Episodes
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And now, a Happy Episode.
With Matt away the girls are throwing caution to the wind and being kind to one another. Glen and Helen park their cynicism and talk brain rot, unions, AI generated content and the benefit of being a girl who takes a chance and puts themselves out there creatively. Thank you to friend of the pod...
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Hyperpolitics
We live in a world where everything feels political, from celebrity deaths to women's sport. And yet, we are more disenfranchised than ever, seemingly unable to change the world in any meaningful way. What's going on, and how does it make us feel? These are the questions asked by the hottest new...
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From Dublin suburbs to south Asian archipelagos, there's a new editing sheriff in town and he's homosexual. This special episode of Casement's leftovers is brought to you by Glen who looks back on a summer of fun, frivolity and judgement. Helen and Glen shuck off the chains of Matthew and talk...
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The Fuel Protests (and what to think about them)
A few weeks out from the historic fuel protests which shook the country, we get together for a bitter debate – but surprisingly end up agreeing with one another. Have you been wondering: what were the fuel protests about? Where does Ireland go from here? And how should the "left" respond? We have...
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American Massacre
As Trump and Hegseth continue their crusade on Iran and the Middle East, American liberals clutch their pearls and insist that THIS ISN"T US! Casements are here to explain — politely and respectfually – that this very much is you, Yankee. We take a quick look back at the history of American...
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Nonce-Sense Revisited
Back in the halcyon days of 2022 Helen hit you with their grand political economic theory: money makes you a nonce. It's safe to say the world hasn't been the same since. In the wake of the latest "tranche" of Epstein files, we revisit this grand unifying theory of power and abuse. Along the way…
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Neoliberal Militaries (w/ Nel Bonilla)
We are joined by the excellent Nel Bonilla to discuss the current state of neoliberalism and the world in general. States and governments across the West increasingly appear to be gearing up for war, militarising their societies, and flooding public discourse with questions of defence and…
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Making Sense of a Bleak World
Recorded from deep in the hells of the bleakest January on record, Helen, Glen, and Matt ask: is it our fault we haven’t been recording any podcast episodes lately, or can we blame the world around us? In either case we're back now with a deep dive on Davos and what it tells us about the state of...
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Make the Yuletide Gay
Happy Christmas one and all! Treat yourself to an early Christmas gift by listening to the latest episode of Casement's Leftovers, in which we discuss one of our favourite topics: gay identity. Have you ever wondered: if Glen is really from Tallaght, then why does he talk like THAT? Then wonder…
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One Film After Another
Due to holidays and other commitments, you get your pod a week EARLY this month! Lucky you! There was so much political news to catch up on that we said "actually, fuck that" and did a movie pod instead. It's interesting though: 'Eddington' and 'One Battle After Another', two big "political"...
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We Read Leo's Book
That's right folks. Leo Varadkar — neoliberal prince of darkness, lover of packed lunches, and all-round messy bitch — has written a memoir. Helen and Matt read it so you (and Glen) don't have to. And you really, really don't have to. Listen in for all the goss on Leo's very normal childhood, the...
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New Atheism, Old Virgins
2000s nostalgia is en vogue at the moment, so we decided to take a trip back in time to the golden era of the internet, and the time of 'New Atheism'. We talk Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, and discuss how edgy attacks on religion swerved so seamlessly into right-wing populism and "defending...
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Feminism, Today
What is the state of feminism today? What are the movement’s goals, aims, and demands? Is it even right to speak of a feminist “movement” at all? This one gets pretty feisty as Helen, Glen, and Matt debate the different strains of feminist thought of the past 50 years. We talk about TERFs,...
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Mid-Summer Crisis
Two episodes this month because you've all been so good. It's a loosey one today. Topics covered: Lena Dunham, Epstein and Israel, Tucker Carlson, Conor McGregor's shlong, the CATU protest, trans pride, and much much more. In the back half — for our real fans — we categorise our least favourite...
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The Dickovery Channel Ep. 2: Saunas and Apps (w/ PureGrand)
So, we've made it: the series finale. It's been a long road, but after two gruelling medium-length episodes, our exhaustive anthropological study of Dublin's illicit gay underground is finally complete. Our resident cruisologist Glen dusts himself off from whichever filthy alleyway he recorded...
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The Dickovery Channel Ep. 1: Wild Cruising (w/ Goblins)
Desperately running out of different ways to mark Pride Month, this year we decided to throw caution to the wind and do a two-part series on Illicit Gay Sex. We sent our intrepid reporter Glen deep into Dublin's gay underground to speak to the most sordid, depraved individuals he could find…
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Intimate Lives in 1920s Moscow (w/ Maurice J. Casey)
Socialists in the 1920s were part of a global, interconnected network of hope and solidarity. For a brief period, the locus of this transnational movement was the Hotel Lux in Moscow, where international communists — including Irish men and women — lived, hung out, and fell in love. To really...
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Beef
Helen and Glen have Beef. They have beef with each other, they've got beef with Israel, they've got beef with Terfs. They've beef with fascists, they've beef with people who get duped on Facebook but most of all they've got beef with Matt. Join a one third lighter, castrated Casement's Leftovers…
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Absent Spine Syndrome
A lot has happened since we last recorded, so tune in for our thoughts on Helen turning thirty, the Taoiseach turning flirty, and Garron Noone's feelings getting hurty! Buy us a mixer! Email: [email protected] Insta: @casementsleftovers @casementsleftovers.bsky.social Support the show
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Trump, Tariffs and Trade Wars
Donald Trump loves to talk about tariffs, and people love to panic about them. But what exactly are they? Are they really all that new? And what does Trump's fondness for them say about our the current state of liberalism? Listen to this episode for answers to at least one or two of those...
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Any Change?
It's a new government in the 26 counties! And it's the same as before! We unpack the 2024 elections, the new Dáil and we beg you for money for a sound mixer. Enjoy! Help us buy a mixer: https://gofund.me/8597a85c Support the show
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2024: BUMPER Year in Review
They're apparently saying we've been "caught lacking" on the podcast front lately, so to make up for our recent flop era we are giving you all a bumper episode to review the year 2024. We talk all the major events in politics and beyond, plus have a chat about the year's culture with Luke &...
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The Greatest Show: Irish Elections 2024
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The Weird and the Eerie
To celebrate 75 episodes of pure socialist republican slurry, we thought we would kick off Season 2 of Casement's Leftovers by returning to the man who first brought us all together: Mark Fisher. The Weird and the Eerie – published just weeks before Fisher's death by suicide in January 2017 – is…
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A Kind of Ending
It was good while it lasted Support the show
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The Berlin Trilogy: Palestine (w/ Caoimhe from The Irish Bloc)
Helen and Matt finally conclude their famed Berlin trilogy by speaking to Caoimhe of The Irish Bloc Berlin. A "Berlin-based platform for Irish solidarity with Palestine", the Irish Bloc has been on the frontlines of opposition to Germany's continued support for Israel and the Berlin police's…
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The Berlin Trilogy: Europe! (w/ Ciarán from Corner Späti)
We continue our German urlaub with a very simple question: what the fuck is going on in Europe?? There is no one better to help us with this burning question than Ciarán from the fantastic Corner Späti podcast. Ciarán (like somebody else we know) is an Irish podcaster currently living in Berlin,...
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The Berlin Trilogy: Expropriation!
The housing crisis is the definitive social issue of our time, affecting almost everybody across the West in varied and horrifying ways. But how do we go about. solving it? One seemingly novel idea has been put forward by housing activists in Berlin: simply take properties out of the hands of the...
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On the Far Right (w/ Mark Malone)
The moment you've all been waiting for: Helen's first solo episode! They're joined by Mark Malone from The Hope & Courage Collective (formerly The Far Right Observatory) to talk about the far right in Ireland. They talk about the influence of the British far right, the key actors and funders, the...
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Food, Jesus and Music
The whole gang is back together for a quick catch-up and a dive into what each has been reading. Glen brings us on a culinary trip through the history of Ireland via Margaret Hickey's Ireland's Green Larder., Helen finds God in John Dominic Crossan's Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, and Matt...
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Back In Town
Helen’s on holiday this week but Glen and Matt bravely soldier on without them, as the news isn’t going to react to itself. Tune in to the world’s only male-exclusive podcast as we perform our semi-regular temperature check on the state of Western civilisation. The U.K. is having an election, the...
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The Return of the Third World (w/ Vijay Prashad)
During the middle of the 20th century, the Third World movement represented the desires of billions for agency and justice. As the old colonial empires collapsed and new power structures were emerging, there was a brief moment of hope for a world in which the Global South stood strong, united and...
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Techno-feudalism and You
What happens when scions, aristos, tycoons, speculators, moguls and tech gets thrown into a blender? We’re living it. In this episode of Casement’s Leftovers; Helen, Matt and Glen come together to chat Techno-feudalism. When so many of the global hyper rich are treated like deities and given...
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Death of a Queen
Leo Varadkar has resigned, and we couldn’t be more upset about it Support the show
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Pitchforks Out (w/ Gary Grimes)
With an almighty Helen-shaped hole to fill, Glen and Matt recruit culture journalist Gary Grimes for a Boys Only episode on Pitchfork, and the culture media landscape in general. We talk lay-offs, the devaluing of culture writing, the changing tide of popular music, the artifice of celebrity, the...
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The ICJ & Israel (w/ Dr. Thomas MacManus)
Last Friday, January 26th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its provisional ruling in South Africa’s case against Israel, ruling that there is a “significant risk of Genocide” in Gaza. Both supporters of Palestine and Israel have declared the outcome of the case as a victory, while...
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Class Films
Bob Cratchit. Ron Weasley. Daniel Blake. Working class characters are often painted as humble folk, morally pure and deserving of our sympathy. But what if they're...not? Join us as we discuss truly progressive portrayals of the working class in film. Instead of patronising, what if films instead...
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Bad Gays, Good Faggots (w/ Huw Lemmey)
Ever wondered why so many gays throughout history are so tragic, resilient and brave? This month Casement's Leftovers set fire to condescending stereotypes with incomparable author and historian Huw Lemmey. Huw -along with his co-host and author Ben Miller- have released the essential read; "Bad...
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Hot For Protest (w/ Vincent Bevins)
The decade from 2010-2020 saw more mass protests around the world than at any other point in history. But why did, so often, these huge movements result in the exact opposite of what they had set out to achieve? We are joined by American writer and journalist Vincent Bevins (of The Jakarta…
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Force Fed Horror
Happy Halloween! We’re bringing you the scariest thing imaginable: an off-the-cuff episode. Glen, Matt and Helen challenge each other to watch their favourite horror movies (except Glen who doesn’t understand genres) and lap up each other’s reviews. We talk Freudian fears of violence and…
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The Good NATO (w/ CATU)
On reclaiming the history of the 1970s rent strikes We were delighted to be joined by Fiadh Tubridy & Aisling Hedderman from CATU to discuss the latest CATU publication Rent Strike, which tells the untold story of one of the great Irish tenants' struggles. We discuss the details of NATO (National...
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Could Ireland Have Been Different? (w/ Conor McCabe)
On a critique of political economy for Ireland We were delighted to welcome researcher & author Conor McCabe on to the podcast to discuss the political economy of Ireland and its importance for the Irish left. This is a long but incredibly insightful discussion, as Conor refocuses our attention…
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Casements' Stop Making Sense.
For tickets to CCCP: Click Here. Pumpkin spiced lube, cable knit harness' and eating soup for fun. Start off October properly by letting your overheard, smoking area nightmare unravel before your ears. What was supposed to be a thoughtful meditation on American Imperialism and the…
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Panic On The Streets Of Dublin (w/ Paulie Doyle)
We are joined by The Ditch investigative journalist Paulie Doyle to set the record straight on the latest silly season media obsession: CRIME. Is Dublin really more unsafe than it was before? Why do the media seem so hell-bent on generating a moral panic about it? And just exactly how much money…
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The Good Kind of Fat (w/ Ellen)
On fatphobia and attraction. That's right baby, we're talking about desire again! We're joined by the wonderful Ellen to talk about everything from fatness and beauty standards to dating and Love Island. How can we free ourselves from society's oppressive and limiting standards? Is it possible to...
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This Barbie Is Girlboss
In a desperatere attempt to stay current and relevant, (most of) the Casements crew watched the new Barbie movie and churned out an episode on it! Tune in for tepid takes on the film’s production, its post-modern meta-narratives, and its middle brow feminist politics. This Barbie thought the film...
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Special Report: Dublin Pride 2023
It’s that time of year again. A time when businesses paint their inner colon rainbow, for your cash. When straight lads in the smoking area talk about how they held hands with a boy once in school. When basic gays walk around topless, proudly displaying their months of hard work in the gym. In...
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AI: A Modest Proposal (w/ Christopher Michael)
Listen up, sheeple! Are you tired of being force-fed mainstream political news and culture? Do you want a podcast that's not afraid to take a cynical, irreverent look at society? Then you need to check out "Casement's Leftovers". In this episode, hosts Matt, Helen, and Glen sit down with the...
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Andrea Long Chu and Second Wave Gender Theory
Andrea Long Chu has claimed that "everyone is female and everyone hates it", but what does that mean? Join us this for this very special 50th episode of Casement's Leftovers for a deep dive into one of our favourite theorists and writers, the recent Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Andrea Long Chu....
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Eurovision, Again (w/ PureGrand)
It’s the first day of Eurovision semifinals. We know you’ve been anxious. You’ve been saying to your friends “Casements haven’t dropped their annual Eurovision episode yet. I don’t know which entries I’m allowed to like?” They’re sick of hearing it. Don’t worry - we’re here, and we brought...