Irishman In America Podcast With Marion McKeone

Marion McKeone of the Sunday Business Post reflects on astonishing horror that continues to unfold across Israel and Palestine this week. What exactly took place and what will happen next? How will this conflict affect the world? Marion takes us inside the US reaction and her fears for the future.   For double size episodes each week and access to Marion’s American scandals series, why not visit w...

The ousting of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house might have been predictable but what comes next certainly is not. The race has begun to fill the role but are all the candidates in it to win it? Marion McKeone one who definitely is not. Members of Irishman Abroad on Patreon can enjoy a double size version of the podcast each week. Why not give it a try this month? There’s no obligation and yo...

Attending toddler’s birthday party where the clown doesn’t show up is less overwhelming than the second GOP debate. Marion McKeone examines the wreckage and looks back on a week of failed impeachments, dog attacks, prisoner releases and judgements that could change the path of Donald Trump’s business empire. Jarlath and Marion dig a little bit deeper and have a bit more fun with the bog news stori...

In a week when Rupert Murdoch said goodbye, Kevin McCarthy got pantsed in public yet again and Russell Brand made more headlines than the shunning of Ukraine's President, Marion McKeone reflects on it all. Together with comedian Jarlath Regan, the Sunday Business Post's US correspondent examines the legacy of Murdoch and how his lust for money and power won't be his only legacy. Jarlath is going o...

Marion McKeone of the Sunday Business Post looks back on this week's top news stories from America with comedian Jarlath Regan. Stories covered include: Hunter Biden's indictment on gun charges. Kevin McCarthy's impeachment investigation. Mitt Romeny's new book and farewell. Jarlath is going out on tour. He will be doing his latest standup show “Yer Man” across the autumn and winter. Why not grab...

A swirling week of news, allegations and courtroom quarrels over who should be tried where and when. There’s too much news to cover and it is starting to seem like very few members of the American public have faith in any news sources. What hope is there for am informed electorate if they can’t agree on basic facts. Marion McKeone talks to Jarlath Regan about the latest goings on in America from e...

If music be the food of absurdity US politics says play on. A Trump AI rap hit, a down home boy’s misunderstood anthem riles up the people that made it a chart topper and Eminem is forced to step in. Marion McKeone of the Sunday Business Post sits down with comedian Jarlath Regan to sift through the latest news from America. This week there is a distinct musical theme. As always there’s even more...

Whether you like it or not, Donald Trump became the first US President with a mugshot. For supporters this will change nothing other than save them time photoshopping the fake versions they emblazoned on coffee cups, shirts and hats. For his opponents it is sweet vindication. Marion McKeone looks back on this week’s first GOP primary debate. With the troublesome child out of the room, she surveys...

The biggest RICO indictment since Harvey Dent versus The Falconi crime family dropped this week and my co-conspirator Marion McKeone is back from the Iowa State Fair to make sense of it. In today's big weekly round up she looks at what is contained in the 98 page indictment. Who are the 18 people indicted alongside the big Orange Fella? What exactly are they accused of? Will they flip for a plea d...

Marion McKeone defends the honour of the LA’s drug free shark population after rumours surface of rampant drug use among sea life in Florida. It can only mean one thing, it’s time for another episode of Irishman In America, Ireland’s number one political news podcast with comedian Jarlath Regan. This week Jar and Marion examine curious modesty of Joe Biden and his administration, the cost of livin...

Marion McKeone chats to Jarlath about the latest legal troubles facing Donald Trump. What does this new indictment mean if anything, why is it all happening at once and how long will it take to see any sort of result from these cases. In second half of the show available on our members page ( www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad ) you can hear Marion take on what will become of Hunter Biden. Is Joe Bide...

Nobody does a financial scandal quite like the USA. In our final episode before our summer break Marion McKeone compares and contrasts the current RTE payments scandal to similar situations in America. She takes a look ahead to what lies in store for us during the primaries and Donald's latest trial. Could it all be done and dusted by Christmas? Jarlath is also on tour right now. He will be doing...

Will The Rock be a future candidate for President of The United States? Will Trump be convicted and go to jail over the missing files? And who killed Tupac? On this week’s podcast, Marion tackles America’s most un-answerable questions, from politics to celebrities to celebrities entering politics and back again.   Who will be the next celebrity to take American politics by storm? Marion parses out...

Marion McKeone of the Sunday Business Post heads to Miami to experience all the madness of Donald Trump’s second indictment. The circus is back in town just when it looked like the show was over. Are there some delinquent children that are so disruptive we are better off removing and ignoring them then pursuing each and every crime and misdemeanour they might be guilty of? Is letting Trump back in...

Trump indicted again! This time it's different. Marion McKeone examines the latest charges over the unauthorised retention of classified documents after he left the White House. She also examines Republican hopefuls and looks back on a busy week in US political news. Is there more to Mike Pence? Can Chris Christie show the MAGA brigade that the emperor has no clothes. Is it time for a new more rad...

This week's shadow dance towards mutual dissatisfaction seemed to be the goal in resolving the debt ceiling crisis. How can the most powerful democracy in the world pull itself apart in such a predictable and demoralising way. Marion McKeone reflects on the bizarre disfunction of this and other happenings across the pond this week. For access to part two of this conversation including a look at wh...

Did we just watch the ending or the launch of Ron DeSantis’s campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. The cyberspace dumpster fire event with Elon Musk was breathtakingly bad from the first glitch to the spluttering end. Marion and I discuss the Twitter space that announced his running which was way worse than any Zoom call with your parents. Viewership bottomed out at 100,000 leaving some to...

Were Harry and Meghan in a two hour car chase from the paparazzi or is this actual fake news? Marion weighs up the possibilities before moving on to the other near catastrophes of the week including the debt ceiling, Rudy Giuliani's legal troubles and the expiration of Title 42.  What’s going to happen with the debt ceiling? Will the US Government come to a solution in time or are Kevin McCarthy a...

Marion McKeone joins Jarlath to discuss a bizarre week in US politics. From Trumps conviction to George Santos, the dept ceiling silver bullet and Trump's CNN funded rally, this was a week that had everyone's head spinning. Marion fact checks Trump's most outlandish claims in the "Town Hall" stunt show while weaving in all the biggest stories of the week. As usual you can find the deeper dive into...

What was the purpose of Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland? As Marion touches down in Dublin after her holiday, she puts forward her perspective on why Trump was visiting during the beginning of his civil rape trial in New York. Is Trump afraid to face E Jean Carroll as Joe Tacopina uses his thuggish methods to take on the trial. The most damning evidence against Trump in the trial being used is the...

Is the National Rifle Association’s convention the new CPAC? Marion looks back on a weekend of bizarre speeches and headshakingly worrying individuals. After 20 years of attending this event, nobody is better positioned to comment on the evolution of this event and the changes in the weapons that attract the most punters.  The star of the event was not Donald Trump. Marion introduces to the new be...

Screwing up is a fact of life. Refusing to admit to it? Well that’s not in Joe Biden’s personality. This week his visit to Ireland and his All Black’s gaffe humanised the 46th US President in a way few events could. Sunday Business Post Washington Correspondent Marion McKeone dishes some insider information on the inner workings of NGOs and the real reason why Trump’s state visits were few and far...

Are the public already too tired to cope with Donald Trump’s indictment? Business Post Washington Correspondent and the power house behind this podcast, Marion McKeone discusses all 34 of the charges Trump is facing. Marion tells us what it was like on the ground as George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Green protested outside the court.    We discuss Trump’s diminished appearance, rare details from i...

Recorded Friday March 30th, 2023, Marion McKeone breaks down what we know about this historic moment in US political history. Jarlath breaks down what the New York Times believes to be within the file on Trump. It's all educated guess work at this point. This episode was a Patreon exclusive released at 6pm (BST) on Friday but on the eve of the arraignment we are releasing it to our subscribers on...

So the indictment you planned didn’t happen. You were all excited and now you’re sad. What happens next? Marion McKeone examines the latest developments in Donald Trumps’ endless pursuit of attention as he visited Waco this week. Is the DeSantis challenge starting to fizzle before it even gets on the runway, why do we still listen to pollsters when most Trump supporters refuse to give them honest...