The Artificial Hipsters Cross the Bridge

This week Jim interviews Professor Adrian Brady, late Consultant Radiologist at the Mercy University Hospital and past President and current Chairman of the European Society of Radiology. He tells us what Radiology is about, how he chose it as his speciality and many other issuesw including clinical errors and medical training plus some rather pointed criticisms of the Irish Government..

This week Ciaran and Jim look into the topic of leadership in the public and private sectors. What is it, how do you do it and can everyone do it? Also the first offerings in a new weekly segment which is our Moan and Moment of the week...who knew Ciaran was named after a storm? And towards the end a stunningly accurate football prediction from Jim! (It was recorded on the morning of the game conc...

APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE ARRIVAL OF THIS WEEK’S PODCAST. This week we are looking mainly at recent protests ion Dublin but also the general issue of whether all protests are permissible or should heads sometimes be cracked? We have NO FOOTBALL this week but we do have an excursion into Climate Change! Which is handy because this episode is late due to Storm Agnes.

This week Jim and Ciaran bang their heads against the brick wall of Northern Ireland and politics North and South. If you can't stand that, there's a review of Spurs V Sheffield Utd or Beauty and the Beasts, plus the ongoing story of Brianna Lily at the Races.

In this podcast Ciaran and Jim review why Governments seem destined to waste money, why they don't do something about it and are politicians, managers or voters to blame? There is 5 minutes of football at the commencement as we deal with correspondence from our Fan Club...you can skip it if you must.

THIS WEEK CIARAN AND JIM DISCUSS A FEW OF THEIR LOVES AND A LOT OF THEIR HATES ABOUT MODERN FOOTBALL. SUPPORTER OR NOT YOU’LL FIND CONTROVERSY HERE....

Ciaran and Jim discuss the reasons for the decline in standards of public discourse and debate and what it might lead to...

Today Ciaran and Jim nominate two of their heroes for dissection. The very different characters of Aneurin Bevan founder of the British National Health Service and Bob Dylan the founder of contemporary popular music. Didnt see them coming did you?

Jim and Ciaran tease out the question of whether Irish Neutrality, born out of a need to establish Irish Independence in world affairs, is still a force for good in the light of Russian expansionism. Apologies to those early risers who may have listened to an early unedited version of this episode but we’ve put it right now.

A personal account of a Cancer journey from the Artificial Hipsters. Its straight talking and uplifting.

In this episode Ciaran and Jim discuss whether the far Left and Far Right, or even just left and right, are useful in modern politics. As our discussion ranges across British and Irish and very personal experiences we try to reach across the bridge to a new version of our multi-facetted political geography.

A lighthearted selection of Ciaran and Jim’s perceived 21st Century problems from Range Anxiety to AI Homework and from Air Passenger Etiquette to Nun’s Teapots. All human life is here.

This is the second part of our recent health conversation. In this podcast Ciaran and I concentrate on potential solutions to the ills of the Health Services we identified last week. We discuss reforms, revisions and changes which might bring about the provision of first class patient controlled public healthcare.

This is the first part of a long and complex conversation between Ciaran and I about the root causes of the failures of State Health Services in Britain and Ireland. Both Countries seem to be suffering from similar ailments.

Ciaran and Jim both have experience of working in the media and the public service. In this podcast they review the scandal which has hit RTE over the ‘hidden’ fees paid to a major presenter and need to change the funding model of the BBC.