Wrote about Harry Potter, Ronald Reagan and what is happening in the U.K. for The Currency Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson and how England forgot itself thecurrency.news/articles/218...

"They're actually really scared about where this thing is going to go." In Defence of the Realm: Prince Andrew, Mountbatten and the British Establishment’s protection racket

Today’s podcast with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the incredible story of Labour Together Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5tkr... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s podcast on Rory O’Connor, fanaticism and Ireland’s flirtation with military dictatorship Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1rDJ... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s podcast on why Ireland will play Israel and whether they should Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6LSG... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Melania - How to Bribe a President. New episode out now - Listen on #Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/31K0... Listen on #Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Spoke to Paul Murphy for The Currency and had a conversation I didn’t expect “This isn’t what I would do in a perfect world. I wouldn’t choose to be a public figure” thecurrency.news/articles/215...

Today’s Free State with Peter Oborne Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5OOn... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

America and fascism. Today’s podcast Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0TwH... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

"I would be concerned about the litigious nature of the GAA community..." Dion and Joe got stuck into the AFCON final controversy and looked at whether video refereeing has a place in the GAA.

Listen on #Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1yDo... Listen on #ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

If you're a weatherman you look outside the window and you say what the weather is, you don't say you know one person says it's wet and one person says it's dry - you open the window and say it's raining. New episode - "Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the musical wing of the IRA" available now

Nigel Farage, convicts and a good society. Today’s Free State @dionfanning.bsky.social Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3b8d... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

The latest Free State with the extraordinary men who challenged the Spiritan order Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3Xm6... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Why Ruben Amorim was right even as he got everything so wrong www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Liverpool are going to have to sack the low block coach next

Today’s Free State on not being a West Brit Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0oiu... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

‘There’s a reason why football is the most popular game in the world and that’s what Infantino and the people he has cosied up to have exploited’ @dionfanning.bsky.social from the latest Free State podcast

On today’s Free State, Kneecap’s manager Dan Lambert on why the group appeal to so many

Today’s @freestatepodcast.bsky.social with Dan Lambert on Kneecap and why UEFA should ban Israel from football Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4jLR... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

For @irishexaminer.bsky.social on why Arne Slot needs to stop sounding so helpless www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Today’s podcast on the AI bubble and if we’re all doomed Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1yrG... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

For the Currency on an extraordinary week that was a long time coming thecurrency.news/articles/208...

‘Troy Parrott, just Troy Parrott’ Today’s podcast Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6cil... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Forget about the future. Live in the present or at least the recent past with Troy Parrott. Piece for @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...

This is fantastic by @kenearly.bsky.social on Seamus Coleman and what might be most important in football www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

Enjoyed talking to @iaindale.bsky.social for today’s podcast about Ireland, nationalism of many shades and Nigel Farage Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5CQX... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Zohran Mamdani and the promise of real change Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7tTb... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s podcast. People got angry Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6De7... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

‘Joe, it’s DJ Carey, I’ve had some bad news. You might be able to help.’ DJ Carey has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for fraud. Joe recalls the text message he received from DJ Carey some years ago and wonders what led him down that road.

Today’s @freestatepodcast.bsky.social Listen on Spotify spotify.link/b3pOcxOgWXb Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Congratulations to Miguel Delaney and States of Play being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025.

DJ Carey - The Rise and Fall of hurling’s first superstar Listen on Spotify: spotify.link/VeBc4GqNSXb Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Leo Varadkar on Keir Starmer, nationalism and a united Ireland Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3uCb... Listen on @applepodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

Piece for @irishexaminer.bsky.social on Man Utd, Fergie and why pity isn’t a strong card for Eddie Howe to play www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...

Today’s Free State on the Empire of A.I. with the brilliant @karenhao.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6IPE... podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

On today’s @freestatepodcast.bsky.social Why Test cricket is part of a broader cultural pushback and how it laid the foundations for hurling in Ireland On Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Eyr... On Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s Free State with Fintan Drury on his new book Catastrophe Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7q7g... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s Free State podcast on Liverpool and the Irish influence on the city Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4Qvq... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

How the Northern Bank robbery changed Ireland New podcast out now Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3PWY... Listen on @applepodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

Have wanted to talk to Glenn Patterson for a long time. Got a chance this week to talk about the Northern Bank Robbery, unity and identity open.spotify.com/episode/3PWY... podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

The IRA & Me. Today’s podcast Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Dhh... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

The author interviews by @dionfanning.bsky.social are rapidly becoming the highlight of my weekends. They are always brilliant. open.spotify.com/episode/4H2d...

No Pope of Rome, no bilingual signs, no border poll. Pope Francis’s death and Micheál Martin’s impossible demand Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4rJY... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

‘Maybe I’m having a heart attack’ Journalist Eamonn Sweeney on how a Cork v Kerry Munster Final marked the start of a period of huge turmoil and anxiety in his life. Listen to the full episode "High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again"⬇️

Brand new Saturday episode out now Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7EWP... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

I had a great chat with @dionfanning.bsky.social about Edna O'Brien for Free State podcast ahead of our UK release on April 18th. We focus especially on the political context of Edna's work: shows.acast.com/free-state-w...

“A trillion comments have been wasted accusing the wrong people of Trump derangement syndrome. The real TDS afflicts those who keep seeing a rational actor, or an economic chess game, where none exists.” Me on Trump’s wrecking ball. www.ft.com/content/9f51...

Spent a fascinating hour with John Banville this week. Out now Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/5xC6... Listen on @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com