The Artificial Hipsters Cross the Bridge

GREAT DISCUSSION OF FAMILY PARTIES FOLLOWED BY BANNING POLITICIANS FROM MANAGING HEALTH AND SETTING UP AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH COMMISSION TO OVERSEE REFORM. IN ADDITION WE LOOK AT GATEWAY LEGISLATION WHICH DOES LITTLE BUT OPENS THE DOOR TO EXCESSIVE RESTRICTION OF FREEDOM. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT SPUTS AND LIVERPOOL. ONE WON AND THE OTHER DIDNT.

THIS WEEK WE LOOK BACK TO SEE IF THINGS REALLY WERE BETTER IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS. MUSIC, SCHOOL, SATURDAY JOBS, FOOD, THE LIST GOES ON. WHAT ABOUT BOILED BEEF AND CARROTS ?

Well we start with Jim being really run down by the Spurs recent loss. Ciaran gets exercised about the long waits between first and second courses in restaurants. then we get into it. We wax lyrical about the lack of conviction or any sort of political compass amongst our elected National Representatives. Where are the great politicians of our time?

Well we start with Tottenham beating Brentwood (I know... it’s not...) and then via Ciaran getting a tan and airline special passenger assistance we logically end up back in the shitfest of the Middle East what fun we do have. Sorry we’re on holiday next week so back the week after.

WE’VE GOT EVERYTHING THIS WEEK. SPURS AND LIVERPOOL LOSING IN VERY SIMILAR WAYS. A SNEAK PEAK AT BODY BUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS ( WE COULDNT STAND MORE THAN A PEEK). JIM HAS A REUNION WITH SOME OLD UNI MATES AND CONSIDERS RESTARTING HIS OLD DR X PROGRAMME. THE TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT PART 2. THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PART 5,000, PLUS THE OVERDUE ASSASSINATION OF THE NHS BY LORD DARZI.

HERE WE ARE BACK AGAIN FOR OUR THIRD SEASON. THIS WEEK WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE AVIVA FOOTBALL CROWD BUT ALSO SPEND QUITE A LOT OF TIME ON GOVERNMENT WASTE AND INCOMPETENCE. CIARAN ALSO AUDITIONS A NEW CONTINUITY ANNOUNCER.

This week we invstigate whether traditional standards of behaviour in society were better or worse than now and how to improve them. We welcome Jim’s new grandaughter Harriet (Harri), attend a concert at Colins Barracks, Dublin, deal with Chris Packham boiling heads and a short footbal segment. PLEASE NOTE This season of podcasts has now fnished so we are taking a short break for a week. We’ll be...

This week we enter the climate debate to discuss whether the views of academic ecologist BJORN LOMBERG are being properly received in Government and whether his meassage to stop hystericising climate change and d amaging the planet and poor people with simplistic responses. We also look at Lord Tony Sewell’s view that Britain is not a racist country and that successive governments have betrayed po...

Broken legs, Euro economic trouble on the Horizon, The lessons of History, Bottle Tops and recycling machines, sex on a Nuclear Submarine...why? And lots more...

This week we talk about the way women boxers are being badly treated at the Olympics being beaten up by other boxers who are genetically men. We report on Imelda May’s fantastic musical play ‘The Mother of all The Behans’ which is on in Cork Everyman until 10th Aug and the week after transfers the the Dublin Gaiety theatre. Buy beg or steal a ticket. We also talk about racist violence and how Labo...

Well we cover a lot of ground this week. GAA Football rules and is it boring? Is Hurling better (we say yes by miles). In addition we discuss Kamala Harris’s chances, Morality in Politics, Making a website, Populism and the sayings of Ron Cafe and a brief foray into curry. This one will blow your head off.

THIS WEEK WE DEVOTE TO DISCUSSING THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICITS OF THE EU. THEY ARE EGREGIOUS. JIM JUSTIFIES HIS LONG HELD SUPPORT FOR BREXIT... FOR FIFTY YEARS NOW. CIARAN IS VERY FAR FROM AGREEING....WILL WE STILL BE SPEAKING WHEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE ?... OH COME ON. NOTHING IS THAT SERIOUS.

WELL ! WHAT A DOINGS! GAA FIXTURE PILE UPS, BEST PLAYER OF THE EUROS AND WHY HARRY CAN’T SCORE. RON CAFE TELLS US HOW TO SPOT A GRADUATE AND WE REVISIT TROUSERS WITH TURNUPS (CUFFS TO OUR AMERICAN LISTENERS. XL BULLIES...JIM HAS THE ANSWER (IT GOES BANG) AND MUCH MORE. GET STUCK IN

Well most of this episode is given over to the UK General Election result. Generally our boys were largely in agreement at the middle of our bridge. But they rapidly fell into the raging rapids beneath when Jim went off into a rant about the EU and Ciaran was having none of it. He lost his bet as well, correctly backing the Tories to get more than 100 seats but also backing Limerick to beat Cork i...

A VARIED OFFERING THIS WEEK WITH MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS OF INTEREST ESPECIALLY FROM RON KNEE OUR FORMER TEA CORRESPONDENT AND TONY O’REGAN OUR CURRENT FARM PRODUCTS ADVISOR, WE ALSO HEAR FROM OUT LATIN EDITOR. WE INVESTIGATE VANITY PUBLISHING AND BOOK TOK. IT BEATS THE ELECTION COVERAGE. OH YES THERE IS A BIT OF FOOTBALL.

AFTER I MANAGED TO GET CIARAN OUT OF BED HE WAXED LYRICAL ABOUT TORIES, FARAGE, SOUTHGATE, AND MORE. I ADDED THE THOUGHTS OF RON CAFE THE DELAY IN PUTTING UP A CHILDRENS PLAY SWING SET, TREATMENTS FOR BOVINE MASTITIS AT BREAKFAST AND WHETHER REFERENDUM WAS LATIN GRAMMAR OR SHOULD BE AN ENGLISH REFERENDUMS. LASTLY DOES THE LABOUR PARTY HAVE A SOUL ANYMORE ? WE THINK NOT. AS ALWAYS IT DEPENDS ON YOU...

Well what a varied show we have for you this week. A bit of football...well the Euros are on after all. Ron Cafe's Best Sayings, Ed Davey does Play School, Whistling Jim Corbett, What does Far Right mean and who made the best cow drench advert for teatime TV ? A joy from first to last.

We won't be producing a podcast this week as a mark of respect to Margaret (Mags) Casey, Ciaran’s beloved Mother. Mags was almost 94 and she died in Dublin last Monday after a short illness. I have recorded a very short eulogy and normal service will resume next week.

QUICKER, FUNNIER, NO FOOTBALL,POLITICAL IDIOT OF THE WEEK, NEW LAWS I’D INTRODUCE, MOAN, MOMENT, IDEA OF THE WEEK,MY FAVOURITE MUSIC, POEMS AND JOKES.....PHEW!

TODAY WE START WITH THE APPALLING CONTAMINATED BLOOD PRODUCTS REPORT IN THE UK ON HOW THE NHS KILLED 3,000 PATIENTS AND LEFT A LARGER NUMBER WITH AIDS AND HEPATITIS A, B AND C. AFTER THAT WE NEEDED A LIGHTER TOPIC TO RECOVER SO WE DO OUR 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW AND EUROS PREVIEW.

Chapter 2 of Jim’s memoirs of a career in the Health Service. We present this as the fourth in our ARTILECT Series. This one includes hunting burglars, office rows, sniffing petrol and a trip to the Houses of Parliament.

A GALLOP THROUGH TOTTENHAM’S NEW CORNER FLAG; REGGIE’S FIRST DAY AT A NEW PLAYGROUP; CIARAN ATTENDING A CONFIRMATION; THE DANGERS OF BIKES; AND LOTS OF OTHER BITS BEFORE THE MAIN COURSE...WHY HAVE STANDARDS FOR CIVIL BEHAVIOUR DETERIORATED AND WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT DUTY, SERVICE OR RESPONSIBILITY ANY MORE?

This week Ciaran and Jim address end of life issues, not necessarily a bundle of laughs but we try and keep it light enough. The whole serving is leavened along the way with a discussion of how the Arsenal managed to appoint the ref for their game with Spurs, great glee at the demise of the SNP in Scotland and a bit of a spat about the trade in illegal immigrants from the UK to Ireland....at least...

This week Ciaran and Jim spend a lot of time talking about how not to pay to much tax and how much we should pay with plenty of examples. We also touch upon the Jewish man who was told by a policeman he was ‘ obviously Jewish'.....its not as simple as it sounds. Also where have all the Mr Mainwaring Bank Managers gone?

This week after a brief but alarming account of how Jim might face up to 500 Arsenal Supporters, he and Ciaran quickly get into the nuts and bolts of protecting freedom in the teeth of the Trendy Revolution fascists who seem hell bent on making us do as we are told...George Orwell eat your heart out. Its quite worrying actually. Apologies for the sound this week, we struggled to hide the raucous n...