The fuel protests have wound down, a minister's not happy with the media's lack of support for Government and a battle for the ages: Donald Trump vs Pope Leo XIV. All discussed on this week's episode of The Long Game Podcast.

On this week's episode of The Long Game, Ben and Jason discuss the ongoing fuel protests disrupting traffic across Ireland, Donald Trump's Iran war ceasefire, and how the Christian messages of the Artemis II astronauts are making atheists on Reddit go berserk.

Jason is joined this week by Fatima, who comes bearing stories from the courts. They also discuss the state of Ireland's Covid-19 'evaluation' and the quality and quantity of biblical dramas on streaming services in 2026.

Freshly returned from his time Stateside, Ben joins Jason to talk banned TikTok videos and EU content policing, Iran war energy woes and the wild reaction to Ryan Casey's political opinions.

The growing tendency to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of national and cultural celebrations irks Jason and Maria this week. The deepening oil crisis and Maria's experience of the recent Women's Coalition on Immigration event make up the rest of the show.

Ben and Jason discuss Barbie Kardashian's new digs and Dublin Zoo's Mother's Day marketing, as well as the Government's commitment to the Cost of Living crisis.

Jason and special guest Maria Maynes discuss the spiralling situation in the Middle East, the sectarian trend in UK politics and the shocking abortion story receiving no coverage from the Irish media.

The security concerns surrounding the Ireland/Israel Nations League fixture, Minister Helen McEntee's Defence Forces diversity drive and LENT are all up for discussion on this week's episode of the Long Game podcast.

On this week's episode of The Long Game, Ben and Jason analyse some of Ben's recent encounters with Government ministers and their disappointing (non-) answers.

Ben and Jason bemoan the weather and the Government response to it, before turning to problems of entirely human origin: the State's funding of, apparently, everything, the Deposit Return Scheme's disastrous effect on Dublin and the omnipresence of gambling.