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Gript Media Podcasts episodes

March 07, 2021 TRSI 204 - Oh the places you'll go!
More on Moonshot's recent study of the far-right in Ireland, particularly the Irish Time's coverage of it; fact-checking the Journal; and Dr Seuss out, but Mein Kampf is still in.
1 hr 1 min
March 07, 2021 Sunday Reflection 50 - The third week of Lent
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses sacred spaces and finding what is real.
7 min
March 05, 2021 TRSI 203 - The far-right point
The ICCL have had some thoughts on the recent protest; how to turn research showing basically no far-right into a fear piece; fact-checking the Journal; and how the Covid story will end.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/unusually-high-proportion-of-young-males-researching-far-right-topics-1.4500287
https://moonshotcve.com/far-right-search-traffic-in-ireland-2021/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbjZDtR2e0
1 hr 6 min
March 03, 2021 TRSI 202 - We've got a little list
Fergus Finlay can see into the souls of those attending protests; the German Finance Minister says the EU vaccination programme is a "total shitshow"; and we've missed the last two weeks of vaccination targets.

I've Got a Little List (with lyrics) / The Mikado / Gilbert and Sullivan
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-vaccination-programme-dashboard.html
1 hr 2 min
February 28, 2021 TRSI 201 - Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made
Another chance to wheel out the phrase 'mostly peaceful protest'; what exactly it means to be far-right during the great realignment; the Irish media and the failure to ask questions; and new polling show FF the only way is down.
1 hr 30 min
February 28, 2021 SR 49 - The second Sunday of Lent
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the transfiguration.
7 min
February 24, 2021 TRSI 200 - Nothing personal
The Zero-Covid leaks; apparently using people with experience to write a contract is cheating; and comments in a recent Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health show the wisdom of praising the sun.

https://gript.ie/look-for-ways-to-increase-insecurity-anxiety-and-uncertainty-zero-covid-document/
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-key-differences-between-the-eu-and-uk-astrazeneca-contracts/
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/33/health/
48 min
February 21, 2021 TRSI 199 - Every day is exactly the same
Mary Robinson may just be getting old; Ireland becomes the world's largest open plan prison; AstraZeneca contract shows EU has waived the right to bring AstraZeneca to court for delays; Martin deals a kindness to the restaurant industry.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/stephen-collins-outbreak-of-eu-bashing-among-irish-politicians-is-a-serious-overreaction-1.4488669
https://gript.ie/uncertainty-and-doubt-behind-the-scenes-of-the-zero-covid-campaign/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoVHqveQ98
1 hr 7 min
February 21, 2021 Sunday Reflection 48 - The first Sunday of Lent
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the idea of the desert, and how a journey through a desolate place can lead you to the promised land.
8 min
February 19, 2021 TRSI 198 - An accidental discharge of policy
9 more weeks of lockdown; the unemployment rates hits numbers that don't even look real; and the wonderful revelation that there's nothing stopping you from privately buying vaccines.
1 hr