley-young-and-healthy-majority-need-to-be-allowed-to-live-1.4362503
https://gript.ie/british-academics-suppression-of-covid-19-unfeasible-and-is-leading-to-significant-harm/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

TRSI 141 - Ed West - The Diversity Illusion

Michael sits down journalist and author Ed West to discuss his book The Diversity Illusion. They talk immigration, the idea that there are topics you can't debate, and the trade-offs we have to make to have a diverse society.