Gript Media Podcasts

Just in time for New Years Eve parties, Gary Kavanagh talks about the facts relating to drink spiking and drug facilitated sexual assaults [DFSA]. He discusses the number of people who are actually spiked; the drugs that people believe are used to spike drinks versus those that are actually used; blackouts, what they are and how common they are; and if it makes sense for people to be so afraid of having their drinks spiked.

Michael Dwyer and Paddy Manning discuss their top 10 Christmas films. Michael doesn't cheat this time.

08:00 - Christmas Tale

12:00 - Black Christmas

14:10 - The Snowman

18:00 - Miracle on 34th Street

23:10 - Edward Scissorhands

26:00 - A Christmas Story

29:10 - The Small One

36:50 - Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang

40:30 - It's a Wonderful Life

45:55 - Gremlins

48:20 - The Apartment

51:00 - Babe

56:10 - Scrooge

59:55 - Miracle on 34th Street, again

1:03:35 - Die Hard

1:16:55 - Christmas movies that should never have been made

Michael Dwyer discusses a Swedish 'women only' festival that was found guilty of discrimination, rates of sexual assaults in Sweeden, religion in China, a poll that suggests Bernie Sanders is the candidates Democrats most want to run against Trump in 2020, and Leo's outburst against Sinn Fein in the Dail.

01:00 - Swedish festival found guilty of discrimination

05:00 - Does Sweden have a problem of sexual assault?

11:20 - 58% of those convicted of rape in Sweden are migrants

17:00 - Religion in China / Re-education camps

26:25 - Bernie Sanders is the favourite candidate for 2020 amongst Democrats

31:10 - Leo on Sinn Fein - How long do SF need to be involved in democratic politics before we treat them normally?

Gary Kavanagh sits down with Professor David Thunder to discuss his recent article on the UN Migration Pact. They discuss the technicalities of the Pact; the idea of discrimination in migration control, the formation of customary international law; problematic parts of the Pact such as the section calling on governments to stop the public funding of media outlets that 'promote intolerance'; the lack of debate or discussion about the Pact in Irish media and politics and what that says about Ireland.

00:50 - What is the UN Migration Pact and why should we be concerned about it?

02:50 - Why is the idea of a border and migration control that doesn't discriminate a problem?

05:45 - So are you saying the idea of a discrimination free border policy means there can't really be any control over the borders?

12:00 - Defenders of the pact will argue that the document doesn't give any legal rights, and so what's the harm in signing up for it?

15:20 - How customary law becomes law.

19:50 - What do you think of the media coverage we're seeing that is saying that only the far-right has any concerns with this Pact?

25:40 - Point 33.C says discusses, 'The stopping of allocation of public funding and resources towards media outlets that promote intolerance'. Is that not a worrying level of power to give governments over media?

35:30 - Do you think the way that nationalism is talked about by media and politicians is inaccurate and overly negative?

40:00 - Is this Pact really just the product of a global elite who don't feel a sense of place, who don't have that connection to land or a particular geography?

44:45 - Would you agree that the document doesn't seem to place any value on the concept of citizenship or the idea citizens, because they own their country, should be free to decide which foreigners are allowed to live in the country they own?

51:20 - There are really two stories about the Pact. The first is the Pact itself, but the second is the near total lack of discussion and debate about the pact in Ireland. What does that tell us about media and politics in Ireland that something like this can just pass through nearly without comment?

Join Michael Dwyer and Gary Kavanagh as they discuss various issues of interest that have come up over the week. Topics include: the release of President Higgins expenses and how they show his contempt for the Irish people; the idea of a constitutional right to resources; the Syrian war and Turkey's approach to the Kurdish issue, and how close it has become to Genocide; negative versus positive rights and the debate on conscientious objection; a constituional right to housing; and the German plan to allow a third gender on offical documents.

0:55 - Presidential expenses and Higgins's contempt for the Irish people and his promises to them

16:30 - The sycophantic response of certain parts of the Irish media to these expenses

18:15 - Hot Water off the coast

22:50 - Public ownership of resources

34:45 - The Syrian War

41:30 - Turkish approach to Kurds - How close to Genocide are they?

47:10 - Homelessness and the right to a house

49:30 - Positive versus negative rights and the debate on conscientious objection

1:01:30 - What does a right to housing mean?

1:07:30 - People Before Profit and the Great Mortgage Giveaway

1:09:10 - Does it mean anything to say that people support something when polled?

1:11:00 - German third gender / transgenderism

1:13:30 - The LGBTQIA acronym contains 27% of all letters in the English alphabet

Gary Kavanagh and Michael Dwyer discuss two of the most acclaimed dystopian novels ever written, 1984 and Brave New World, and ask which model of a dystopian society is more likely to occur.

Paddy Manning and Michael sit down to discuss the no-confidence vote in Theresa May, the announcement that there will not be a general election in 2019, and David Thunder's article in the Burkean, which deals with the UN Migration Pact.

3:25 - Who's in the running to replace May?

10:45 - FF's confidence and supply issues

13:45 - Bad minded people think Michael Martin is afraid of an election

18:30 - Michael has a story about the North

23:30 - The impact of Brexit on Irish bank shares

33:30 - Pew research - What does the public think of migration?

37:30 - Professor David Thunder on the UN migration pact

39:05 - Is this a move to recognise migration as a right?

42:00 - Does the idea of a national border management which doesn't discriminate make sense?

52:45 - Pew research - 'Would you say it is somewhat or very important to be a Christine to share in your national identity?'

Gary Kavanagh sits down with Professor Patricia Casey, head of the self-harm unit in the Matter hospital, to have a wide-ranging discussion on the issue of suicide in Ireland.

They discuss the changing demographics of suicide, the fact men consistently commit suicide at a much higher rate than women, the standard of Irish mental health services and what can be done to improve them, euthanasia as a societally accepted form of suicide, and if the Rubber Bandits are right that young men with mental health issues 'need feminism'.

0:40 - Suicide stats

3:00 - Why has suicide trended upwards over the last 30 years?

6:00 - Alcohol dependence versus binge drinking

8:45 - The gendered nature of suicide

9:45 - Why are men so much more likely to commit suicide?

11:35 - Suicide as a cry for help.

13:40 - The changing demographics of suicide / suicide at a younger age

17:10 - The downgrading of men in media, 'toxic masculinity'.

19:20 - Do young people growing up now have less psychological resilience?

21:40 - Safe spaces and triggers versus controlled exposure to stressors.

22:50 - Freedom as the ability to control yourself.

23:35 - Good emotions versus bad emotions.

25:45 - Do young men need feminism to lower suicide rates? The Rubber Bandits argument

28:25 - Are the religious less prone to suicide due to their sense of community or is it because their religion says suicide is wrong?

31:00 - If you are feeling suicidal what is the most effective way to seek help?

33:05 - How good are Irish mental health provisions?

35:20 - If you have a mental health issue, and need help, but are not immediately suicidal, how good are services? Length of waiting lists.

37:10 - How common is it for someone to commit, with no history of self-harm and no previous contact with mental health supports, to kill themselves?

38:10 - What can be done to lower the suicide rates for those kinds of people?

41:20 - The impact of stress on self-harm and suicide patterns.

43:30 - Rational suicide.

45:15 - Societally approved suicide / euthanasia.

47:10 - Is the amount we, as a society, now focus on suicide a negative?

48:50 - Do suicide prevent charities reduce suicide rates?

50:40 - What should be done to improve the mental health services within the next Government term?

51:45 - Are mental health services moving in the right direction?

This episode sees Michael Dwyer and Gary Kavanagh discuss the Irish whip system and how it impacts on Irish politics, and the yellow vest protests in France, asking if Ireland could see something similar.

11:45 - Why are we talking about this?

14:00 - Does Ireland have a 1,2 or 3 line whip system?

15:05 - Mega-seats and why TDs don't dissent

20:20 - Free votes

22:40 - The black book

25:10 - Leo's defence of the whip system

31:05 - Power without purpose / politics without a moral core

35:30 - Alan Shatter and matters of conscience

40:50 - Should the system be changed?

42:15 - Amendments to the abortion bill

44:30 - The Great Famine 2.0

51:50 - The Irish media and the need to be morally superior

56:15- Macron and his sniper teams

1:01:15 - Could these protests happen in Ireland?

1:05:40 - The great thing about democracy is you get the government you deserve

This episode Michael and Paddy discuss their top 10 war films of all time. Michael cheats by selecting a TV series as his number 1.

0:00 - Paddy and Michael's Lists

03:25 - Paths of Glory

05:20 - Gettysburg

08:05 - Charge of the Light Brigade

10:30 - Letters from Iwo Jima

12:55 - Thin Red Line

15:00 - Battle of the Bulge

19:05 - Tora! Tora! Tora!

22:40 - Bridge over the River Kwai

26:55 - Enemy at the Gate

29:55 - The Beast

34:45 - The Longest Day

40:20 - Saving Private Ryan

49:50 - Ran

55:10 - Patton

1:00:20 - Laurence of Arabia

1:08:15 - Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

1:13:50 - Band of Brothers

1:24:30 - Closing Remarks

1:28:00 - Honourable mentions

Paddy's List

10 - Paths of Glory

09 - Letters from Iwo Jima

08 - Thin Red Line

07 - Bridge over the River Kwai

06 - Enemy at the gate

05 - The Beast

04 - The Longest Day

03 - Ran

02 - Saving Private Ryan

01 - Pretty village, pretty flame

Michael's List

10 - Gettysburg

09 - Charge of the Light Brigade

08 - Battle of the Bulge

07 - Tora! Tora! Tora!

06 - Letters from Iwo Jima

05 - The Longest Day

04 - Saving Private Ryan

03 - Patton

02 - Laurence of Arabia

01 - Band of Brothers