Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 93 - The ASTI, possibly for the first time, actually has a point

The ASTI has told members not to engage with the process of giving students predicted grades for the Leaving Cert over fears the legal indemnity doesn't go far enough; and the Green party gives in to Thanatos and rushes headlong into the void.

https://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0037_2020.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS--6mzw3eo - the best cover of Eleanor Rigby ever recorded.

TRSI 92 - Simon Harris the menthol cigarette salesman

Menthol cigarettes are now banned, as they're just so damn smooth; Trump calls time on the WHO; and Niall Collins TD writes an article so positive about the leadership of FF it reads as if they've taken his family dog hostage.

https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-05/cp160048en.pdf - Menthol cigarettes are just too good for sale.
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/born-leader-martin-has-proved-he-can-perform-in-adversity-39194050.html - Niall Collins on why the FF leadership should stop beating him.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1188817.shtml - Winning hearts and minds through superior firepower.

The Irish Herbalist 05 - How to care for your Kidneys

The Irish Herbalist walks you through how to take care of your kidneys, what you should be looking out for, and changes to your lifestyle you can make to increase the health of your kidneys.

You Can Cook Too 34 - Coq au Riesling

Patricia shows you how to make Coq au Riesling, the white wine version of the well known Coq au Vin. This version gives a much different, much more earthy flavour, and is fantastic with rice or a side salad.

Ingredients for 4
50 g butter
splash of olive oil
2 onions finely chopped
125 g bacon/pancetta sliced into thin strips
4 garlic cloves thinly sliced
8 chicken pieces on the bone I used 4 thighs and 4 drumsticks
250 g portabellini mushrooms sliced
500 ml Riesling or dry white wine of your choice
250 ml cream
salt & pepper to taste
handful chopped parsley

Instructions
1. Melt the butter and oil together in a large pan.
2. Brown the chicken pieces all over and remove from the pan.
3. Add the onions and bacon and allow to fry until the onions are soft and translucent
and the bacon has rendered it's fat.
4. Add the garlic and allow to saute for another 30 seconds before removing the mixture
from the pan (leaving the fat behind).
5. Add the mushrooms and allow to fry for 5 minutes.
6. Add the onion and bacon mixture along with the browned chicken back to the pan.
7. Pour in the wine and allow to come up to a boil. Turn down the heat and cover. Allow
to simmer for 15-25 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
8. After 15 minutes, uncover, turn up the heat and add the cream. Allow to cook for
another 10 minutes.
9. Add the chopped parsley and season to taste.
10. Serve with rice, pasta or crusty bread.

TRSI 91 - The Spanish Flu and the humbling of humanity

Michael talks to Dr Ida Milne, a historian of disease with a particular interest in the Spanish flu and the author of Stacking the Coffins Influenza in Ireland 1918-19.

Sunday Reflection 22 - Preparing for Pentecost

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he talks about the need to recognize Jesus so that the world can receive the spirit.

Unsafe Space 17 - I feel personally attacked

Government formation and COVID-19 are the only games in town, but is there an argument to bring back the Whigs?

TRSI 90 - Strawberry Hitler

A brief discussion of the failings of Wexford strawberries and the lighter side of torture followed by a discussion of the "unmasking" of Lt General Flynn by members of the Obama administration.

00:00 - Strawberry nonsense
03:15 - The French approach to torture
07:25 - Unmasking Flynn

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-05-13%20ODNI%20to%20CEG%20RHJ%20(Unmasking).pdf

TRSI 89 - The answer is no

We'll shortly be told that we should be wearing masks in public, but is it true they can cause hypoxia?; endorsing vaping as a smoking cessation aid could save the state millions; and China gears up for a trade war with Australia.

The Irish Herbalist 04 - The health benefits of dandelion

Dandelion is an all round food and medicine which can support the overall health of the body which has traditionally been used as a spring tonic in Ireland.