Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 151 - David Mullins - The Dying with Dignity bill

Michael sits down with the political advisor and bioethics expert David Mullins about the passing of the Dying with Dignity Bill. They talk about the bill itself, the lack of debate about the bill in the Dail, why the amendment to put it to a special committee failed, and what comes next.

TRSI 150 - Solid, substantial, and with breakfast included

It's never a good day when the organisation sending you legal letters gets a €61 million budget increase; the return of the 9% VAT is akin to breaking a man's legs and then giving him a lovely pair of shoes; Senator Lorraine Clifford Lee's problem is not that she (allegedly) bullied her staff, it's that she (allegedly) didn't bully them hard enough; and there's no space for hope in a world where any swan you meet could be a rapist.

https://gript.ie/barbie-kardashian-the-story-tusla-wants-to-keep-a-secret/

https://gript.ie/i-was-left-with-ptsd-former-assistant-to-lorraine-clifford-lee/

You Can Cook Too 46 - How to host a large supper party

In preparation for that moment when the government decides you're now allowed to have 15-20 people in your house for a meal Patricia walks you through how to host a large supper party.

TRSI 149 - As certain as Gary and Taxes

Nearly 100,000 women have missed cervical cancer screenings due to fear of COVID-19; it now looks like the stories of mass sterilizations of immigrant women in ICE detention centers were simply untrue; Antifa are now publicly threatening mainstream Irish journalists with violence if those journalists report something Antifa doesn't approve of; and World Rugby bans trans women players from women's contact rugby after an impressively rigorous review of the evidence. 

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/nearly-90-of-women-have-not-responded-to-cervical-screening-invitations-1.4377785

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-clash-in-violent-exchanges-at-dublin-protests-1.4377808

https://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OIG-ICDC-Complaint-1.pdf
https://playerwelfare.worldrugby.org/gender

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