Does Irish politics suffer from a major deficit of…. ability? That’s the question John and Sarah take on this week in the wake of a farcical health proposal, an aborted tax cut, and the entry of a new contender to replace Joe Biden.

"A TD told me he actually believed what he'd said and I was shocked because that's so rare" - John and Sarah discuss the political response to Inch, as well as sunburn, AI, and bullying in schools.

In this week's podcast Sarah reacts to the news that fake tan might be racist; and wonders why women are so consistently in the firing line of modern cultural outrages:

John and Sarah discuss Leo Varadkar's bizarre explanation of the hate speech bill, the Labour Party's new badges, and Sarah's life-long love of Coronation Chicken.

In a week dominated by the Niall Collins scandal, John and Sarah debate whether Ireland has a corruption problem, disagree about Niall Collins, and reflect on the Eurovision scandal that rocked the internet.

Kevin Myers joins John and Sarah to talk about what it is like to be cancelled, the culture of fear in Ireland, and why he remains trenchantly opposed to Sinn Fein.

John and Sarah discuss the Biden visit and our national love of being loved, as well as reviewing the state of the parties after THAT poll last weekend.

John and Sarah discuss what possessed the state to promote a sexually explicit book in schools, the fall of Nicola Sturgeon - and since the world has gone mad, are joined by Mr. Sarah Ryan - Keith Redmond - to discuss legalising drugs.

Joined by financial analyst KARL DEETER, John and Sarah discuss how a Newstalk host ended up punching himself, not Katie Harrington - and why Government Housing policy so consistently backfires.

John and Sarah talk through the massive public reaction to the Barbie Kardashian story, ask what's the problem with Martin Nolan, and talk the politics of the eviction ban.