Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 118 - Your daily dose of sedition

A Cllr calls for 'racially insensitive' books to be removed from the curriculum; two weeks into the FF government we ask which TDs would be most likely to let themselves be videotaped having a drunken fist-fight; and we fondly remember that time an Italian Prime Minister was shot by Communists and stuffed into a car boot.

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40021184.html
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/twelve-year-old-pupils-do-not-understand-complexities-of-racially-charged-classics-says-councillor-seeking-removal-of-books-39393404.html
https://gript.ie/peter_tatchell_see_no_evil/

TRSI 117 - Divination Middlemen

Grades are being leveled, a woman gets a years wages for cutting her finger on a wine glass, and Gary questions the need for health and safety  standards whilst Michael records in the middle of a road.

The Irish Herbalist 13 - Acne

In this week's podcast, Medical Herbalist Ciara Murphy talks about acne. Acne is a common skin condition affecting not only adolescents, but men and women in their 20's and which can often persist into the 40's and 50's.

You Can Cook Too 41 - James' Banana Bread

Patricia shows you how to make a delicious home-made banana bread.

She pairs it with In Dreams by Roy Orbeson.

 

Ingredients
100 g sultanas 2 large eggs
75 mls burbon or dark rum (I used brandy) 175 g plain flour
4 very ripe bananas (300 g without skin) 60 g chopped walnuts
2 teasps. baking powder 1 teasp. vanilla extract
½ teasp. bicarb of soda 150g sugar
½ teasp. salt 125 g unsalted butter, melted

Instructions
Put sultanas and alcohol into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from heat and leave
for about 1 hour or until sultanas have absorbed most of the liquid.
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees/gas mark 3.
Put the flour, baking powder, bicarb and salt into a bowl and mix. In a separate bowl mix
melted butter, and sugar and beat until blended, beat in the eggs one at a time, then the
mashed bananas, followed by the drained sultanas, walnuts and vanilla.
Add the flour mixture, 1/3 at a time, stirring well after each bit.
Into a 23 by 13 by 7 cm loaf buttered and floured (or with a paper insert) pour in the mixture.
Bake for 1-1 ½ hours in the middle of the oven or until a skewer comes out clean.

TRSI 116 - Bev Jackson of the LGB Alliance

Gary sits down with Bev Jackson, one of the founding members of the LGB Alliance. They discuss the aims of the LGB Alliance and how it came to be, gender theory, Stonewall, and the abuse people like J. K. Rowling get for speaking out on this issue.

The Irish Herbalist 12 - Garlic

In this podcast, Medical Herbalist Ciara Murphy discusses the medicinal virtues of garlic.

You Can Cook Too 40 - Persian Chicken with apricots and almonds

Patricia shows you how to make a delicious Persian chicken with apricots and almonds, perfect served with couscous, a Greek salad and some pitta or flat-breads.

She pairs it with The Swan, written by Camille Saint-Saëns.

 

Ingredients
600ml/1 pint chicken stock (or veg stock)

10-12 strands saffron

1 very large onion

25g/1oz butter

1 tabsp. olive oil

1 teasp. ground cinnamon

4 chicken breasts (on the bone if wished)

100g/4 ozs. chopped dried apricots

25g/1 oz sultanas

50g/2ozs while unskinned almonds

Salt and black pepper

Instructions

Boil the stock and add the saffron. Leave on the side.

Peel and chop the onion. Add to the oil/butter mix until soft then stir in the cinnamon Transfer to a plate

Add the chicken to the pan and fry until brown.

Add the onion/cinnamon mixture followed by the apricots, sultanas and almonds. Sprinkle with pepper and add in the stock. Bring to the boil. 

Simmer or cook in the oven for about 40 minutes. Add more pepper and some salt as liked.

TRSI 115 - Just tell the truth

It's been a bad week for Irish media on various fronts, Orwell faces cancellation for failing to speak positively of the USSR after WW2, and the wonderful history of the Molotov bread basket.

Borderline 06 - Kevin Myers

Gareth sits down with journalist and author Kevin Myers. They discuss Kevin's views on the Irish media, cowardice, the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, and what it felt like to have his career and reputation reduced to tatters over obviously spurious allegations that he was an anti-Semite and a Holocaust denier.

TRSI 114 - Katharine Birbalsingh

Gary sits down with Katharine Birbalsingh, a British educator and headmistress of Michaela Community School, a school in inner-city London run on traditional educational principles. Last year Michaela's students achieved some of the best GCSE scores in the country, receiving the highest possible grade at a rate four times higher than the national average. They talk about the impact traditional educational methods can have on the opportunities available to children, particularly those from poor and ethnic minority backgrounds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Teachers-Take-Katharine-Birbalsingh/dp/191290621X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594383295&refinements=p_27%3AKatharine+Birbalsingh&s=books&sr=1-1