Episodes

  • Here’s How 173 – Hidden Faces

    Here’s How 173 – Hidden Faces
    Mar 21 2024
    Mathew Creighton is associate professor of sociology at UCD. ***** I’ve been on a low-information diet. I suppose I’m someone who is generally pretty well-informed but sometimes that can get a bit too much, so a few months ago I just tuned out, deleted all my news apps, Twitter – while it still had the […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • HH172 – Never Mind the Bullocks

    HH172 – Never Mind the Bullocks
    Mar 7 2024
    Andrew Wright is a fourth generation dairy farmer near Omagh in Co Tyrone, with a big following on Tiktok. We talked about this video he published. ***** In the world of what used to be called PR, these days they call themselves other things, information management or whatever. PR has PR’d itself. In the world […]
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    57 mins
  • Here’s How 171 – Tilting at Monoliths

    Here’s How 171 – Tilting at Monoliths
    Feb 8 2024
    David Maddox is the political editor of Express Online. ***** Kevin and myself always appreciate feedback from listeners, we try to reply when we can, but Aengus Ryan send in a sound file, which is great cos I can include it in the podcast. I think this is an important question, and I think that […]
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Here’s How 170 – Nobody Tells Us What to Do

    Here’s How 170 – Nobody Tells Us What to Do
    Jan 18 2024
    Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is Sinn Féin’s chief whip. *****
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    57 mins
  • Here’s How 169 – Gift of the Gab

    Here’s How 169 – Gift of the Gab
    Dec 21 2023
    Mario Rosenstock is a comedian and impressionist, and creator of TodayFM’s Gift Grub. ***** Here’s something about the Chinese economy. China’s ‘investment’ in real estate makes Ireland’s property obsession seem breezy and carefree. Just before our crash, 12 per cent of our economy was house-building. Even if Chinese GDP figures are true, then their reliance […]
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Here’s How 167 – Holes in the Net

    Here’s How 167 – Holes in the Net
    Nov 23 2023
    Aubrey McCarthy is the founder and chairman of Tiglin, a charity that provides services to homeless people. ***** I listen to podcasts quite a bit in arrears. I’m not too worried about being current, I suppose, and I was just listening to a David McWilliams podcast from August, he was talking about the banks, not […]
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    41 mins
  • Here’s How 166 – Tsar Wars

    Here’s How 166 – Tsar Wars
    Nov 2 2023
    James Ker-Lindsay is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on conflict, peace and security in South East Europe (Western Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus), European Union enlargement, and secession and recognition in international politics. ***** Donald Trump is going to jail. That’s a whole big story in itself, the reason why Donald […]
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    54 mins
  • HH165 – A Step into the Dark

    HH165 – A Step into the Dark
    Sep 7 2023
    Janie Lazar is the chair of End of Life Ireland. ***** Some people have said some things about my level of political insight, thanks to them, even if I don’treally think it’s that impressive most of the time. Actually, whatever level of insight that I do have, Ithink is just down to two habits. One […]
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    1 hr and 6 mins