Graham Finlay

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481 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

Graham Finlay’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Today with David McCullagh · Podcasting politicians - Do podcasts make politicians more relatable? · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

I think so and I and I I mean uh obviously there's some demographics uh that mainstream radio and broadcast media doesn't always reach very well.

Even a lot lot of people who are listening to this right now will be listening to this later, right?

People listen consume media in a completely different way.

And and so you you just have to go to where the voters are.

So you see these politicians going on Irish podcasts typically around election time.

But

But I I'm I'm heartened, like I said, that while we want to get at the personality of our politicians, that doesn't become the main thing.

Uh but again, you know.

I think people can call out politicians when when when they're faking it.

You know, if if you are asked about your musical choices and it's something carefully curated, you know, you're into some sort of Japanese speed metal or whatever, right?

You know, people can can ski that coming a mile away.

Whereas if you you seem like someone who's good crack, if I can use that as a when in my accent, you know, I I think it goes a long way to reminding people.

people because our politicians get a lot of stick despite us generally being decent, reminding people that there are human beings behind it.

Yeah, that's the thing.

I mean, I've never w listened to or watched a whole Joe Rogan podcast.

I don't have three hours at a time.

And if I want to hear someone ranting in an uninformed way, I can I can do it myself.

But, you know, I don't have to because it is repackaged in tiny clips, the most important stuff, which is then flooded through social media.

And and of course, podcasting is a symbiotic relationship.

Podcasting was the product of of the new possibilities of

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