Casement's Leftovers

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 gains they made in the local elections and crucially; how to tackle them.  (We had...

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 disproves the labour theory of value through the divine power of tunes in Jacques Attali&...

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 U.S. is entering a home, and Germany’s brain is unfortunately gone totally kaput. We also talk about...

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 liberated.  This was until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the solidification of US-led liberal...

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 unprecedented access to policy and power, can the serfs push back? What organisational strategies have work...

Leo Varadkar has resigned, and we couldn’t be more upset about it Support the show

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 cancer of fake authenticity, Stan culture, and the future of music & culture journalism. Do people...

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 there has been disappointment that there was no order for an immediate and total ceasefire. So what ar...

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 gave people agency over their own lives? Instead of portraying poverty as a purifying force, what...

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 Gays", which explores identity formation and some of the more icky homosexuals which d...

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 Method ) to discuss his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. We have lon...

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 technology on the collective subconscious (guess the director), the limits of experimental arthouse horror and...

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 Association of Tenants Organisations) and the success of the rent strikes themselves, but al...

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 to the things that matter: who has power in Ireland? What is the real class makeup of the country?...

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 "Fall"-ification of Irish Autumn culture turns into a series of bust ups, tantrums, rants, embarrass...

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 is Putin giving to The Ditch?  It’s a wide-ranging conversation that touches on class, violence, crimin...

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 love and to fuck in a feminist way? And is Lizzo maybe just a stuck-up bitch?  As...

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 was fine!  Support the show

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 short, it’s Pride month. Your favourite republican gonzo journalists are out on the prowl, talking to the...

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 up-and-coming artist and PHD Christopher Michael to talk about his new movie "In t...

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. Get ready for a new theory of gender that not has not only upended the field of gender s...

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 acclaimed Dublin musician PureGrand (a.k.a Luke Faulkner), expert in all things The Past.  We discuss the be...

Sick and tired of the SILENCE from the LAMESTREAM media, the Casements gang get together for a very special episode about the latest scandal dribbling meekly out of the anus that is this Irish government. Who is Niall Collins? Did he know his wife was going to buy the public land he voted to sell? And what exactly can we get away saying on this podcast before we get sued?  As always, drop us a lin...

Last week saw the visit to Ireland of United States President Joe Biden, and the Casements gang dig behind the tweets and headlines to reveal what it all actually means.  We use the illustrious occasion as a jumping-off point to talk about American-Irish relations more broadly, and to ask tough questions like: what are the limits of nationhood and identity? What will a post-FFFG Ireland do on the...

What's the difference between etiquette and politics? To some they've become one and the same. Can you have good politics but bad manners? Is it time to relegate etiquette to the bourgeois bin-bag of time along with man servants and charity wristbands? Casements has the answers. Listen to your favourite internet inepts as they stumble through their guide to etiquette in the 21st century...