(This was recorded as patron only in June) Many of you will have read the terrific article by writer and PhD candidate in Folk Music History at Trinity College Dublin, Jack Sheehan, in the Tribune. Link HERE

We decided to get Jack on to talk about the article, kowtowing to foreign capital, our hollowed out cities, the shrinking public sphere and a model of renter capitalism that has ripped up the social contract.

Jack touches on the reasons for hope and why now, perhaps more than ever, there's a cross society movement who can force a change that the political system seem unable to do themselves.

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