The public is incensed; the Government is in danger
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan Jones discuss the latest, and so far the worst, scandal to hit the Government: the attendance of Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary and other politicians at a golf societ...
21 Aug 202032min
How behavioural science informs the pandemic response - with Pete Lunn
In today’s episode, Hugh talks to Pete Lunn, a behavioural economist with the Economic and Social Research Institute. Lunn is also part of the behavioural change sub group of NPHET, which provides vit...
19 Aug 202040min
US Politics special with Michael Brendan Dougherty
Today Hugh speaks to Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer with New York-based conservative magazine National Review. Dougherty is also the author of the 2019 memoir, My Father Left Me Ireland. I...
14 Aug 202050min
Coronavirus: are we losing control?
Health editor Paul Cullen joins Hugh, Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones to talk about an eventful week in Ireland's Covid-19 battle. Does the outbreak in the Midlands signal a major problem and a fa...
12 Aug 202035min
Lifting the lid on paid-for politics - with Peter Geoghegan
Hugh talks to journalist Peter Geoghegan about the murky world of political think-tanks and pressure groups that he writes about in a new book, Democracy for Sale.Would you like to receive daily insig...
7 Aug 202044min
Remembering John Hume - with Claire Hanna
SDLP MP for South Belfast Claire Hanna joins Hugh to look back on the life and legacy of John Hume, who died on Sunday.Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbo...
5 Aug 202030min
Government stumbles toward the recess
It's been another extraordinary week for the new government and a very uncomfortable one for Micheal Martin and some of his ministers, as stumbles over Pandemic Unemployment Payments and ministerial p...
29 Jul 202035min
Repost: Michael Lewis on Cronyism in The Trump Administration & The Unsung Virtues of Civil Servants
Author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project)talks to Hugh about his new book 'The Fifth Risk'. The book concerns the Trump Administration and what Lewis says are astounding lev...
24 Jul 202034min
