The Week That Really Was 58 - Oh look, an elephant

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The Week That Really Was 58 - Oh look, an elephant

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Dec 1, 2023

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John and Sarah discuss the week that really was, including the background to Gript’s deleted story, and the wider ongoing coverage and cultural concerns around events in Dublin over the past week.

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Dec 1, 2023

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TRSI 379 - Here we go again: The referendum to remove women from the constitution has a kicker for carers; a Dutch study shows immigrants are not all born, financially, equal; and SF want to bring Dublin house prices to 300,000 - a level not seen since the crash. https://demo-d... by Gript Media Podcasts
72 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP30 - Inch-ing towards disaster: "A TD told me he actually believed what he'd said and I was shocked because that's so rare" - John and Sarah discuss the political response to Inch, as well as sunburn, AI, and bullying in schools. by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was EP28 - Baby Killing Pronoun W*nkers: John and Sarah discuss Leo Varadkar's bizarre explanation of the hate speech bill, the Labour Party's new badges, and Sarah's life-long love of Coronation Chicken. by Gript Media Podcasts
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TRSI 360 - Senator Screams at Clouds: The hate speech bill was debated in the Seanad this week, and despite the lack of media attention the debate demonstrated the full value of the Seanad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0Tj8dnrYw https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2... by Gript Media Podcasts
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TRSI 356 - In which mention of the UN nearly kills Michael: New polling shows nearly 50% of the country feels their quality of living has declined over the last 12 months; Simon Harris has some thoughts on his political opponents; and FG continue to fall in opinion polls. https://www.redcresearch.ie/consume... by Gript Media Podcasts
48 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP37 - Bring back the Old Leo: “Justin Trudeau with fancier socks” – That’s Keith Redmond’s verdict on Leo Varadkar as he joins John and Sarah to talk hate speech, Helen McEntee’s illiberalism, RTE’s implosion, and the public finances careening out of control: by Gript Media Podcasts
59 min listen
TRSI 357 - A refusal to accept reality: FG TDs refusing to run are 'a natural event'; SF becomes ever more respectable; asking the President to stop the hate speech bill is deeply unwise; and Alcohol Action Ireland are coming for non-alcoholic beers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT-wVnF... by Gript Media Podcasts
45 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP32 - A lot of dry tinder: “Very few are willing to speak openly and honestly” - John and Sarah are joined by columnist Cormac Lucey to discuss the state of the nation, including Ministerial competence, abortion, tax cuts, and the hate speech bill: by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was EP31 - The competence deficit: Does Irish politics suffer from a major deficit of…. ability? That’s the question John and Sarah take on this week in the wake of a farcical health proposal, an aborted tax cut, and the entry of a new contender to replace Joe Biden. by Gript Media Podcasts
47 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP29 - Orange Peril: In this week's podcast Sarah reacts to the news that fake tan might be racist; and wonders why women are so consistently in the firing line of modern cultural outrages: by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was EP42 - Mad as hell and not going to take it any more: In the sorry absence of Sarah Ryan, John is joined by NIAMH UI BHRIAN to discuss Gerard Craughwell’s one-man crusade against Gender Self-ID, Helen McEntee as the victim of misogyny, and the prospects for the new Farmer’s Alliance. by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was EP33 - Neither head nor tail on it: “It’s like being governed by a divorced mum and dad” – John and Sarah discuss the growing sense that Ireland just doesn’t have a leader, and also reflect on the terror in France, and the Labour Party’s call for a “NPHET style” approach to immigration... by Gript Media Podcasts
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Public Morality and the Culture Wars: Gary Kavanagh sat down with Bryan Fanning, Professor of Migration and Social Policy at UCD, to discuss the professor's latest book, Public Morality and the Culture Wars; immigration; LGBT rights; abortion; and coercive public morality.https://www.ama... by Gript Media Podcasts
60 min listen
TRSI 363 - Roving bands of pro-lifers being slowly chased by police: The hate crime bill has been pushed back after an unexpected backlash, but it's far from dead; RTE decide respectable people don't need to be asked to provide evidence; and the safe access zone bill begins its march through the Oireachtas. by Gript Media Podcasts
52 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP38 - The Far Wrong: John and Sarah are joined by William Campbell of the @hereshowpodcast to tell them – as respectfully as possible – why they’re wrong about most things, and why Ireland is in fact one of the most successful countries in the world. by Gript Media Podcasts
71 min listen
TRSI 362 - At best it’s still pretty bad: A key plank of the Government's housing policy hasn't worked for the last 11 months, the end (maybe) of affirmative action in America; and the polls show both the government and RTE are in a spot of bother. by Gript Media Podcasts
59 min listen
TRSI 359 - A golden age for female sports: A transgender cyclist is currently 300km ahead of their nearest rival in a 2500km race taking place on the west coast; and excise increases are mostly due to the government wanting you to be miserable.Welcome to the Official TAW ride in Ireland - Tra... by Gript Media Podcasts
42 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP36 - Anatomy of a scandal: RTÉ dominates this week’s podcast, as John and Sarah wonder whether the state broadcaster has even a shred of credibility left; Also: Is Dublin a crime-ridden dump, and who is to blame? by Gript Media Podcasts
49 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP35 - Sorry, but we’re knackered: Is the tide of public opinion turning on the transgender agenda? John and Sarah are joined by women’s rights campaigner Laoise DeBrun to discuss the Hate Speech Bill, Ryan Tubridy, Lost Submarines, and Laoise’s drafting of a new bill to keep men out ... by Gript Media Podcasts
53 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP34 - Truth to Power: “it’s almost like a tea party”: Gript’s own Ben Scallan joins John to talk about his journey from political candidate to Government press conferences, the pitfalls of Ireland’s political system, and how impending fatherhood changes a man. by Gript Media Podcasts
56 min listen
TRSI 364 - Enlightened centrism: Gary has returned from his travels and climate change is the agenda for this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPwfICdqXQ by Gript Media Podcasts
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TRSI 358 - Suck it up Oppenheimer: A new RedC poll shows the vast majority of people believe Ireland has taken in too many refugees, but tells us very little about what people actually think; and the NCCA consults with toddlers.https://ncca.ie/media/6220/consultationreport.pdfhttps://... by Gript Media Podcasts
71 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP41 - City of (no) God: In this week’s episode, Sarah tells John all about the Lizzo banana scandal, which leads to a chat about the unfashionability of normal boring old sex, and a question: Has the fall of traditional religion and the rise of a new religiosity led to a fa... by Gript Media Podcasts
42 min listen
TRSI 373 - An action can be evil but not sinful: Answering the age old question "War, what is it good for?" The answer is probably not absolutely nothing. by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was EP43 - Seducing the Queen of Lydia.: According to the government democracy is where the government pays billions of dollars to one side and jails the other. by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was EP39 - Capital Projects: In this week’s episode, the story of a missing American woman leads John and Sarah into a chat about gender quotas, victimhood, the state of Dublin, the Children’s Hospital and how the media can’t stop terrifying the population with scary stories of ... by Gript Media Podcasts
55 min listen
The Week That Really Was 51 - Hatikvah: The budget and the war: Two topics dominate this week’s podcast, after a very depressing week. Do Irish politicians lack imagination? And is there any prospect at all of peace in the Middle East? John and Sarah discuss: by Gript Media Podcasts
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TRSI 375 - One day the sarcasm well will run dry, but today is not that day: In praise of the political courage of Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar; solving the Israel-Hamas affair; and an unhinged rant on energy subsidies. by Gript Media Podcasts
38 min listen
The Week That Really Was EP46 - Up the Ra, Down with Cars: John and Sarah discuss a packed week in Stradbally which started with Up the Ra chants at the Electric Picnic and ends with Ukrainians about to move into the site on an emergency basis. Also: Speed limits, American Mommy bloggers going to jail, and w... by Gript Media Podcasts
51 min listen
TRSI 369 - (Fiscally) Harder, Better, Faster: IBEC calls for taxes to increase; the Fiscal Advisory Council is deeply unhappy; and calls for a reduction in speed limits are both ill-conceived and unneeded.https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pre-Budget-Statement-2024-..pdfhttp... by Gript Media Podcasts
33 min listen

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The Week That Really Was 77 - Satan Lives: John and Sarah discuss Simon Harris's cowardly reshuffle, the desired return of Kate O'Connell to frontline politics, the Cass Review, and the state of abortion politics, stateside. by Gript Media Podcasts
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The Week That Really Was 75 - Identity Crisis: John and Sarah discuss how the week-long debate on the Hate Speech Bill underlines the identity crisis facing Ireland's politicians; The possibly permanent loss of Sinn Fein's mojo; and why Assisted Suicide absolutely is a slippery slope, and one tha... by Gript Media Podcasts
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