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Welcome to PoliTalks, a hub for casual yet informative conversations about politics, news, and other current affairs. Based in Ireland, but with watchful eyes overseas.... more
FAQs about PoliTalks:How many episodes does PoliTalks have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
November 11, 2024Parties Set Themselves Apart and Russia's Rumored ResetWhat will the different parties offer voters in the upcoming election? Will Vladimir Putin seek to change relations with the West under Trump? Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us to discuss in part 2 of the Sunday news roundup...more12minPlay
November 10, 2024Fractures Become Breaks and a New Challenger Approaches - Sunday News RoundupAs the tensions grow ever-higher amongst the former coalition partners in the run-up to the general election, each party struggles, scuffles, and scraps to differentiate themselves to the electorate. Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us to discuss in part 1 of today's Sunday News Roundup...more15minPlay
November 09, 2024Campaigning Begins, Coalition Fractures, and Damning Health StatisticsThe General Election Campaign has begun! FG has made a Hail-Mary promise to the hospitality industry, FF wants to be known as the Party of Education; they both want to expand the 'help-to-buy' schemes, while SF wants to scrap these schemes and start building on state land. Labour brings rent freezes back into the mix, while the Greens send their former leader to COP, with eyes on a future beyond November 29th. The government hopes that focus stays on last night's rugby match and not the waiting-list statistics in today's newspapers. Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us to discuss the weekend's headlines....more17minPlay
November 07, 2024'Shock' Election Call, a Meeting of the Leaders, and Resignations within Fianna FáilBrendan Cahill-Flynn joins us to discuss the reaction to today's shocking revelations from Harris....more10minPlay
November 06, 2024US Election Reaction: Return of the DonThe sequel is here, will it be as bloody as the first? Brendan Cahill-Flynn is joined by Nathan Rossiter to discuss the reaction to the US Election results....more31minPlay
November 04, 2024Grumpy Old Men, Liberal Young Women, and the Grey Battleground Between - Monday News RoundupIs Micheál Martin getting grumpy with the young whipper-snappers of Fine Gael? Will a lead with women lead Kamala Harris to victory in the US? Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us to discuss these stories, as well as a weekend assault on the Green Party Leader, and Coalition efforts to compete for older voters - on the Monday News Roundup...more13minPlay
November 03, 2024Civil Service Scrum-Spending and Nama's Big Discounts - Sunday News RoundupAre top Civil Servants being drafted to top Ruby squads? Can Nama sort you a friends and family discount on a property up North? Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us in part 1 of the Sunday roundup to heed the headlines....more9minPlay
November 01, 2024US Sessions: Polling, Love-Fests, and the Rise of Barron Trump?In this episode Brendan Cahill-Flynn is joined by New York native Luke Morrison to discuss the mood on the ground in Donald Trump's Home State, one week out from the Presidential Election....more34minPlay
October 29, 2024Incels vs Karens, Deadlocks in the Polls, and the erosion of Public Discourse - Bank Holiday News RoundupTurning our eyes across the pond to the upcoming US election, Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us with some analysis of the weekend's news coverage....more8minPlay
October 29, 2024Coalition tensions, Housing Targets, and Dissent in Fine Gael - Bank Holiday news roundupAre pre-election housing targets the scalpel that may split the conjoined parties of government? Has Simon Harris promoted the Brutus to his Caesar to deputy leader? Brendan Cahill-Flynn joins us to discuss these questions in the last of the domestic news in our Bank Holiday Roundup....more21minPlay
FAQs about PoliTalks:How many episodes does PoliTalks have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.