Gript Media Podcasts

Gary Kavanagh sits down with Jimmy Sheehan, a man who has personally overseen the building of 3 hospitals in Ireland and is therefore probably the most qualified man in the country on the subject of actually building hospitals in Ireland, to ask how the Children's Hospital went from costing €400m to becoming one of the most expensive structures to have been ever been built in the entire history of mankind.

James Bradshaw sits down with bestselling author Rod Dreher to discuss his newest book, The Benedict Option; the sexual abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church; the importance of education in keeping faith alive; and how lay Christians can keep, and perhaps strengthen, their faith in an increasingly post-Christian world.

Gary Kavanagh and Michael Dwyer discuss the news they've found interesting over the past week. This week they discuss the abortion issues in the Coombe Hospital, the Gillette ad which has caused controversy, and the new APA guidlines on masculinity, which argue traditional masculinity is harmful.

28:30 - Gillette Ad

39:35 - APA

Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer break with tradition and decide to review some films that have been released within the last 3 decades, these are all actually still in cinemas right now, and weren't made by a Belgium artists commune.

Start - The Greatest Showman

24:00 - The Favourite

44:20 - Stan and Ollie

Paddy Manning and Michael Dwyer sit down to discuss the continued shambles that is Brexit.

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