All Episodes

The rise of the right: It's all about immigration. And modern Caligulas.

Are we getting dumber? Almost certainly, as AI is going to kill us all. Apparently.

House prices will stay elevated until the economy tanks. Will Uncle Sam ask Ireland for its money back?

Interest rates going up on both sides of the Atlantic. Bonds crash and could spark a real problem - for everyone

Big Tech's Britney Spears defence. Proving we are human is becoming increasingly difficult.

US, UK and Irish political scene setting. In conversation with Sarah Carey

The forever war in Ukraine. The death of the pub? Where is the cheapest pint in London? Marking AI's homework

AI will get you 80% of the way there. Economic D-day declared by Trump. US bond buying bombs.

Higher interest rates on the way? Japan to blow up the financial world?

Banks are destined to go the way of video stores and travel agents. In the age of AI are we also living in the stupid age?

Inflation is the dog that is yet to bark - loudly anyway.

Does education pay off? What is education for anyway?

Cost of living crisis, inflation & debt. The Finance Minister is drowning (in cash) not waving.

Ireland-UK vibes. A rapidly changing world. AI hysteria

Plato said we should be ruled by philosopher kings. The Tech Bros seem to agree. Democracy is so over.

Is the AI bubble bursting or just deflating? What will a stockmarket crash do to the Irish economy?

Ireland's budget circus rolls into town. No strategic thinking wanted.

Does 'The Odyssey' predict we are going the way of the ancient Greeks? Is Trump riding our version of the Trojan Horse?

Is Trump about to rig the next election? 2028: will there ever be better year for China to seize Taiwan?

Does immigration cause high house prices? The role of luck and policy in economic destiny

A Kremlin insider speaks - we should all listen. Latest IMF forecasts.

A deep dive into the Irish economy - from the bottom up.

Corporation taxes: Boom or bust? Both? Farage begins his long goodbye

The largest indigenous Irish business is......Tourism. Bigger than construction, bigger than agriculture.

Jobs apocalypse for the car industry? Pensions apocalypse? BIS warns (again) about AI bust.

Burnham's impending coronation and Brexit's 'Assault on thinking'.

Is humanity a bump in the road for AI? Ethics & the tech bros.

Donald Trump loses the war. Some AI slop. Risk Vs Uncertainty

They think it's all over. Society: is there such a thing? A White House cage fight.

Hoping for the end of the war. Higher interest rates in Europe but not the US?

Brexit has failed. Everything going wrong in the UK is now connected to that simple fact.

The UK is not the country that J D Vance and Farage says it is. The Irish economy did not shrink by 12%

The biggest and hardest questions. Perhaps some answers? In conversation with Sarah Carey.

Has the UK rejoined the EU already? Interest rates are going to rise. Should they?

The Pope & Jim offer differing perspectives on tech. The robots are coming and they are Chinese

Are you lower value human capital? Ireland's Labour market is slowing.

Is AI coming for your job? US petrol stations can't handle $10 gasoline. Neither can its economy.

From moron premium to plonker premium: UK borrowing costs soar. Global inflation and interest rates are on the up

Ireland's budget circus resumes. Productivity growth finally starts again in the US

The past ain't what many of us remember. Populists promise a return to the good old days.

Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place

What happens when only 4 trillionaires have all the income? And our parliaments are occupied by chatbots?

UK to get Irish green credits? We could have cheap EVs but instead face multi-billion fines.