Casement's Leftovers
Episodes
Make the Yuletide Gay
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Christmas one and all! Treat yourself to an early Christmas gift by listening to the latest episode of Casement's Leftovers, in which we di...
One Film After Another
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Due to holidays and other commitments, you get your pod a week EARLY this month! Lucky you! There was so much political news to catch up on that we s...
We Read Leo's Book
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
That's right folks. Leo Varadkar — neoliberal prince of darkness, lover of packed lunches, and all-round messy bitch — has written a memoir. ...
New Atheism, Old Virgins
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2000s nostalgia is en vogue at the moment, so we decided to take a trip back in time to the golden era of the internet, and the time of 'New At...
Feminism, Today
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the state of feminism today? What are the movement’s goals, aims, and demands? Is it even right to speak of a feminist “movement” at all...
Mid-Summer Crisis
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two episodes this month because you've all been so good. It's a loosey one today. Topics covered: Lena Dunham, Epstein and Israel, Tucker Ca...
The Dickovery Channel Ep. 2: Saunas and Apps (w/ PureGrand)
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, we've made it: the series finale. It's been a long road, but after two gruelling medium-length episodes, our exhaustive anthropological ...
The Dickovery Channel Ep. 1: Wild Cruising (w/ Goblins)
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Desperately running out of different ways to mark Pride Month, this year we decided to throw caution to the wind and do a two-part series on Illicit G...
Intimate Lives in 1920s Moscow (w/ Maurice J. Casey)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Socialists in the 1920s were part of a global, interconnected network of hope and solidarity. For a brief period, the locus of this transnational move...
Beef
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen and Glen have Beef.They have beef with each other, they've got beef with Israel, they've got beef with Terfs. They've beef with f...
Absent Spine Syndrome
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot has happened since we last recorded, so tune in for our thoughts on Helen turning thirty, the Taoiseach turning flirty, and Garron Noone's ...
Trump, Tariffs and Trade Wars
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump loves to talk about tariffs, and people love to panic about them. But what exactly are they? Are they really all that new? And what does ...
Any Change?
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new government in the 26 counties! And it's the same as before! We unpack the 2024 elections, the new Dáil and we beg you for money...
2024: BUMPER Year in Review
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They're apparently saying we've been "caught lacking" on the podcast front lately, so to make up for our recent flop era we are gi...
The Greatest Show: Irish Elections 2024
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can we say really Support the show
The Weird and the Eerie
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate 75 episodes of pure socialist republican slurry, we thought we would kick off Season 2 of Casement's Leftovers by returning to the m...
A Kind of Ending
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was good while it lastedSupport the show
The Berlin Trilogy: Palestine (w/ Caoimhe from The Irish Bloc)
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Helen and Matt finally conclude their famed Berlin trilogy by speaking to Caoimhe of The Irish Bloc Berlin. A "Berlin-based platform for Irish so...
The Berlin Trilogy: Europe! (w/ Ciarán from Corner Späti)
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our German urlaub with a very simple question: what the fuck is going on in Europe?? There is no one better to help us with this burning q...
The Berlin Trilogy: Expropriation!
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The housing crisis is the definitive social issue of our time, affecting almost everybody across the West in varied and horrifying ways. But how do we...
On the Far Right (w/ Mark Malone)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The moment you've all been waiting for: Helen's first solo episode! They're joined by Mark Malone from The Hope & Courage Collectiv...
Food, Jesus and Music
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The whole gang is back together for a quick catch-up and a dive into what each has been reading. Glen brings us on a culinary trip through the history...
Back In Town
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Helen’s on holiday this week but Glen and Matt bravely soldier on without them, as the news isn’t going to react to itself. Tune in to the world’...
The Return of the Third World (w/ Vijay Prashad)
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the middle of the 20th century, the Third World movement represented the desires of billions for agency and justice. As the old colonial empire...
Techno-feudalism and You
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when scions, aristos, tycoons, speculators, moguls and tech gets thrown into a blender? We’re living it.In this episode of Casement’s...
Death of a Queen
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leo Varadkar has resigned, and we couldn’t be more upset about itSupport the show
Pitchforks Out (w/ Gary Grimes)
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With an almighty Helen-shaped hole to fill, Glen and Matt recruit culture journalist Gary Grimes for a Boys Only episode on Pitchfork, and the culture...
The ICJ & Israel (w/ Dr. Thomas MacManus)
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Friday, January 26th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its provisional ruling in South Africa’s case against Israel, ruling that...
Class Films
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Cratchit. Ron Weasley. Daniel Blake. Working class characters are often painted as humble folk, morally pure and deserving of our sympathy. But wh...
Bad Gays, Good Faggots (w/ Huw Lemmey)
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered why so many gays throughout history are so tragic, resilient and brave? This month Casement's Leftovers set fire to condescending s...
Hot For Protest (w/ Vincent Bevins)
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The decade from 2010-2020 saw more mass protests around the world than at any other point in history. But why did, so often, these huge movements resu...
Force Fed Horror
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! We’re bringing you the scariest thing imaginable: an off-the-cuff episode. Glen, Matt and Helen challenge each other to watch their...
The Good NATO (w/ CATU)
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On reclaiming the history of the 1970s rent strikesWe were delighted to be joined by Fiadh Tubridy & Aisling Hedderman from CATU to discuss the la...
Could Ireland Have Been Different? (w/ Conor McCabe)
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a critique of political economy for Ireland We were delighted to welcome researcher & author Conor McCabe on to the podcast to discuss the pol...
Casements' Stop Making Sense.
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For tickets to CCCP: Click Here. Pumpkin spiced lube, cable knit harness' and eating soup for fun. Start off October properly by letting your o...
Panic On The Streets Of Dublin (w/ Paulie Doyle)
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by The Ditch investigative journalist Paulie Doyle to set the record straight on the latest silly season media obsession: CRIME. Is Dubl...
The Good Kind of Fat (w/ Ellen)
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On fatphobia and attraction. That's right baby, we're talking about desire again! We're joined by the wonderful Ellen to talk about ev...
This Barbie Is Girlboss
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a desperatere attempt to stay current and relevant, (most of) the Casements crew watched the new Barbie movie and churned out an episode on it! Tun...
Special Report: Dublin Pride 2023
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of year again. A time when businesses paint their inner colon rainbow, for your cash. When straight lads in the smoking area talk abo...
AI: A Modest Proposal (w/ Christopher Michael)
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen up, sheeple! Are you tired of being force-fed mainstream political news and culture? Do you want a podcast that's not afraid to take a cyn...
Andrea Long Chu and Second Wave Gender Theory
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Long Chu has claimed that "everyone is female and everyone hates it", but what does that mean?Join us this for this very special 50th...
Eurovision, Again (w/ PureGrand)
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the first day of Eurovision semifinals. We know you’ve been anxious. You’ve been saying to your friends “Casements haven’t dropped thei...
Just Niall and Wave, Boys
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sick and tired of the SILENCE from the LAMESTREAM media, the Casements gang get together for a very special episode about the latest scandal dribbling...
Goodnight Mister Biden
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week saw the visit to Ireland of United States President Joe Biden, and the Casements gang dig behind the tweets and headlines to reveal what it ...
The Casement Finishing School For Upright Young Deviants
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's the difference between etiquette and politics? To some they've become one and the same. Can you have good politics but bad manners? I...
Ireland: Revisited
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Helen and Matt get together to analyse some of the biggest stories from the last few weeks of Irish politics (unfortunately we recorded this just befo...
Art vs Artist. FIGHT!
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two tribes go to war. It's that fucked conversation which has plagued smoking areas and idle canteen chit chat for decades. Art vs Artist. Can yo...
Charity and Other Lies
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Come on," I hear you say. "They must be taking the piss now." "I know they claim to 'serve up hot takes like you wouldn...
Dream F@gs
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're your Dream F*gs, boys. We'll make you happy. Step inside the most surreal Casement's episode yet. The gang reveal their Fenian ...
Liz Truss Has Joined The IRA
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A formless, aimless episode in which we discuss: the Free State's relationship to the IRA and the Troubles, Bono being a Pox, the departure of Mo...
Nonce-Sense
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Explicably, the nonce one. In the grand tradition of Brass Eye, our resident pedophile expert, Helen, talks us through why they did their BA disserta...
Budget Buddies 2023
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So, when are we gonna start REALLY taxing fags? Support the show
A Journey to the Past
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Exhausted by the media circus? Do you long for a time when the biggest news story was some banal issue with a TD's houses? Casement's are h...
Nuclear, Newly Clear
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So, you can't afford to pay your heating bills or fill up the tank of your Fiat 500, and even if you could afford to, you'd be killing the p...
The News According to Casement's
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a feat of journalistic excellence, the Leftovers are taking on their biggest challenge yet with a round the (western) world news roundup. From the ...
Casement's Liveline: Pride 2022
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A very, very special edition of Casement's Leftovers where we invited you, the listener, to join us on the show. We asked on our socials: "w...
Marxists Solve the Housing Crisis
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland has been living through a housing crisis for what feels like forever, and we here at Casement's Leftovers think it's high time that ...
The Trauma Industry
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month Heather & Matt are too busy "working" to perform their vital role of reigning Helen & Glen in from being the cyclical hat...
Enter the Metaverse: Part 2
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Matt says “fuck the Metaverse, all my homies hate the Metaverse” but Heather shouts back “LET 👏 PEOPLE 👏 ENJOY 👏 THINGS 👏.”...
Enter the Metaverse: Part 1
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Technology – what’s it all about, anyway? Join Heather, Glen & Matt as they examine the promises and possibilities of Web 3.0. Can NFTs provi...
Sex Negative
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling alone? Sexually inadequate? Is your dating app fueled anxiety getting you down? We're here to help. This week Casement's Leftover...
The PMC, or: Exciting New Ways to Hate the Middle Class
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All the way back in 1977 John and Barbara Ehrenreich coined the term “the professional-managerial class” to refer to “salaried mental workers wh...
Love Actually (2003) Is Iraq War Propaganda
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following an unexplained absence almost as traumatic as that of the Galaxy Truffle, everyone’s favourite Irish republican podcast is back, and just ...
Inexplicably, the Eurovision One
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We know what you're thinking - why hasn't my favourite republican podcast done an episode about the KEY event in the communist calendar: The...
Roger Casement: Cruising as Praxis
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's a reason we chose Roger Casement as the symbol for this podcast: a queer figure in Irish revolutionary history (queer here meaning gay, a...
Post-Capitalist Desire
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
That's right, we're giving the people what they want: another Mark Fisher episode! We obviously couldn't do it without Matt Wrafter fro...
Interview with the Anarchist
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The sequel to Anne Rice's cult classic is here and this time it features an even more deranged, amoral and blood sucking protagonist! As you wel...
RaWr CeLtIc tIgEr xD
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was a time of helicopters to work, fire dancers of a Wednesday evening, Girls Aloud at your 21st and the meddling of Deutsche Bank. How did we fuck...
Live or Diaspora: The Tenuous Links Between Wicca and a Dispersed Nation
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tackling astrology, witchcraft, and the expansive Irish diaspora, the Casement's Leftovers clan raise a few important questions. What are the mot...
The Mother & Baby Homes Report
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Casement's is back after a long Christmas hiatus to discuss what has rightfully dominated Irish headlines for the last few weeks. We're join...
And in that Moment I Swear ... We Were American
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You might have seen there was an election in America there the other day. Bit o Drama. We all heard a lot about it, cause we're all happy colonia...
Shrink or Swim: Environmentalism & Degrowth
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard the stats: unless we act radically in the next ten years, the world as we know it is fucked. But across the political spectrum, t...
Hauntology: Zombie Ideologies and Canceled Futures
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our Halloween episode is about the scariest thing of all: Neoliberalism and the futures it robbed from us. We're joined by political and cultura...
The Trial of RuPaul
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the one you've all been waiting for: The People vs. RuPaul Andre Charles. The people being Dublin's brightest and best drag entiti...
Micheál Martin: A Ghost Story
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Get our your torches and gather tightly around the campfire girls cause we've got a spooky one tonight: this is the tale of the spectre haunting ...
On Minimum Rage
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this overview of the Irish working landscape Helen and Glen graciously hand the reins over to you; the listeners. We asked you to send in your wors...
Alt-Wrong Ireland pt. 2
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The liberal fantasy of civil debate is dead and gone: we live in an age of post truth and conspiracy theories, and we need new arguments and methods t...
Alt-Wrong Ireland pt. 1
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You've read the long reads: the growing anti-mask movement has provided space for several far right movements, heavily inspired by the American a...
How RTÉ Ruined your Life
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered why we've had the same two gangs of lizards running the country since its very inception? Ever wondered if it could be something to...
Ireland & Racism
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10 is an exploration of racism in Ireland. Anxious to avoid using only American paradigms and to interrogate Irish racism as a specific and nu...
The World, According to Leo
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Leo Varadkar started his career as a blogger? This week we're taking a break from our Republicanism series to bring you a deep ...
Republicanism #2: The Irish One
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Two of our Republicanism mini-series is all about the history of the Irish Republican tradition. We start with Wolfe Tone and work through the...
Republicanism #1: The RuPublic - Finding Your Outer Saboteur
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's quarantine and we've got exactly what you need to lift your spirits: a mini series on Republicanism! It's time to flesh out that w...
The Centrists Cannot Hold. Part 1.
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Centrism. The dominant Ideology of Ireland has saturated every facet of society, but what exactly does it say about Ireland and what is and isn&apos...
Coalition Exposition.
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Helen and Glen are joined by Ógra Shinn Féin PR officer Kevin Burns and Green Party Cllr. Peter Kavanagh to talk about the GE2020 result. What poten...
Let's Talk about Class Baby!
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helen and Glen are joined by long term friend, first time contributor Ciara to discuss class in Ireland, the US and the UK. Is Ireland...
At it Again: A Tragedy in Two Parts
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The UK general election has everyone reeling. As centrists clamor to interpret Labour's historic loss as a rejection of all policy left of tax cr...
Fight the Real Enemy. Liberal Nostalgia.
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Nostalgia Industry is in full swing. Faced with ecological armageddon and zero chance of riding it out in your own home, we've been forced to...
Romantic Queerness is Dead and Gone; it's with the Eighties in the Grave.
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In their inaugural episode, Helen and Glen discuss the shifting meaning of 'Queer' in Ireland. Academic, colloquial and cultural, join Casem...