Culture Wars in the West, Alliances in the East
While the West burns itself out on culture wars, the East is quietly stitching together something bigger. This is the age of geo-economics, where oil, factories, and sheer population size matter more ...
30 Sep 202536min
Who Owns the Flag? From the American Revolution to Charlie Kirk
We’re in New York this week, celebrating my mam’s 90th birthday and launching The History of Money in the U.S., but the backdrop is America’s deepening culture war. With the 250th anniversary of the R...
25 Sep 202538min
The Economics of Golf
What does golf tell us about money, power, and the way economies work? From billion-dollar sponsorship deals to the rise of LIV Golf, from Tiger Woods to Trump’s golf courses, the fairways of golf are...
22 Sep 202548min
From Cod to Culture: What Inishmore Teaches Us About the Experience Economy
Between 250,000-300,000 tourists land on the island every year, 2,500 a day in summer, and yet it still feels authentic, alive, and deeply Irish. In this episode, we ask: how do remote places like Ini...
18 Sep 202536min
Could the GAA Solve Ireland’s Housing Crisis?
What if the solution to Ireland’s housing crisis has been sitting on our doorstep all along? We dive into the Danish model of cooperative housing, where 7% of Danes live in co-ops, and a full third of...
16 Sep 202534min
Deepfakes, Big Tech, and the Coming AI Crash?
AI investment is exploding: the “Magnificent Seven” of Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and NVIDIA, are ploughing almost 7% of US GDP into AI and data centres. That’s the same scale as t...
11 Sep 202537min
France on the Brink: Debt, Drama, and a Possible Sixth Republic
Broadcast from Île de Ré, we dive into France’s mounting fiscal mess and political paralysis. With Macron a lame-duck, bond markets charging Paris more than Athens, and a nationwide strike looming, we...
9 Sep 202539min
Economics in a Tent: Live at Electric Picnic 2025
We took economics to a music festival, and somehow packed the tent. In this Electric Picnic highlights episode from Mindfield, we rock up bleary-eyed and buzzing, then dive straight into the big stuff...
4 Sep 202546min
