Gript Media Podcasts

Gary Kavanagh discusses the recent rape case that made headlines when it was reported that comments had been made about the underwear of the women who had claimed to be raped.

He discusses why rape trials are so acrimonious, why defendants will bring up things like the clothing of an accuser or her past sexual history, and argues that the state should not limit what defendants can say in their own defence, as some TDs have suggested should be the case.

This episode sees Michael Dwyer and Paddy Manning discuss the films Babette's Feast & High Noon.

This episode sees Gary Kavanagh and Michael Dwyer discuss the new gender equality report from the Department of Education, which argues that funding for universities and colleges should be partially based on gender quotas and that women only jobs should be creating.

They rapidly discover that the report does not include things such as 'evidence', 'proof' or ever 'arguments'.

This episode sees Gary Kavanagh and Paddy Manning discuss the new proposals by the government to bring in academic jobs that will only be for women. They discuss the idea, which the government seems to believe, that any difference between men and women are due to discrimination, and that the government has the right to interfere to make the outcomes equal.

This episode sees Michael Dwyer and James Bradshaw discuss Alex Epstein's book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, which argues that fossil fuels, and the cheap energy they provide, are responsible for, and necessary for the continuation of, the lifting of billions of people out of poverty, and that a responsible enviromental policy needs to take into account the loss in growth that switching to less economical forms of energy would cost.

This month we've a special project, in association with the Burkean, in which leading figures of the Irish right will be publishing essays detailing with it is exactly they believe, and why. Those essays will be followed up, if possible, with a podcast with the author of that essay expanding on the topics covered in the essay.

This episode sees James Bradshaw join us to discuss his essay, which can be read at the link below - https://www.theburkean.ie/articles/2018/11/09/burkes-right-minds-james-bradshaw-conservative-libertarian

This episode sees Gary Kavanagh and Paddy Mannning review the film Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer. They discuss the film, the evidence brought forward in Gosnell's trial, including the Grand Jury Report, and the lack of media attention both the original trial of Gosnell and the film received.

For those interested the grand jury report can be read, in full, here: https://cdn.cnsnews.com/documents/Gosnell,%20Grand%20Jury%20Report.pdf

This episode sees Michael Dwyer and Paddy Manning discuss the case of Asia Bibi, who is facing death in Pakistan; the failure of Western media to cover atrocities against Christians and apostates in the Islamic world; the need for Ireland to put a free speech amendment into our constitution; and what the results of the American mid-terms mean for Trump and the Republicans.

This month we've a special project, in association with the Burkean, in which leading figures of the Irish right will be publishing essays detailing with it is exactly they believe, and why. Those essays will be followed up, if possible, with a podcast with the author of that essay expanding on the topics covered in the essay.

Paddy Manning is the first essayist to join us to discuss the project. His essay can be read at the link below - https://www.theburkean.ie/articles/2018/11/05/burkes-right-minds-paddy-manning-conservatarian

This episode Gary Kavanagh sits down with Neil O'Mahony of Renua to discuss Neil's involvement with Renua, and Renua's '6 Pillars', which describe the core ideology of the party.