Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 124 - Sartre's Pimp

Still no mention of the George Floyd bodycam footage in the Irish media; a new report suggests changes in how rape trials are carried out; the idea of "zero COVID"; and RTE asks if children are going out of fashion or if, like Hitler and Stalin, the Irish state should encourage more children.

 

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0805/1157398-children-low-birth-rates-fertility/

https://gript.ie/police-bodycam-footage-of-george-floyds-death-leaked/

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Review_of_Protections_for_Vulnerable_Witnesses_in%20the_Investigation_and_Prosecution_of_Sexual_Offences.pdf/Files/Review_of_Protections_for_Vulnerable_Witnesses_in%20the_Investigation_and_Prosecution_of_Sexual_Offences.pdf

TRSI 124 - Context is a dangerous thing

The leaked footage of George Floyd's death shows that there is basically no chance of any officer being convicted of his murder, not that you'd know it existed from Irish media.

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2020/07/30/4049160131241488932/960x540_MP4_4049160131241488932.mp4

 

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2020/07/30/5005474934801646650/960x540_MP4_5005474934801646650.mp4

The Irish Herbalist 15 - Rose, the Queen of Flowers

In this episode Ciara, the Irish Herbalist, talks about the 'Queen of Flowers', which is rose. She discusses its many medicinal properties and how it can be used to treat a large range of conditions.

TRSI 123 - The Power and the Glory

Ireland's favourite race expert has some thoughts; Israel Folau refuses to bend the knee; the defenders of Ireland's CCT rate seem to be losing their nerve; and why Charlie Haughey was the best leader this country ever had.

Sunday Reflection 26 - Jesus Wept

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses reaction to the beheading of John the Baptist by Herod, and the loaves and the fishes.

TRSI 121 - Glenn Loury

Michael talks to Professor Glenn Loury, the first African-American to become a tenured Professor of Economics at Harvard University, of Brown University. They talk about the idea that America is an institutionally racist country; race and policing in America; and racial identities.

TRSI 120 - Is there anything to be said for defunding academia?

Nubian princesses go into storage; RTE asks if there's anything to be said for defunding the police; and a man who wanted books banned from schools admits he's never read the books, but says he has seen the movie.

The Irish Herbalist 14 - Insomnia

In this podcast Irish Herbalist Ciara, the Irish Herbalist, discusses insomnia and offers many herbal and lifestyle tips to ensure you get a good nights sleep.

TRSI 119 - That good old fashioned will to power

Protecting our cultural heritage; apparently it's the summer of the himbo; we regret to inform you that the orange man is bad; some Russian news; and China is keeping on keeping on.

 

https://www.thejournal.ie/larry-bass-shinawil-dancing-with-the-stars-5159769-Jul2020/

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/would-these-irish-ads-persuade-you-to-wear-a-face-mask-1.4310766

https://www.independent.ie/style/voices/this-is-the-summer-of-the-himbo-the-golden-age-of-big-dim-lovely-boys-39366261.html

Putin Elevator Portrait Gets A Rise Out Of Riders

Sunday Reflection 25 - The wheat from the chaff

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the parable of the treasure in the field, and the parable of the dragnet.