Gript Media Podcasts

Gary sat down with Coleman Hughes, a columnist at Quillette whose work has been featured everywhere from the New York Times to the Spectator, to discuss the ethics and morality of abortion and an article Coleman wrote in which he explained why he is himself pro-choice and what the pro-choice movement needs to change to become more effective.

Since the interview Coleman has gone on to become a fellow with the Manhattan Institute, and has spoken in front of a House Judiciary Subcommittee against the paying of reparations to descendants of black slaves.

https://quillette.com/2019/05/21/rethinking-abortion-advocacy/

Richard Dawkins cancelled by a group that just wants everyone to feel loved and comfortable; Barbie Kardashian enjoys a women's prison; the best riot police in Europe; and we ask if the Oracle of Delphi was the world's first Big 4 consultant. 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/david-mcwilliams-the-better-the-economy-does-the-more-covid-19-spreads-1.4363635

Patricia talks you through how to hold a dinner party. This episode look at the party itself, after you've chosen your guests, prepared the food, and are in the home stretch.

The Republicans have their Supreme Court pick all lined up, some financial intrigue in the Vatican, and what exactly is a Barbie Kardashian and where may one find it?

 

https://gript.ie/photo-barbie-kardashian-irelands-homicidal-girl/

https://www.courts.ie/viewer/pdf/e363c19e-6e79-4e35-a3fe-d5e8dee785fe/2019_IECA_109_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

The Government death figures for COVID-19, and the case fatality ratio, are clearly inflated, but do we have any idea how lethal COVID-19 actually is? Is it true that in certain age groups it is about as lethal as a bad flu? Some new figures on the infection fatality ratio from the CDC may shed some light on those questions.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/dr-martin-feeley-young-and-healthy-majority-need-to-be-allowed-to-live-1.4362503https://gript.ie/british-academics-suppression-of-covid-19-unfeasible-and-is-leading-to-significant-harm/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

Michael sits down journalist and author Ed West to discuss his book The Diversity Illusion. They talk immigration, the idea that there are topics you can't debate, and the trade-offs we have to make to have a diverse society.

In this week's episode Ciara discusses the importance of a clean colon and gives tips on how to cleanse, nourish and tone the bowel.

With Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death what happens next? The President of Princeton College said it was systematically racist - it's now being investigation by the federal government for fraud and potential breaches of civil rights law due to its admitted racism; everyone seems to have a long-read piece about how the far-right is rising in Ireland; and Cork County Council has some interesting views on genocide.

https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/09/Princeton-Letter-9-16-20-Signed.pdf

https://gript.ie/cork_friendship_uighur_jiangsu/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/the-far-right-rises-its-growth-as-a-political-force-in-ireland-1.4358321

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Matthew 20:1-16, the parable of the workers in the vineyard, and how all those who accept the call are equally rewarded.

Michael sits down with Theodore Dalrymple, retired physician, author, and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. They talk about drug addiction as a choice, not a disease; why poverty is not the cause of crime; working as a psychiatrist in prisons; and why modern architecture is inhuman.

https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/theodore-dalrymple_44