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

This episode sees Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer discuss our chances of an election early next year, Colette Brown's recent article on the UN migration pact, and the warnings of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council about the Irish economy.

00:00 - Election worries

25:13 - Collette Browne article on UN migration pact

1:03:01 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns of economic risks

Michael Dwyer interviews Gary Kavanagh, Director of the Edmund Burke Institute, on his political philosophy, his childhood, his views on Irish media, and if he thinks the conservative movement in Ireland has a future.

01:28 - First political experience

05:10 - When did you get interested in Irish politics?

05:35 - When did you start reading philosophy and what were you reading?

07:50 - Are you basically just a Stoic?

14:40 - Your views on Camus

22:45 - Systemic fragility and how institutions and societies die.

29:00 - Do you agree that liberals have an overly optimistic view on their ability to build new institutions and how much we understand them?

35:40 - Why certain institutions work and the reality of human nature.

39:00 - How biased is the Irish media/why don't the public trust journalists?

51:01 - A small, recent example of multiple Irish newspapers simply lying about something.

55:15 - Fact-checking sites and bias / thejournal.ie changing its own factchecking results

57:43 - The future of the conservative movement in Ireland. Does it have one?

This episode sees Gary Kavanagh and Michael Dwyer discuss Peadar Toibin's plans to set up a new pro-life, Republican, political party. They discuss what we know about the party so far, how they think it'll come together, and where they think it can position itself to succeed.

Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer review the new Coen brothers' film, or collection of short films if you'd prefer, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

This episode sees Michael Dwyer and Paddy Manning discuss the passage of the abortion bill through the Dail, and the impact that Michael Martin has had upon Fianna Fail, arguing that he's overseeing a hollowing out of activists and members.