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Since the death of his friend Michael Lyster, Joe has been reflecting on what made Lyster the man he was and he shares a story which captures his magic.
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On Free State today, Norek tells the story of Simo Hayha, the sniper known as the White Death, who fought for Finland during the Winter War when the Soviet Union invaded the country.
"that was a bad bad thing that he did - you couldn't stand over that."
Joe gives his thoughts on Michael Murphy's lucky escape in the NFL final on Sunday.
On Free State Joe remembers his friend Michael Lyster. He recalls his calm and poise and ability to relax a studio so that the audience was entertained. He remembers Lyster’s ability in a rally car and his love of life. Above all, he remembers a friend from the time when they were kings.
Last week we welcomed Riham Jafari from ActionAid Palestine, where she spoke about the ongoing suffering of Palestinians and continued Israeli violence. Here she shares her story on the @freestatepodcast.bsky.social with @dionfanning.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/59f9...
🔉 Micheál Martin is heading to the lion's den on St Patrick's Day - Scar from the Lion King's den to be exact.
"Poems for a world gone to shit. And Conor McGregor’s plan to end the war" New episode out Tuesday...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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On Free State this week Charles Knowles explained why we drink and why we drink too much.
He talks to Dion about his own struggles and discuss the line of Kurt Vonnegut that ‘Alcoholics Anonymous is America’s greatest contribution to the 20th century’, and why modern science agrees with Vonnegut.
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How to Destroy a Country (Prayerfully). A Trump-Netanyahu production.
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Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre and Unprecedented - The End of Keir Starmer
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Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre and Unprecedented - The End of Keir Starmer
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"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
The Spiritual Fanatic who shaped the IRA
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"...it was the most affluent voters in Britain who more than any other group named immigrations as their most pressing concern."
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On Free State on Tuesday we look at what has stopped Israel being banned from sport while Russia have been.
Dion wonders what a boycott would achieve and explains how Uefa and Fifa have failed to act.
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Derry or Londonderry? The DUP's doomed war on reality.
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On Free State tomorrow Dion and Joe look at the life and times of Gregory Campbell.
Dion and Joe argue about the merits of his argument and whether he was trying to make a good faith case for Protestant and unionist people in Derry or was he just throwing some red meat to his base?
"Book it, bank it, move on." The Trump family playbook.
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