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Katie Hannon delves deeper into the key stories of the week and gets the inside track from those in the know. From the Upfront team in RTÉ News and Current Affairs.... more
FAQs about Upfront: The Podcast:How many episodes does Upfront: The Podcast have?The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.
December 18, 2023Virtual vigilante: The man who scams the scammersThe prevalence of scams is increasing with fraudsters also becoming more convincing and more sophisticated. One man who is doing his bit to take the fight to scammers is 'Jim Browning,' a Northern Ireland YouTuber known for exposing the activities of scammers across the world....more36minPlay
December 08, 2023Patrik Hermansson on how he infiltrated the far-rightPatrik Hermansson is a Swedish anti-racism campaigner who spent a year infiltrating the white nationalist movement mainly in the UK under an assumed identity. He tells Katie Hannon about what he went through during his time undercover....more33minPlay
November 24, 2023Life as a hostage: A former captive on the psychological impactTheo Padnos is an American journalist who spent 22 months as a hostage after being kidnapped by Islamist extremists before being passed to a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Syria in 2012. He tells Katie Hannon what he went through during his time in detention, and the mental toll of life in captivity....more28minPlay
November 17, 2023Why people commit acts of gender-based violenceViolence against women is at crisis levels in Ireland, according to the Council of Europe. Katie Hannon is joined by Dr Ciara Staunton, a forensic psychologist at UCC, to discuss what is driving this level of violence and is the problem getting worse?...more27minPlay
November 10, 2023Ireland’s subsea infrastructure and who protects itWho is responsible for protecting Ireland’s subsea infrastructure and how vital is it to Ireland’s economy? Katie Hannon speaks to Eoin Micheál McNamara, a research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) in Helsinki....more22minPlay
November 03, 2023Negotiating with Hamas and Israel’s endgameWhat was the motivation for the Hamas attacks and what is the endgame for Israel? Katie Hannon speaks to long time peace campaigner Gershon Baskin, one of very few people to have had close contact with both the Israeli authorities and Hamas....more30minPlay
October 20, 2023Humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ facing Gaza’s 50,000 pregnant womenMore than 50,000 women are pregnant in Gaza with an estimated 160 women giving birth every day. Katie Hannon spoke to Soraida Hussein-Sabbah in the West Bank about the crisis....more15minPlay
October 13, 2023Colum McCann: Israeli ‘occupation’ in Palestine has to stopWith the Israel-Hamas conflict now entering its sixth day Katie Hannon spoke to Colum McCann, a Dublin born writer, who made many trips to the region during research for his Booker Prize longlisted novel Apeirogon....more27minPlay
October 06, 2023The global housing crisis and how to solve itAfter Monday’s audience discussion about young people struggling to get on the housing ladder in Ireland, we wanted to look at the issue in broader terms and ask the question – what's causing the housing crisis and how can we solve it? Katie Hannon is joined by Philip Lawton, an Assistant Professor in Global Urbanism at Trinity College....more20minPlay
September 29, 2023QAnon, conspiracy theories & the rise of the alt right with Donie O'SullivanKerry-man Donie O’Sullivan is a CNN journalist and correspondent who covers the role of social media in politics, conspiracy theories in US and the rise of the alt right in American politics....more38minPlay
FAQs about Upfront: The Podcast:How many episodes does Upfront: The Podcast have?The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.