Episodes

Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
The Censorship Industrial Complex
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Laura sits down with Robert Clarke from the Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the attacks on free speech spreading across the west. In particular, they look at the EU's digital services act, and the threat it poses to online freedom:

Monday Sep 29, 2025
Debate Predictions
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
In this week's episode of The Long Game podcast, Ben and Maria predict how boring the Presidential election debate will be, discuss Maria Steen being blocked from the ballot, and talk about American football stars being mugged in Dublin.

Friday Sep 26, 2025
Balls of Steen
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
John and Sarah bring you the inside account of the last days of the Steen campaign, and chew the fat about what the three-candidate race says about Irish democracy. Also: Some thoughts on saying whatever the F**k you want on RTE.

Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
My Granny is Irish Ep1: Jailhouse Rock
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
In the first episode of her new podcast, Laura Perrins meets David Shipley, columnist with the Telegraph and the Spectator, about life in boarding school and Wandsworth prison. They also discuss parenting, faith, virtue and vice, and Reform's big chance in the UK.
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Why Are They Like This?
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Jason and Ben react with disbelief to Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty's proclamation that you can say whatever you want on RTÉ, before turning their disbelief to both Sinn Féin's "game-changing" presidential announcement and the way people talk about Christians.

Friday Sep 19, 2025
Becoming Tom Robinson
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
In an action-packed episode, John and Sarah recap the case of Daniel Aruebose, discuss John and Eoin Hayes' blackface scandals, analyse the Joe Brolly wars and attempts to murder David Quinn, and dissect the Maria Steen nomination fight.
Monday Sep 15, 2025
The War on 'Wrong Opinions'
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Ben and Jason share their reactions to the murder of Charlie Kirk, as well as what they thought of the many reactions celebrating and justifying his death. Left-wing violence on Irish streets and the Taoiseach's view that saying 'Ireland for the Irish' is tantamount to inciting violence were also on the agenda this week.

Friday Sep 12, 2025
The worst week
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
John and Sarah spend most of this week's episode talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk, the pathology of those cheering it, and where we go from here.
Monday Sep 08, 2025
The Messy Business of Politics I 'THE LONG GAME' EP36
Monday Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 2025
The road to the Áras is getting busier as independents vie to earn the backing of the local authorities, prompting Jason and Ben to chat about what will separate the serious contenders from the rest. The ongoing threats faced by Tánaiste Simon Harris and his family, and Gavin Pepper's failure to live up to the leftist's imagining of him, make up the rest of the discussion this week.

Friday Sep 05, 2025
Mommy's Home
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Sarah returns to her chair this week, and shares her tale of accident and emergency horror. Also: Why she's not high on Jim Gavin's chances, the media's double standard on Graham Linehan, and reflections on the great flag wars.

