Episodes

Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
You Can Cook Too 45 - The dinner party itself
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
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.

Sunday Sep 27, 2020
TRSI 143 - Just because they say it doesn't mean they believe it
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
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/

Friday Sep 25, 2020
TRSI 142 - Do we know how lethal COVID-19 actually is?
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
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

Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
TRSI 141 - Ed West - The Diversity Illusion
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
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.

Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
The Irish Herbalist 21 - How to cleanse, nourish and tone the bowel
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
In this week's episode Ciara discusses the importance of a clean colon and gives tips on how to cleanse, nourish and tone the bowel.

Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
With Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death what happens next? The President of Princeton College said it was systematically racist - it's now being investigation by the federal government for fraud and potential breaches of civil rights law due to its admitted racism; everyone seems to have a long-read piece about how the far-right is rising in Ireland; and Cork County Council has some interesting views on genocide.

Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Reflection 31 - The parable of the workers in the vineyard
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Matthew 20:1-16, the parable of the workers in the vineyard, and how all those who accept the call are equally rewarded.

Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Michael sits down with Theodore Dalrymple, retired physician, author, and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. They talk about drug addiction as a choice, not a disease; why poverty is not the cause of crime; working as a psychiatrist in prisons; and why modern architecture is inhuman.
https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/theodore-dalrymple_44

Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
TRSI 138 - Extraordinary delusions and the madness of crowds
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
A reminder that the public has a right to debate the issues that they think are important, such as wearing a mask, and that media gate-keeping of that only lessens trust in the media; calls for a "discussion" on limiting the right to protest met with resounding silence, or tacit approval, from Ireland's human rights NGOs; and the media response to Trump's peace accord for the Middle East.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/trump-hails-dawn-of-a-new-middle-east-at-white-house-ceremony-1.4355815
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-donald-trump-s-peace-plan-emboldening-israel-s-far-right-1.4155401

Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
The Irish Herbalist 20 - Tonsillitis
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
In this episode the Irish Herbalist discusses tonsillitis. She offers herbal and dietary advice on what to do when they become infected and why we should avoid surgical removal.

