Gript Media Podcasts

We discuss:

- The Government has now accepted the likelihood of a hard Brexit, but why has it taken so long for reality to set in?

- Westminster declares the North will have gay marriage and abortion; is this the return of direct rule?

- Jeffrey Epstein is arrested for sex trafficking in America

Michael sits down with Father Chris Hayden discuss Marcello Pera's book Why we should call ourselves Christians: The Religious Roots of Free Societies.

Due to technical issues, in a week of wide ranging technical issues, this Sunday's episode was destroyed, but we were able to salvage one single part of the show, which Gary has demanded we release. They were talking about the Rally for Life, held yesterday, and the differences between the estimates of attendance by the Guards and the Worker's Solidarity Party.

We discuss:

- the collapse of a rape trial after a 5 year wait.

- 'Outrage' over the name of a building

- Young Irish women the most depressed in Europe, according to young Irish women.

- New research on the 'mind-blowing' potential of planting trees to fight climate change.

We discuss:

- The reaction to the video of members of Antifa beating Andy Ngo, a Quillette editor and WSJ contributor. Mr Ngo is currently in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage. We discuss the short path from milkshakes to bricks.

- Marianne Williamson is running to become the Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election. She also believes we should encase Syria in a Golden egg.

We discuss:

- Catherine Noone and banning sex offenders from dating and taxi apps.

- Leo claims there's no public interest in releasing Maria Bailey report.

- Journalists to Trump, 'We are the people'.

- Fine Gael's issues in Waterford.

- RTE facing new funding issues.

- Claims that ending the first time buying grant would derail the housing market.

- 99,000 tons of South American beef under a new deal with EU.

We review John Wick Chapter 3.

- San Francisco becomes the first US city to ban e-cigarettes. We look at the research and ask if the pushback against e-cigs is hurting more people than it helps.

- A court ruling that a woman in the UK should be forced to have an abortion, against her will, has been overturned by the Court of Appeals.

- Eir says it could implement the National Broadband Plan for €1 billion. They're not going to, but they want you to know they could if they wanted to.

- Fine Gael's promised tax breaks may have to be postponed if a no-deal Brexit happens. We express surprise they hadn't already been postponed due to FG's total loss of control over state spending.

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We discuss

- Israel Falou, crowdfunding, and the politicisation of financial pillars such as Visa and Mastercard.

- A Sean Moncrieff article saying men don't do enough work around the house. We look at the research into how men and women spend their time.

- An unashamed puff piece on Simon Harris by Donal Lynch in the Irish Independent.

- A British court has ruled a mentally disabled woman should be forced to have an abortion, against the wishes of her and her family.

- Boris Johnson gets a housecall from the police.

- The race to lead the Tory Party and the end of Brexit.

- Minimum Alcohol Pricing to be brought in, does the Government's claim it worked in Scotland stand up? The short answer is no.