The Long Game

The Long Game

By Ben Scallan, Jason OsborneNews
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The Long Game episodes

  • Covid and Courts Madness

    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.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Censorship in Progress

    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.

    54 min
  • St Patrick's Shambles

    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.

    45 min
  • Keeping up with the Kardashian

    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.

    45 min
  • 'World War Three Fought Piecemeal'

    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.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Truly diverse Defence Forces

    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.

    45 min
  • On Floods and State Funding

    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.

    1 hr 13 min
  • Whispers of Euroscepticism

    This week, Ben and Jason discuss Helen McEntee’s great love of Europe, a Fianna Fáil TD’s suggestion that the State should steer clear of "anti-Government" CEOs for State contracts, and the political leanings of modern movies.

    1 hr 18 min
  • Tech Illiterates

    On this week's episode of The Long Game podcast, Ben and Jason discuss the tech illiteracy of the people regulating the Irish digital space, Trump's impending seizure of Greenland and the growing threat of a US-EU trade war, and the re-arrest of Enoch Burke.

    20 min

About The Long Game

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Welcome to The Long Game with Gript - a podcast in which hosts Jason Osborne and Ben Scallan share the week’s top political, social and cultural stories as seen through young, Irish, conservative…