Gript Media Podcasts

You've got Kids 20 - Raising newborn children in the plague times

Aina talks to the mother of a newborn child about how it feels to raise an infant when none of the normal rules of life seem to apply. They talk about fear, anger, joy, hope, and keeping your head around your partner who is now constantly at home.

The Unsafe Space 14 – When will we be released?

With COVID-19 still raging on is there any chance we’ll actually be let out of our house this weekend, and is there any hope of a FF/FG Government forming or is this all just showmanship?

Episode 76: Somewhere between a Stress Ball and a Piñata

Public health officials continue to try and suck every last bit of joy out of life by saying we should close all off-licenses; the WHO’s view on masks ‘evolves’; identity politics now seem old-fashioned and quaint; and maybe we should dissolve the UN.

TRSI 74 – Expert Advice in the Age of COVID-19

China increases its influence over the UNHRC; harvesting organs in China for fun and profit; new research from Yale argues for universal wearing of cloth masks; and it turns out the HSE telling nursing homes to remove their restrictions on visitors was a terrible idea as we now have 40 outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

Sunday Meditation 18 – To die with Christ on the cross

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he talks about Palm Sunday, the Gospel of Jesus entering into Jerusalem, and taking up the cross as we make our way to Calvary.

TRSI 73 - So China, where are you getting all those lungs?

The Chinese are reported to be harvesting organs from political and religious prisoners in order to carry out transplants on COVID-19 victims; the HSE says health workers are literally too stupid to wear masks; and Fine Gael is probably not using a bot network on social media.

Skip to 06:44 if you don’t like inane chatter.

TRSI 72 - The World Health Organisation is a threat to public health

Chinese companies bought up massive amount of medical supplies and shipped them back home, Chinese medical supplies to Europe don't work, a petition to remove the head of the WHO reaches over 500,000 signatures, Taiwan says it told the WHO about human transmission of COVID-19 3 weeks before the WHO announced it, and a spokesperson for the WHO has a ridiculous interview after he refuses to accept he can hear any question that has the word Taiwan in it.

You've Got Kids 19 - Homeschooling for the Leaving Cert during COVID-19

Aina talks to Seamus, her husband and a secondary school history teacher, about what parents can do to help children who are sitting the leaving cert this year.

Unsafe Space 13 - People die all the time Sarah

Broadcasting from deep within their gated bunker Keith and Sarah talk COVID-19 hopes and fears, the distant past and a historical entity some called "Sinn Fein", and Keith shows that he can sing.

TRSI 71 - Please don't dehumanize the listeners

Celebrities have started to sing the worst song ever written in order to make you think they're actual humans, why we shouldn't be sad that John Lennon was shot, Singapore is doing something that is technologically interesting but civil-rights wise challenging, and trying to answer the the real question - should we allow the police to beat teenagers at random.

Skip to 13:55 if you don't want to listen to 14 minute explanation of why Imagine by John Lennon is the worst thing ever written.