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Ep 167The wickedness of these people knows no bounds

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/relationships/arid-40088870.html

Nov 25, 20201h 11m

Ep 166Tripping over the low bar

https://gcn.ie/irish-lgbtq-community-stand-irishsolidarit-transphobia-trans-day-remembrance/https://gcn.ie/hate-crime-bill-2020/https://gript.ie/the-criminal-justice-hate-crime-2020-bill-is-beneath-the-dignity-of-the-seanad/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19723-8

Nov 22, 20201h 25m

Ep 165Cromwell

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1471-0528.16502?af=Rhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abortion-survive-scream/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/thousands-unborn-foetuses-incinerated-heat-uk-hospitals-9212863.html

Nov 20, 20201h 4m

Ep 164The key to international relations is knowing how to troll an entire country

The Criminal Justice Hate Crime bill was debated in the Seanad yesterday; Dublin City Council Councillors discovered they actually love people being homeless; and China moves to the trolling America stage of diplomatic relations.

Nov 18, 20201h 23m

Ep 163We need more rhetoric about the need to move away from rhetoric

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/the-big-interview-workaholic-micheal-martin-on-christmas-restrictions-covid-19-vaccine-and-the-noise-around-the-job-39747949.html https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.525.174&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/compared-men-women-view-professional-advancement-equally-attainable-less-desirable#:~:text=Women%20listed%20more%20life%20goals,7%25

Nov 15, 202058 min

Ep 162Would you rather your child drank or did the odd bit of smack?

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2020/52/eng/initiated/b5220s.pdf

Nov 13, 20201h 1m

Ep 161Chief Justice Clarke should resign

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/letters-in-full-what-chief-justice-said-to-mr-justice-seamus-woulfe-over-golfgate-dinner-and-his-reply-1.4404867https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/full-text-of-denham-report-concerning-mr-justice-s%C3%A9amus-woulfe-1.4369637

Nov 11, 202056 min

Ep 160They've read the sheet music, but they don't know the music

https://gript.ie/gay-sex-russia-and-sinn-fein-the-secret-obsessions-of-varadkar-whistleblower-chay-bowes/

Nov 8, 202057 min

Ep 159The future of the Republican party is Roman

https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1322640510637477889https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1323686382401843201https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/exit-polls-president.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8588031/Scientist-angers-Twitter-accused-sexism-racism-saying-roundworms-useless.html

Nov 6, 20201h 34m

Ep 158The only gay with a Village

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-116-bev-jackson-of-the-lgb-alliance/

Nov 1, 20201h 16m

Ep 157Damien English naked and free

Damien English just wants us to free our bodies; America's long nightmare draws to a close on Tuesday; the Economist has some disclosure issues; a 3 year delay on checks for breast cancer; and France has been having some decapitation issues.

Oct 30, 20201h 15m

Ep 156You can't hug your children with nuclear arms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB#Operational_use

Oct 28, 202051 min

Ep 155Éamon Ó Cuív goes canvassing

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2020/1023/1173584-virus-test-endurance/John Kerry's 2016 take on the Middle East peace process didn't age very wellNo, we're not going to link to Hunter Biden's sex tape.

Oct 25, 20201h 1m

Ep 154Spitting in the face of God

The Day Today - September 11th

Oct 23, 20201h 3m

Ep 153George Lee would make a great narrator for a snuff film

https://assets.gov.ie/93272/2c5f1621-4233-47d8-adce-96e9b9b2ffc1.pdfhttps://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1318632532716457986

Oct 21, 20201h 16m

Ep 152We all agree a tragedy of some sort happened

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4208026/alan-farrell-football-match-crash-compo-claim/https://twitter.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1316674955879297025/photo/1

Oct 18, 20201h 7m

Ep 151David 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.

Oct 16, 20201h 5m

Ep 150Solid, substantial, and with breakfast included

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/

Oct 14, 202059 min

Ep 149As certain as Gary and taxes

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/nearly-90-of-women-have-not-responded-to-cervical-screening-invitations-1.4377785https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-clash-in-violent-exchanges-at-dublin-protests-1.4377808https://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OIG-ICDC-Complaint-1.pdfhttps://playerwelfare.worldrugby.org/gender

Oct 11, 202048 min

Ep 148We're not saying you should make DMT in your kitchen, we're just saying you could

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/future-of-people-driving-around-country-in-private-cars-is-fantasy-built-on-cheap-oil-1.4376109https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/irish-times-poll-majority-of-people-believe-pandemic-will-get-worse-1.4376070https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1008/1170186-microsoft-excel-covid-cases-uk-government-mistakes/https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40061816.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQMMPFtoG4

Oct 9, 202056 min

Ep 147Green politicians with children just aren't dedicated to the cause

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40060616.htmlhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40059962.htmlhttps://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

Oct 7, 20201h 2m

Ep 146Is a stuck clock still right twice a day if it's a digital clock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzMahrucH04&thttps://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20201002-PartyMembership.pdf

Oct 4, 20201h 4m

Ep 145From the Archive: Interview with Coleman Hughes

https://quillette.com/2019/05/21/rethinking-abortion-advocacy/

Oct 2, 202059 min

Ep 144A great podcast will fall

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/david-mcwilliams-the-better-the-economy-does-the-more-covid-19-spreads-1.4363635

Sep 30, 202058 min

Ep 143Just because they say it doesn't mean they believe it

https://gript.ie/photo-barbie-kardashian-irelands-homicidal-girl/https://www.courts.ie/viewer/pdf/e363c19e-6e79-4e35-a3fe-d5e8dee785fe/2019_IECA_109_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Sep 27, 202040 min

Ep 142Do we know how lethal COVID-19 actually is?

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/dr-martin-feeley-young-and-healthy-majority-need-to-be-allowed-to-live-1.4362503https://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

Sep 25, 202034 min

Ep 141Ed West - The Diversity Illusion

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.

Sep 23, 202045 min

Ep 140The far-right in Ireland is rising like the majestic mountains of Meath

https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/09/Princeton-Letter-9-16-20-Signed.pdfhttps://gript.ie/cork_friendship_uighur_jiangsu/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/the-far-right-rises-its-growth-as-a-political-force-in-ireland-1.4358321

Sep 20, 20201h 30m

Ep 139Theodore Dalrymple - The primary cause of crime is the choice to commit crime

https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/theodore-dalrymple_44

Sep 18, 20201h 35m

Ep 138Extraordinary delusions and the madness of crowds

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/covid-19-government-to-discuss-right-to-protest-says-coveney-1.4354408https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-uae-bahrain-sign-game-changing-normalization-deal-watch-live-642368https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/trump-hails-dawn-of-a-new-middle-east-at-white-house-ceremony-1.4355815https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-donald-trump-s-peace-plan-emboldening-israel-s-far-right-1.4155401

Sep 16, 20201h 9m

Ep 137Martin is a problem for FF and he won't go away on his own

Xi Jinping takes time out of his genocidally hectic schedule to shill Cork; Gary marvels at the wonder that is our health service; and the latest polls confirm FF is polling at close to single digits - a situation which can be put nearly entirely at the feet of Martin and those who agree with his strategy.

Sep 13, 20201h 17m

Ep 136A plan for a circular economy from a circular firing squad of a government

https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/environment/publications/Documents/55/Waste_Action_Plan_for_a_Circular_Economy.pdf

Sep 6, 20201h 12m

Ep 135The only suitable response is mockery

Turning publicans into spies; Nancy Pelosi didn't know she couldn't do that; why you shouldn't assume the neutrality of information gatekeepers; Israel's making friends in the Middle East; and why we don't deserve the trade portfolio from the EU.

Sep 4, 20201h 14m

Ep 134From Je Suis Charlie to Hate Speech Laws in 5 Years

The Charlie Hebdo attacks, in which 12 people were killed by Islamic terrorists; reminiscing about the magazine of Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula; and Ireland's self-inflicted issues with picking an EU commissioner.

Sep 2, 202057 min

Ep 133Homosexuals attract enemy radar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B076O8-PzH4 - 4:10

Aug 28, 20201h 16m

Ep 132Paid for by the Campaign to re-elect Donald Trump

https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1298502384654651392 - Video of man with rifle being chased, falling, shooting.https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1298529196549869568/photo/1 - Aftermath of the shooting, man shot is holding a firearm.https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1298479865813798912https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1298372704555249664 - rioters demand people raise their fist in the air, woman refuses.https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1298381476233347074 - rioters demand people raise their fist in the air, man refuses.https://twitter.com/JoshBreslowWKRN/status/1267799939163308033 - 4 police officers in St Louis hospitalized after shots came from crowd of protesters.https://i.imgur.com/dgbUvyl.gif

Aug 26, 20201h 3m

Ep 131Take it into your home, take it into your heart

Another fine week for Fianna Fail, who are apparently the only party in government and absolutely to blame for the consequences of all of the actions of the previous government.

Aug 23, 20201h 13m

Ep 130He'll still end up with an asterisk next to his name

The Burke family wins their case against the government on predicted grades; golf remains the most dangerous sport for politicians to get involved in; and Stephen Donnelly tries to talk about an incredibly important concept when dealing with COVID-19 but somehow manages to swallow an entire trampoline.

Aug 21, 20201h 5m

Ep 129Perfectly balanced

https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN/videos/1437084406680795/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=qTJzPeg8if4&feature=emb_logo

Aug 19, 202047 min

Ep 128Checks without balances

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/us/yale-asian-american-discrimination.html

Aug 16, 20201h 19m

Ep 127If you donate to the ICCL you should cancel it

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/13/media-crush-kamala-harris-395020 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/us-urges-arab-and-muslim-states-to-follow-uae-deal-with-israel-1.4329814 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53770859 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/there-is-no-conflict-between-human-rights-and-public-health-measures-1.4217915 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/legislation-against-hate-speech-is-ill-advised-and-counter-productive-1.4112340

Aug 14, 202048 min

Ep 126Benjamin Boyce and the madness at Evergreen

Michael sits down with Benjamin Boyce to discuss the 2017 Evergreen University fiasco that led to the firing of Bret Weinstein. They talk progressive racism; the nature of power; the impact of the breakdown of stable, normative morality; and what Evergreen can tell us about the future of America.

Aug 12, 20201h 4m

Ep 125The GAA doesn't see colour, it only sees meat

The sealing of the forbidden zones of the country is complete; the nature of racism; Pakistanis with hurls; and how there's nothing more Irish than the pure, perfect hatred for a village 3 miles away.

Aug 9, 20201h 8m

Ep 124Sartre's Pimp

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0805/1157398-children-low-birth-rates-fertility/https://gript.ie/police-bodycam-footage-of-george-floyds-death-leaked/http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Review_of_Protections_for_Vulnerable_Witnesses_in%20the_Investigation_and_Prosecution_of_Sexual_Offences.pdf/Files/Review_of_Protections_for_Vulnerable_Witnesses_in%20the_Investigation_and_Prosecution_of_Sexual_Offences.pdf

Aug 7, 20201h 8m

Ep 123Context is a dangerous thing

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2020/07/30/4049160131241488932/960x540_MP4_4049160131241488932.mp4 https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2020/07/30/5005474934801646650/960x540_MP4_5005474934801646650.mp4

Aug 5, 20201h 14m

Ep 122The Power and the Glory

Ireland's favourite race expert has some thoughts; Israel Folau refuses to bend the knee; the defenders of Ireland's CCT rate seem to be losing their nerve; and why Charlie Haughey was the best leader this country ever had.

Aug 3, 20201h 7m

Ep 121Glenn Loury

Michael talks to Professor Glenn Loury, the first African-American to become a tenured Professor of Economics at Harvard University, of Brown University. They talk about the idea that America is an institutionally racist country; race and policing in America; and racial identities.

Jul 31, 20201h 16m

Ep 120Is there anything to be said for defunding academia?

Nubian princesses go into storage; RTE asks if there's anything to be said for defunding the police; and a man who wanted books banned from schools admits he's never read the books, but says he has seen the movie.

Jul 29, 202059 min

Ep 119That good old fashioned will to power

https://www.thejournal.ie/larry-bass-shinawil-dancing-with-the-stars-5159769-Jul2020/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/would-these-irish-ads-persuade-you-to-wear-a-face-mask-1.4310766https://www.independent.ie/style/voices/this-is-the-summer-of-the-himbo-the-golden-age-of-big-dim-lovely-boys-39366261.htmlPutin Elevator Portrait Gets A Rise Out Of Riders

Jul 26, 20201h 7m

Ep 118Your daily dose of sedition

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40021184.htmlhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/twelve-year-old-pupils-do-not-understand-complexities-of-racially-charged-classics-says-councillor-seeking-removal-of-books-39393404.htmlhttps://gript.ie/peter_tatchell_see_no_evil/

Jul 24, 202035 min