The Good Listener Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We continue Eddie's story as he is 16 years old and about to plant a b*mb in a pub which would kill an innocent person and wound Eddie. Eddie describes his mindset at the time and his want for vengeance in retaliation for IRA killings. Eddie tells us about the incident itself and the effect it had on his young life, his sentencing and the subsequent doubts that began to form...

Send us Fan Mail Eddie Kinner is a loyalist and ex-UVF member who grew up in Belfast in the 60/70's, a time and place where sectarian tensions simmered and would eventually explode into rioting and violence. Eddie speaks to us about his growing up, attitudes among his fellow protestants at the time, seeing riots & houses burnt out by sectarian mobs, all as a boy/young teen unaware of the...

Send us Fan Mail Stephen Travers was a young bass player, blissfully out-of-touch with the conflict erupting in Northern Ireland as he joined one of the country’s biggest showbands; The Miami. Shortly after joining Stephen’s life would be altered forever when the band became the victims of a bombing and then mass sh*oting by the UVF and members of the British security forces in 1975. Stephen descr...

Send us Fan Mail Richard O' Rawe's new book "Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War" offers the most comprehensive and in-depth look into the life and crimes of Freddie Scappaticci, better known as agent "Stakenife". I spoke to Richard about Scap's rise through the ranks in...

Send us Fan Mail Patrick Ryan is the infamous former priest who sourced money, weapons and materials for the IRA during the troubles and even personally met with Libyan dictator Mummar Gaddafi to buy guns for the Republicans. I spoke with author and journalist Jennifer O' Leary about her interviews with Patrick Ryan resulting in a book, "The Padre". Jennifer shares her insight in Pa...

Send us Fan Mail Jason O' Toole has sat down for 40 + hours of interviews with one of Ireland's most notorious criminals, drugs traffickerJohn Gilligan. The result was a gripping and facasinating book called "The Gilligan Tapes" and a 3 part documentary which is airing now. I spoke to Jason about how the their initial meeting came about in 2008 when he interviewed Gilligan in a...

Send us Fan Mail Anne Cadwallader is a former journalist who covered The Troubles during some of it’s worst years and wrote one of the leading books on the proven collusion that occurred during The Troubles between British Govt/law enforcement and Loyalist paramilitaries. Anne’s book and research focusing mainly on the period of 1972-1978 and group known as the Glenanne Gang, a loose collection of...

Send us Fan Mail Seamus continues his story at the point where he is caught and arrested by the RUC for a job gone-wrong. He tells us about the physical and mental torture inflicted by the prison guards in Long Kesh (H Blocks) and the lengths that Seamus and his colleagues went to during the "Blanket Protests" or 'Dirty Protests". Seamus describes the inhumane methods employed...

Send us Fan Mail Seamus Kearney is a former IRA volunteer who grew up in sectarian Belfast and came of age as the Troubles were building up. He spoke to me about experiencing anti-catholic discrimination including having to change his first name while working his first job as well as seeing his area attacked by a sectarian mob after being abandoned by Army and RUC. Seamus described his rise throug...

Send us Fan Mail Jo Berry was 27 when she tragically lost her father, Anthony Berry, in 1984 after the IRA detonated a bomb a Brighton hotel targeting Margret Thatcher and her cabinet. Despite the grief and devastation that her father's murder inflicted on her, she quickly came to the realization that she was seeking to understand the people responsible for her father's death not seek re...

Send us Fan Mail Colin Breen was an RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary, the police force in Northern Ireland up until late 90s) Officer during the period of extreme violence and murder known as "The Troubles". Colin shared with me his own experiences of investigating murders, bombings and trying to maintain order during such a tremulous time. He spoke about being shot at twice by Loyalists a...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Thornton has been practicing and teaching martial arts around the USA and the world for decades and is the founder of the now world famous MMA gyms, Straight Blast Gym (SBG). We discussed the best ways for the average person to gain the practical skills nessceray to defend themselves and their loved ones, the biggest misconceptions floating around about what works and what do...

Send us Fan Mail Mubin Shaikh is a former extremist turned counterterrorism operative and expert, who, at the age of 18 encountered the Taliban in Pakistan after a life in Canada up until then. He spent years as an extremist became an undercover agent for the Canadian govt. after the events of 9/11 changed his perspective. Mubin and I discussed his twists and turns in his life path and how he turn...

Send us Fan Mail Ireland is currently in the process of passing into law the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022. If passed Ireland will have some of the strictest hate speech laws in the world and it will be possible to prosecute citizens for simply possessing material that is interpreted as an incite to hate. I spoke to Alexander Sheridan from Free Spe...

Send us Fan Mail Peter Taylor has covered “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland since Bloody Sunday in 1972 and has written several books on the subject. His latest work is “Operation Chiffon” (link below) revels and details the back-channel communications that existed between the IRA and British intelligence and helped form a path towards eventual peace in Northern Ireland. Peter and I spoke about t...

Send us Fan Mail This week I spoke with Rory Carroll, author of 'Killing Thatcher"/ "There Will Be Fire" which details the IRA's plot to assassinate Margret Thatcher and her cabinet using a bomb a Brighton hotel in 1984.... and came incredibly close  Rory spoke to me about the years of planning that went into the attack, the effect and closeness of the bomb itself, how far...

Send us Fan Mail For this episode I spoke with Licensed Clinical Social Worker Leah O'Donnell. Leah works in the field of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy as well as more conventional methods of therapy. Leah told me about human ego; the role it plays in our lives, it's importance and how it can also hinder development. We spoke about the culture of men bottling up their emotions and not talk...

Send us Fan Mail For this week’s episode I spoke to a legend of Irish comedy writing, writer and creator of “Father Ted”, Graham Lineman. Graham told me about his schooling and how it impacted his writing of ‘Father Ted”, his feelings about comedians being afraid to touch certain topics and his cancellation in recent years due to his outspoken views on the trans ideology. PLEASE HELP THE PODCAST T...

Send us Fan Mail My guest for this episode was Florida's 23rd death row exoneree, Herman Lindsey.  Herman was falsely convicted for the murder of a pawn shop employee during a robbery in 1994 in a trial which has since been recognized as one of Florida's worst murder convictions given the lack of evidence placing Mr Lindsey at the scene. Herman told me about how he felt when he realized...

Send us Fan Mail ***TIMESTAMPS BELOW***  For this episode I spoke to Conor, aka COUNTERPOINTS a former US Marine and Police Officer who is now a political streamer on Youtube. Conor told me about his Marine training and the effect of it’s brutal training on his mind, we spoke about hsi time stationed in Iraq and his years as a Police Officer. Conor spoke to me about America’s relationship with gun...

Send us Fan Mail My guest for this week's episode was Craig Harrison, ex-british Army Sniper and holder of the world record for longest sniper k!ll. Craig spoke to me about his 23 years in the military, his initial tours of Bosnia and Kosovo where he witnessed unspeakable atrocities which would scar him for life and his time as a sniper in the Middle East. Craig shared the story of his record...

Send us Fan Mail ***TIMESTAMPS BELOW*** For this episode I spoke to Justin Brooks, criminal defense lawyer, law professor, and the Founding Director of the California Innocence Project and recent author of “You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent”.  ( https://www.amazon.com/Might-Prison-Though-Youre-Innocent/dp/0520386833)  The book and our interview focuses on Justin’s work which...

Send us Fan Mail 00:00 Preview  00:40 Growing up in Bradford, Bradford Riots  09:25 Joining police  11:10 DAILY REALITY OF A TRAFFIC COP 17:30 Feeling of engaging in a high-speed pursuit  20:30 QUITTING POLICE DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH  35:40 Hollywood/TV on police & policing in the US 44:20 GUNS- should more cops be armed ? 49:55 CORRUPTION WITHIN THE POLICE ?? 58:35 DO COPS TAKE JUSTICE INTO THEI...

Send us Fan Mail 00:45 Growing up, environment  09:25 COSS STARTS HIS OWN DRUG-DEALING OPERATION  13:35 STICK-UP MEN & RIVAL DEALERS  16:15 Adjustments made to operation & dealing w/ cops 18:15 Coss’ dealer try to steal  19:35 FEDS PHONE TAP  20:55 Amount of $$$$ being made  22:45 FEDS PHONE TAP II   24:45 HOW TO SPOT AN UNDERCOVER FED  25:35 Getting caught  34:15 PRISON  37:35 PRISON GUAR...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Montalvo is US based attorney who is currently in the process of taking legal action against the now closed boxing promotion company MTK (previously home to Tyson Fury, Darren Till and Carl Frampton) which is controlled by Dublin cartel boss Daniel Kinahan, who Eric alleges, used MTK to wash money coming from the proceeds of crime. Eris tells us about the background of the ca...