Gary Kavanagh and Michael Dwyer discuss which of the policies Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro brought in to destroy Venezuela as a country and cause the Venezuelan people to starve to death in the streets are their personal favourites.

This Sunday Gary Kavanagh and Michawl Dwyer discuss Mary Robinson and the princess from Dubai; concerns about growing number of people with psychiatric problems caused by drug use, which becomes a conversation about contract law and the benefits of drug cartels; and SF's visit to Venezuela following their 'fair and legitimate' elections.

Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer discuss Macbeth, which the National Theatre is putting on a production of from the 15th to 19th of January.

Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer discuss the revelation that Der Spiegel, a newspaper widely considered to be one of the best fact checkers in the world, published numerous articles, over several years, which appear to have been totally fabricated. They also discuss Timmy Dooley's plans to take money from you so that he can give it directly to newspapers.

Michael Dwyer and Gary Kavanagh discuss: the recent ISIS-related killings in Morocco, in which two young, female tourists were decapitated; and the renewed calls for protests to be banned around medical facilities that offer abortions.

00:00 - Moroccan affairs

31:25 - Abortion and exclusion zones

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